Elevator Classroom

2nd-3rd Grade Version: Students work on understanding table data and place value addition and subtraction up to the hundreds place. 4th-5th Grade Version: Students work on understanding decimals. 6th-7th Grade Version: Students work on applying percentages with sales and taxes. To edit any of the documents, open the .docx files in Google Docs and adjust the page margins to 0.5". Otherwise, simply print the PDF files. As an extension activity, you could make smoothies as a class, create business

If your students understand how to solve logic problems and have access to the internet, this is a great exercise to give them foundational research skills and sharpen their inductive and deductive reasoning skills. This is a potentially challenging worksheet geared toward driven students.

Students start with $20. They decide what accessories they want to purchase for their person and buy them. They keep track of how much money they've spend and then paste or draw the accessories they purchased onto their person. After they go through this activity, they can then create their own accessories for another student to work with and budget. This activity is flexible for students between 1st and 4th grade. As seen on TV! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fr3iris88BQ

I'm not a big fan of tape diagrams, but if a student can understand tape diagrams, they can really nail down the conceptual understanding of fractions. Students don't create their own tape diagrams with these problems. Instead, they critically examine pre-drawn tape diagrams and determine their accuracy when applying them to a word problem. If you want to make any changes to any of the problems, open the .pptx file instead of the PDF file.

Here are 6 math word problems that, before solving, students must first determine whether to solve them forward or backward. This is as much a reading comprehension exercise as it is a math worksheet. Backward word problems consistently trip up many students - even strong readers. This activity hopes to help students become more thoughtful in their approach to multi-step, tricky word problems. These questions are designed for 5th-8th graders. If you want to edit the document, open the .docx f

In this activity, students get a budget to build their zoo. Level 1 is $100, Level 2 is $1,000, and Level 3 is $100,000. These are all in Google Slideshow form (.pptx). When you virtually share these with your students (if you're remote teaching), you may want to consider using the technique shown here by the YouTube channel Teacher's Tech: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ROGr_57DhI I would also recommend having them make fun Flipgrid videos to advertise their zoos - why people should go there

Students decide what to put into their own sweet bread recipe using the $20 they start with. This activity is about recognizing the short and long /e/ sound that ea can make. Students can write the words into the bread, or cut out the pictures and paste them in. Afterward, you can also have the students create their own sweet bread budget sheet by adding their own ingredients and prices. If you want to edit the documents to better fit your students' needs, open the .docx file in Google Docs a

This activity has students carefully choosing and hiring 5 players for their basketball team using a tight budget, then tabulating stats for their team across 3 games. For each game, they compete against another student who has also created a team. Students keep track of their team points, rebounds, steals, and blocks, using each category in different ways to determine if their team is victorious against another student's team. None of the players are real, and the stats are entirely made up. I'

Perfect for math centers or homework assignment. In this download are 16 logic problems, 4 for each grade level (2nd-5th). All 16 logic problems include the answer key, and allow you to meet your students where they are in their math journey. Corresponding logic problem video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uj3aAH3ag94Also included in the download are two blank templates for students to create their own logic problems.

This is a 2-4 person game where students choose a horse and take turns rolling a 6-sided die, adding onto the number they've already made it to. By laminating the sheets and using dry-erase markers, students can reuse and continue to write their addition sentences for each race on the same sheet. If you want to edit any of the sheets, open the .pptx file in Google Docs.

This is a fairly complicated fraction addition and comparison game best played between an adult and student or between two students who understand fractions fairly well. To play this game, students will need to use the fraction dice purchased at the following link: https://www.amazon.com/EAI-Education-Fraction-Dice-White/dp/B01GKHFV4G/ref=sr_1_5?keywords=fraction+dice&qid=1573489447&sr=8-5This is specifically geared toward students who love football, as they'll try to get down the field using

Perfect for math centers or a challenge homework assignment. In this download are three logic problems that focus on rounding place values as large as million, and as small as hundredths (4th-6th standards). All 3 logic problems include the answer key, and offer different place value work depending on your students' needs. Corresponding logic problem video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uj3aAH3ag94Also included in the download is a blank template for students to create their own logic probl

These 7 early algebra worksheets are fun math challenges. Some of the worksheets can be completed by 1st and 2nd graders, and a couple might be more suitable for 3rd or 4th graders. They also focus on vocabulary building for early literacy or ELL students. All of them have some problems using color, so if you don't have a color printer, you'll want to color in the squares with the assigned marker.

This activity reviews a number of skills that 5th-8th grade students need for a successful year. While this worksheet is not necessarily a diagnostic, it will help you engage students by engaging the skills they do have, and provide you a starting point to target what they need to review. The key to this exercise for students is mentally understanding how a triangle can move on a grid in order to determine the measurement of its base and height. There are seven triangles/grids and an answer key

How do we make addition and subtraction less algorithmic and more beautiful? Reading and writing stories celebrating the numbers themselves. This story is about decomposing numbers, and provides a visual demonstration of subtraction. The story is also an AABBCC poem with a particular meter. Hear my reading of it here: https://youtu.be/bxbhrioHokk?t=29After reading or presenting the story, consider having students create their own story visually demonstrating addition or subtraction. Feel free t

This is a very easy 2-player game that helps students count by 5, understand multiplication in a different way, and enjoy themselves with the format of football. It requires one 6-sided die. Ideal for 2nd and 3rd grade. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fr3iris88BQ

To see how this activity looks, check out the following video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XXL3oBqH50Use everyday plastic or paper cups, write a series of numbers or letters on them, and have students create pattern pyramids based on those numbers or letters. This is a kinesthetic activity that can be scaled to almost any grade. I've provided 6 worksheets with answer keys in the downloadable file. You can also open the .docx files and edit these patterns to cater to yours and your studen

You can adjust these up or down in level very easily in Google Slides. Students slide the number circles to the line going from least to greatest. They also find which of the number circles doesn't belong in the pattern and put it in the Ostracism Box where I grew up.