Manipulating Math Minds

My students ALWAYS cringe when they hear me say the word “fractions”. But that is not necessary if they can learn to use a 12 x 12 or 15 x 15 multiplication chart to work “Magic”. In this zipped file you will get a complete lesson for simplifying fractions (one lesson that is in a complete bundle I have listed for sale) by using a completed multiplication chart. It includes the following: • 12 x 12 multiplication chart for students to complete (and key). • 15 x 15 multiplication chart for s

This file contains a fun and imaginative PowerPoint game, teacher notes, and the solutions to the game. The concept of this game is that one student, the witness, will face the screen and silently read the first "case" VERY carefully. After 20-30 seconds pass, the students will swap seats, and their partner, the detective, will be faced with the task of solving the case...based soley on what the star witness can recall. After that case is solved, the two players switch roles. This continues