Elevator Classroom

This math center activity builds a student's understanding of area and perimeter through creating a blueprint of a student's dream house. The 4-room provided example offers a built-in model for students to follow. If you'd like to change the dimensions of any of the rooms, open the .pptx file and adjust the numbers and content yourself. Once you have the exact dimensions and room names that you want, you can take a screenshot of the house and add it to your .docx instructions file. In the downlo

In this math center activity, students create algebra problems by replacing numbers with their favorite emojis, restaurant names, famous actors, classmates, etc. With three missing numbers, students explore how variables can be connected through a series of algebraic clues. The difficulty of each problem is based on the math standards of their grade level or individual ability. A teacher can then make copies of a student’s algebra problems for other students to solve, or, alternatively, student

Students use letter values from a chart to create a hidden message for other students to discover. Students write a series of blanks to represent the hidden letters, and below each blank, students write a math equation that, once solved, will reveal the missing letter. After solving the equations and writing down the corresponding letters, the hidden message reveals itself. I’ve typed up and provided two real student examples in the collection of files. In the downloadable Zip file are .pdf file

This is a great game for students just beginning to work with addition, subtraction, and counting. Students roll a die and move through the game board collecting pennies and losing pennies. At the end of the game, players count up how many pennies they collected during the game. I've included the .pdf version of the game board as well as the .pptx version of the game board in case you want to make any number changes to the board game (e.g. perhaps you want to work with bigger numbers). You'll n

For this math center activity, students create a number pattern puzzle for each other - a possible example would be a pattern that rotates between two operations (x2, -7). The patterns will range in complexity depending on the student's abilities and grade level standards. Once students create their number pattern, they will cut out their anagram number pattern for other students to solve. In the downloadable Zip file are .pdf files and matching .docx files. If you want to edit any of the con

This is a 4-part activity that was a very popular math center for me last year. Students begin with Part 1 where they decide what stocks they want to buy with their starting money. Once they complete Part 1, they retrieve Part 2 where they find out how much money each stock gained or lost from Part 1. They then retrieve Part 3, where they can reinvest their money into different stocks with the updated prices. Additionally on Part 3, they students can read "financial news" that could help them de