Rogue Algorithm

Help your students build their ability to mentally multiply by large numbers with the fun and fast-paced game! Common Core State Standards for Mathematics addressed: Number and Operations in Base Ten (3.NBT) Use place value understanding and properties of operations to perform multi-digit arithmetic. • Multiply one-digit whole numbers by multiples of 10 in the range 10–90 (e.g., 9 × 80, 5 × 60) using strategies based on place value and properties of operations. (3.NBT.3) In this game, stu

This set of task cards & printable resources are designed to build students’ proficiency with time and money as well as build their reasoning skills by providing engaging problem-solving situations in which they could practice interpreting analog and digital clocks and working with coins. They are a sample of the resources available in my larger task cards & printables sets: Clock Puzzlers - reasoning about clocks and time task cards + printables set Coin Puzzlers - problem solving with money

This set of three self-checking puzzles will allow your kids to practice renaming improper fractions as mixed numerals (and vice versa). When the puzzles are done, your students will learn facts about African-American inventors Garrett Morgan, George Crum, and Lewis Lattimer. Perfect for some quick practice with fractions during Black History Month - or whenever! For more practice with fraction concepts, you may find these other products helpful – Monkey Mania & Jumping Giraffes equivalent f

Review multiplication and area with this versatile (and free!) set of “I Have…Who Has?” cards, designed to suit both large groups and small groups. Common Core State Standards for Mathematics addressed: Measurement & Data (3.MD, 4.MD) • Multiply side lengths to find areas of rectangles with whole number side lengths in the context of solving real world and mathematical problems, and represent whole-number products as rectangular areas in mathematical reasoning. (3.MD.7b) • Apply the area and

Looking for a new way to easily group your students for cooperative activities? My students love using these cards, and the comically-drawn owls on the cards bring a note of fun to the start of every small-group activity. Whenever my kids come back from specials or lunch and find these cards on their desks, they are immediately excited and ready for the next learning activity. The bonus is that I can group my students strategically, pairing or separating kids that I do (or do not) want to w

Get more use out of your task cards with this free template that will allow you to turn any task card into an opportunity for a written response. I love using task cards (as do my kids!), and I learn a lot about their thinking from the conversations they have when they are working in pairs on a particular card. However, I wanted a way to give students an opportunity to write more fully about their mathematical thinking without doing a completely different activity, so I developed these templat

This file has a chart that lists every task card set available in my store and identifies the subject, grade level, topic, and whether the set is part of a larger bundle.