Rogue Algorithm

Help build your students' understanding of prime and composite numbers with this set of 32 task cards and printables. Math Common Core State Standards addressed – 4.OA.4 – Determine whether a given whole number in the range 1-100 is prime or composite. Included in this product are: • student journal insert (two versions: color and black & white) • 32 task cards • student answer sheet • answer key • prime & composite activity sheet (two-sided) • scoring guide for activity sheet Use the graphic

Looking for a kid-friendly way to help your fifth graders practice using exponents to represent powers of ten? When I first saw that I had to teach the use of exponents to denote powers of ten, which is part of the Grade 5 Common Core Math Standards, all of the materials that I found were aimed at middle- and high-schoolers. I needed resources that were clear, engaging, and developmentally appropriate for my elementary-age students, so I designed the materials in this set to fill that need. T

Looking for a kid-friendly way to help your fifth graders practice using exponents to represent powers of ten? When I first saw that I had to teach the use of exponents to denote powers of ten, which is part of the Grade 5 Common Core Math Standards, most of the materials that I found were aimed at middle- and high-schoolers. I needed resources that were clear, engaging, and developmentally appropriate for my elementary-age students, so I designed the materials in this set to fill that need.

This fast-paced game is a great way to for kids to explore with the concept of factors, allowing you to address the Common Core Math Standards within the Grade 4 cluster "Gain familiarity with factors and multiples." Students will quickly discover the difference between prime and composite numbers, as well as realize the fact that 1 is a factor of every number. This two-player game will require two-sided color tokens and a paper clip to use as a spinner. Resources include teacher directions,

These six self-checking riddles focusing on rounding to the nearest 10 and 100 are a great resource for classwork, centers, or homework. My kids love doing riddles like these (though I think what they love even more is telling me how corny the jokes are). I, of course, love being able to quickly grade an entire stack of papers! ________________________________________________________________________ Common Core State Standards for Mathematics addressed: Numbers and Operations in Base Ten (NBT)

Build students' understanding of number relationships and their mental math fluency (and address Common Core State Standards for Grades 3, 4, and 5) with this fast-paced game! Common Core State Standards for Mathematics addressed: Number and Operations in Base Ten (3.NBT, 4.NBT, 5.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 b

Build your students’ understanding of factors and multiple relationships with this set of fall-themed task cards. The 32 cards in this set focus on factors of numbers through 50 and multiples of numbers through 12. Support your students’ performance with the included reference sheet, and then assess their understanding with the two assessment activities. Your kids will gobble up these task cards and ask for seconds! __________________________________________________________________________

Build students' fluency with multiplication and division facts and their understanding of factors and multiples with this simple game that provides for differentiation based on student need. Math Common Core State Standards addressed – 3.OA – Operations and Algebraic Thinking: Multiply and divide within 100 4.OA – Operations and Algebraic Thinking: Gain familiarity with factors and multiples. This games requires a die (a standard die is great, but a die that has the numbers 1 through 9 adds an

These twelve self-checking number line riddles focusing on interpreting number lines using whole number intervals are a great resource for classwork, centers, or homework. My kids love doing riddles like these (though I think what they love even more is telling me how corny the jokes are). I, of course, love being able to quickly grade an entire stack of papers! Included: • 12 self-checking puzzles • answer key for each puzzle About the Puzzles These twelve puzzles were designed to build stud

Looking for a fun, engaging way for your students to practice multi-digit multiplication with the standard algorithm? Ditch the worksheets and have your students dive into the challenge of these task cards, designed to build reasoning about the multiplication algorithm. The task cards and assessment activities in this set are the perfect “print-and-go” resources for helping your students become more proficient in their multiplication of multi-digit whole numbers. Numbers and Operations in Bas

Build your students’ understanding of numbers and their relationship with factors with this set of task cards and printables. The 32 task cards in this set will allow your students to practice identifying factors of given numbers. Extend your students’ practice (or assess their mastery of factors) with the included activity sheet. With these resources, your students will grow stronger in their understanding of how numbers relate to their factors. Common Core State Standards for Mathematics a

These three sets “I Have…Who Has?” cards and accompanying printables are everything you need to introduce, practice, and assess your students’ understanding of multiplicative comparisons! The 3 sets of cards will provide your students with varied practice with interpreting multiplication as a comparison. Extend your students’ practice (or assess their mastery of interpreting comparative situations) with the included activity sheets. With these resources, your students will grow stronger in th

Looking for a kid-friendly way to help your fifth graders to extend their understanding of the use of exponents to represent powers of ten? When I first saw that I had to teach the use of exponents to denote powers of ten, which is part of the Grade 5 Common Core Math Standards, all of the materials that I found were aimed at middle- and high-schoolers. I needed resources that were clear, engaging, and developmentally appropriate for my elementary-age students, so I designed the materials in t

Help your students solidify their understanding of prime and composite numbers, as well as practice applying mathematical vocabulary "sum," "difference," and "quotient" with this set of task cards and printables. This set is a follow-up to Prime or Composite?: Set A – Prime or Composite? task cards + printables (set a) - Common Core Math-aligned The journal insert, task cards, and printables in this set are unique, so if you purchased (or want to purchase) Prime or Composite?: Set A, the mate

Are you looking for a way to build your students’ flexibility with multiplying and dividing? Do your kids need practice with multiplying and dividing with multiples of 10? Then this set of task cards and printables are the perfect resource for differentiated computation practice in your math class! The 32 task cards, 4 journal inserts, and 4 assessment activities are everything you need for building your students’ mental computation in a fun and focused way. __________________________________

These eight self-checking riddles focusing on representing and multiplying with powers of ten in exponent form are a great resource for classwork, centers, or homework. My kids love doing riddles like these (though I think what they love even more is telling me how corny the jokes are). I, of course, love being able to quickly grade an entire stack of papers! _________________________________________________________________________ Common Core State Standards for Mathematics addressed: Number

Do your students have a knee-jerk reaction to seeing division problems with big numbers, always wanting to use long division even when it isn’t efficient? This set of task cards and printables are the perfect resource for building your students ability to mentally solve division problems using number and operation relationships. The 32 task cards, 4 journal inserts, and 4 assessment activities in this product are everything you need to help your students become more flexible with their comput

Build students' understanding of multiples, divisibility, and prime & composite numbers with this simple Bingo-style game that provides for differentiation based on student need. Math Common Core State Standards addressed – 4.OA – Operations and Algebraic Thinking: Gain familiarity with factors and multiples. Determine whether a given whole number in the range 1-100 is a multiple of a given one-digit number. Determine whether a given whole number in the range 1-100 is prime or composite. This

Looking for a fun, engaging way for your students to practice multi-digit multiplication, either with the standard algorithm or with some other strategy? Ditch the worksheets and have your students dive into the challenge of these task cards, designed to build reasoning about number and operations. The task cards, reference sheet, and assessment activities in this set are the perfect “print-and-go” resources for helping your students become more proficient in their multiplication of multi-digi

Do your students need practice with using equations to represent number relationships? Are some of your kids in need of practice with addition and subtraction while others are working on mastering multiplication and division? Then this set of task cards and printables are the perfect resource for differentiating fact practice in your math class! The 32 task cards, 4 journal inserts, and 4 assessment activities are everything you need for building fact fluency in a fun and focused way. _______