Practical Elementary Resources

This is a growing bundle for the "What am I?" math puzzle series. The puzzle series is designed to support both math vocabulary and critical thinking. Each set of puzzles includes 27 task cards. Students use the clues on the card to find the mystery number / shape.

Are your students struggling with addition and subtraction within 20? This bundle includes 4 puzzle-based math centers that help students build number sense through picture models, number bonds, equations, and word problems. Designed to build number sense, these puzzles have students match visual representations to number bonds, word problems, and addition/subtraction equations within 20. The puzzles are built for 1st graders. The... Visuals are clear and spaced far enough to make finger count

Are your students learning to check addition and subtraction equations using ten frames? This ten frame error analysis 1st-grade math center helps students develop fact fluency, use math vocabulary, and practice addition and subtraction within 10.With vocabulary and math talk cards included, these error analysis cards help students understand and use key math vocabulary: addend, difference, total, and sum. This not only helps develop their understanding of addition and subtraction, but also buil

Looking for a 3rd-grade multiplication math center that scaffolds math vocabulary? These Who Am I multiplication task cards target vocabulary such as products and factors, while reinforcing 3rd-grade multiplication. Fun and engaging, they require students to use multiplication facts, equal groups, and multiplication-specific math vocabulary to find the answer. This resource is designed to make math vocabulary useful (in a way students care about!) and help students use terms such as product, fac

Columns, rows, and arrays are so difficult for my 2nd graders! Even though there are similarities to ten frames, the use of new math vocabulary, as well as the connection to early multiplication, makes arrays a tricky topic for a lot of 2nd-grade students. Especially my ESL ones. These 2nd-grade array math puzzles help students use the new math vocabulary in a way that is engaging. Designed in part for my ESL learners, the task cards feature a vocabulary card that reminds students what a row a

Are your students struggling to use math vocabulary? These ESL-friendly place value to 1,000 task cards help students use math vocabulary, engage in critical thinking, and put their knowledge of place value to use! Each card is simply designed. It has four place value clues, using the student's knowledge of digits, hundreds, tens, and ones. A clue may require the child to find the sum, a difference, or identify where hundreds, tens, and ones go in a three-digit number. With a vocabulary card, i

Are your students struggling with number sense? Do they need help connecting visual models to part-part-whole representations? These part-part-whole number bond puzzles help students make the connection between visual models and number bonds. As they practice and complete the puzzle, their understanding of how numbers can be broken and put together will strengthen. These puzzles include 28 separate puzzles within 20. Students match picture models of vehicles to the correct number bond. In doin

Is your class having trouble with subtraction? These math center puzzles are designed to help students practice subtraction within 20. The hands-on puzzles engage students in matching visual models to a written equation. In doing so, they build their number sense, counting skills, and comprehension of subtraction. These subtraction puzzles within 20 are now part of a bundle. The bundle also includes puzzles that focus on word problems, part-part-whole, and addition within 20. The cards are spl