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Students will use their skills in operations, fractions, and measurement to design and purchase materials for a fish tank. "Imagine that your class has just been given a 30-gallon aquarium. You have been put in charge of buying  fish and decorations for the tank. You have $30 to spend on fish and another $30 to spend on decorations. There is information in this packet to help you choose your fish and tell you the things you need to know. Choose as many different kinds of fish as you can, and mak

Help students practice all four operations in this luck and strategy game! Use of calculators is optional.

Have students input two addends of any size. Before solving, they must estimate. Afterwards, they reflect on how reasonable their estimates were.

The most fun your students/children will have doing addition AND rounding! All you need is one die of your choice and one of the game boards provided. Great addition and rounding practice in a fun game that they will want to play over and over! Reinforces place value, too!

The most fun your students/children will have doing addition! All you need is one die of your choice and one of the game boards provided. Great addition practice in a fun game that they will want to play over and over! Reinforces place value, too!

Each of the three levels of word problems feature the same context but different numbers for different challenges. Insert your name at the top, change the names of the students to match yours, and have fun! Tell them that you've been researching things about them, and this is what you found. Let them choose the right level for them or assign yourself. Engaging and interesting. Kids will eagerly get to work solving problems about themselves and their classmates. Talk about personalized learning :

Inject some excitement into your math routine with this "official" letter from the Rocky Mountain Candy Company, who is doing market research and needs your students' help. Children are asked to find certain arrays to help the company package their caramels. Have your principal deliver the letter in an envelope you pre-printed and stamped to show how important it is. Collect your students' work and "mail" them to the company. Then, after a couple of months, reveal the reply to your students' sub