Magical Minds

This Wizard Worksheet explores the concepts of percent markup and markdown. Students will pretend they are the head wizard of MagiMart and that it is their job to set the prices for new items, determine the sale prices of items they need to get rid of, and check to confirm existing prices are correct. They will use the concepts of markup and markdown percents as well as discount rates to answer these questions. This set includes a 10 question worksheet, a modified version with 5 questions, a

This wizard themed worksheet features 10 scenario based questions on calculating unit prices. The scenario is a trip to a sweets shop which requires students to consider the individual price of an item versus the price of buying the item in bulk. Students must calculate the unit price in the bulk set to determine which is ultimately the better buy. This assignment aligns to Common Core standards and also includes a modified version of the work sheet for lower achieving students with fewer que

A Week of Wizard Writing Prompts is a week long writing project for students. The concept behind the project is students are selected to attend a secret school called Magical Minds for training wizards and witches. They first must decide which of their school friends will accompany them on their journey. The subsequent days feature their own scenarios and students must respond to each unique prompt. In total there are 5 days of writing prompts and the project culminates in the students makin

This set of 20 task cards provides reading comprehension questions which can be applied to any story!

This week of winter writing assignments will help keep your students busy. Contains five writing assignments.