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These worksheets are perfect for introducing, practicing, and reviewing the relationship between division and multiplication! The first practice pages and exit tickets focus on models and arrays before moving into just working with the equations, which makes it perfect to introduce this topic concretely or for review if students are still struggling to make the connection between the two topics. There are 4 sets of practice questions (models, arrays, equations, mixed) with a corresponding exi

Create Your Own Sweet Shop!!This math project will allow students to practice multiple skills in a real-world context. It works great as independent practice or even as an extension or enrichment activity for your fast-finishers. Students will get to plan their own Sweet Shop and practice several key math skills. I used this around Halloween time because the sweets theme still felt festive without stepping on the toes of those who may not celebrate, however, I think it would be great at any

If you are doing a novel study of Elephant Run by Roland Smith this resource will be invaluable to you and your students! Help your students keep track of and understand the important characters, details, and events in the story by giving them a reading guide that once complete is the perfect study guide or reference for reading quizzes/projects. Bonus - the answer key is basically a chapter by chapter summary for you!! What's Included:Character Trait Table - students can keep track of the

This product is a quick, print and go reading comprehension practice. This product is a fiction text written in four episodes about Zorb, a young space alien, and his encounter with a dreaded Blaxion! The texts are short but packed with enough plot and details to give plenty of practice over stated and implied themes, point of view, and character perspective. What you get:4 separate episodes 3 theme questions per episode (for a total of 12 theme questions)3 point of view/character perspecti

Help your students review some key 3rd grade math concepts with a fun math escape room: King Koa of Dinosaur Island has come through a mystical portal to kidnap the class to play with! He may look cute and cuddly, but his dinosaur pals have been known to lose some limbs playing with him . With lives at stake, students must solve a series of challenges to find the key to the control panel and close the portal. This can be done individually, in partners, or in groups. Students will solve eac

Help your students practice dividing decimals with a fun math mystery: The once orderly citizens of Numerica have become confused and don't know what operations to follow or do. Students must solve the clues to determine who the culprit is, how they did it, and where they are before the world dissolves into chaos! Students will practice dividing decimals by whole numbers, whole numbers by decimals, decimals by decimals, and in word problems. Decimals are limited to tenths, hundredths, and tho

This has been a great figurative language practice/review activity for my students. This product comes with matching cards (that can be played as racing activity with students, memory match, tic-tac-toe board, etc. for repeated review), BINGO boards of figurative language examples students must identify before they can cover up (best played in small group or partners), AND quick checks that you can use as additional practice or exit tickets to provide you a fast formative assessment to know if y

Make it a fun day with this Build a Monster, Perimeter and Area worksheet! This worksheet is perfect for practicing or reviewing finding area and perimeter of rectilinear and composite shapes. Students will use multiplication and addition to solve word-problems. They will then round their answers to the nearest 10 or 100 for an extra bit of practice. Their rounded answers will correspond to what to add to their monster drawing (for example: add one eye ball, add two wings, etc.). You could

This escape-room like challenge is perfect for use around Valentine's Day! This can be an easy print-and-go activity to review/pratice fraction standards. Play is simple, with students checking the name they reveal through the questions with you to move on to the next challenge. Once all 5 names have been revealed, they have saved the day! If you don't have time for all 5 challenges included or haven't gotten to those particular standards for a challenge, no problem! Simply take it out (use

This is a great multi-use resource for some festive math practice at Winter Break/Christmas time! With a total of 104 question cards covering all 12 multiplication facts, you have plenty of options of how to use them aside from the included printable board game. The board game is played just like Battleship, except each person sets up their “team" for their partner to try and “hit" in the snowball fight.  Students must answer a question card to guess a spot on the game board. If it is a "hit" th

This is a great multi-use resource for some festive math practice at Thanksgiving time! With a total of 60 question cards covering rounding, area, all 4 operations, and 1 and 2 step word problems you have plenty of options of how to use them aside from the included printable board game. The board game is played just like Battleship, except each person sets up a "Thanksgiving Feast" for their partner to try and "eat." Students must answer a question card to guess a spot on the game board. I

Help your students practice basic division facts (3-12) with a fun math mystery: Queen Carina has been transformed into a firebird by a sorcerer! Her people are suffering and she is stuck in this form until the curse can be broken. Help save everyone (and yourself) by solving the clues and bringing the culprit to justice! This resource is great practice or review for your third graders mastering their basic division facts or for your fourth graders who may need review. It is best done in partn

Help your students practice basic multiplication and division facts (2-12) with a fun math mystery: The Wicked King has been poisoned and is now threatening to lock everyone up in the Tower of Never if the culprit is not found. Once in the Tower of Never, there is no escape - EVER! Help save everyone (and yourself) by solving the clues and bringing the culprit to justice! This practice is best done in partners or individually. Clue cards are provided to be cut out and hung/placed around the ro

This heart themed resource is perfect for use around Valentine's Day, if you're working on a kindness unit/focus in class, or just because it's cute! Easy print and go task cards for addition and subtraction within 1,000. The included puzzle game takes some prep with the cutting, but is well worth it for the engagement factor it will add to your students' learning experience! Play is simple, with students earning a piece of the puzzle for each correctly answered task card. Once they have ear

This Shape Attributes Scavenger Hunt lesson is a great introduction activity to your geometry unit! It incorporates reading comprehension and engages students with a fun Christmas themed mission. Students must help the elves save the magical Christmas tree that protects their village by finding the various codes words and unscrambling the secret final code. Only then will the elves (and your students) be able to open the door and retrieve the tree... Students can start at any card an

This Comparing Fractions on a Number Line Scavenger Hunt is a great practice or review activity to your fraction unit! It incorporates a little bit of reading comprehension and engages students with a fun mission. Students must help save the Snake Prince and his kingdom from the Evil Sorceress by finding the clues left behind and revealing the self-destruct code to her spell that is destroying the kingdom. Students can start at any card and read the short passage. The card will have a quest

This is a great multi-use resource for some festive math practice at Winter Break/Christmas time! With a total of 104 question cards covering all 12 multiplication facts, you have plenty of options of how to use them.  A few ways I’ve implemented them are as station work, pull a few key cards and have them move around the room to solve them all, or set them up in a tic-tac-toe board and solve to mark the spot! The options are only limited to your imagination! I’ve also included a card number ref

This is a great print-and-go resource for some festive math practice at Halloween time! Time goes fast on holiday school days so this is a shorter activity to give students two-step word problem practice using all 4 operations. It has 4 total two-step word problems and is a great follow up activity to a short mini-lesson during your math block. Students must escape the Evil Pumpkin King by getting past his guard with the correct code. Freedom (and hopefully and little prize if you can swing

This FREEBIE will help you provide some festive math practice at Winter Break/Christmas time! This is a sample from my Winter Wonderland Multiplication Task Cards product and includes a total of 8 question cards covering all the x2 multiplication facts.   A few ways I’ve implemented them are as station work, pull a few key cards and have them move around the room to solve them all, or set them up in a tic-tac-toe board and solve to mark the spot! The options are only limited to your imagination

3 game boards each geared for 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade levels respectively to practice their division skills and build skill fluency. Students can play it as trying to get 4 in a row strategy game or as a race to solve the most squares. Ready to print and go!