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New Years Activity: 3rd Grade New Year Math Mystery

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I love that these packets are geared toward different holidays and seasons of the year and focus on what the third grade is working on currently.
I love these math mysteries! The student I tutor loves solving the mystery along with the work. I think she prefers the actual puzzle of figuring out 'who dunnit' more than anything!
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Description

This New Year's Math Mystery, the 'Case of the Millennium Bug' - 3rd Grade Edition - will add an exciting twist to your math sessions. This activity will engage and motivate your students to get back into their math work after the holiday break!

Easy prep! Just Print & Solve! Or go paperless with the new Google Slides option provided within your download.

Optional video hook included for introducing the case! (Check it out in the preview section)

BONUS: Ending video added to wrap up the case!

Students must use their math skills to eliminate suspects so they can find out who is the New Year Hacker!

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Preparation

- No Prep required! Print the student pages, staple or place

them in a folder, and your students are set to go.

- Have the video hook ready for viewing at the start of the

lesson on an IWB, iPad, or computer monitor screen.

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Math Skills Required to Unlock Clues

There are five clues to crack to solve the mystery:

  • CLUE 1: Multiplication Word Problems
  • CLUE 2: Mixed Multiplication Facts (Between 1-12)
  • CLUE 3: Addition (3-Digit Numbers, some with regrouping)
  • CLUE 4: Dividing by 2
  • CLUE 5: Perimeter (Customary and Metric Options Provided)

Students must use critical thinking skills to figure out what the clue is telling them to eliminate from the list of elf suspects.

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Multiple Uses

- Suitable for independent, pairs, or group work.

- Use as part of your math centers, add to your sub tubs, make it part of your early finisher tasks, give for homework, or make it part of your classroom practice/review sessions.

I recommend pacing this activity by giving students one clue at a time. Once the whole class has completed a clue, then move on to the next clue either within the same lesson or the next math session. New math content presented? Make a lesson out of it by modeling the math before diving into the clue. I like to say, "We must learn something new before attempting the next clue."

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How long will this activity take?

Time to complete will vary anywhere between 30mins - 2 hours or more! It mainly depends on how familiar your students are with the math mystery format, as well as how difficult they find math skills covered in the particular mystery. Please check the math skills outlined in the clues above to help determine suitability for your class.

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Want different math skills?

The Case of the Millennium Bug is available in the other Grade editions listed below. Click to check out the math skills covered in each packet.

New Year Math Mystery: Case of The Millennium Bug (GRADE 1)

New Year Math Mystery: Case of The Millennium Bug (GRADE 2)

New Year Math Mystery: Case of The Millennium Bug (GRADE 3)

New Year Math Mystery: Case of The Millennium Bug (GRADE 4)

New Year Math Mystery: Case of The Millennium Bug (GRADE 5)

New Year Math Mystery: Case of The Millennium Bug (GRADE 6)

New Year Math Mystery: Case of The Millennium Bug (GRADE 7)

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Add extra motivation with this Detective Rank Chart Download the Mystery Record & Rank Chart FREEBIE HERE

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Bundle and Save!

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SEASONS Math Mystery Bundle Pack (GRADE 3)

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Standards

to see state-specific standards (only available in the US).
Solve real world and mathematical problems involving perimeters of polygons, including finding the perimeter given the side lengths, finding an unknown side length, and exhibiting rectangles with the same perimeter and different areas or with the same area and different perimeters.
Fluently add and subtract within 1000 using strategies and algorithms based on place value, properties of operations, and/or the relationship between addition and subtraction.
Use multiplication and division within 100 to solve word problems in situations involving equal groups, arrays, and measurement quantities, e.g., by using drawings and equations with a symbol for the unknown number to represent the problem.
Fluently multiply and divide within 100, using strategies such as the relationship between multiplication and division (e.g., knowing that 8 × 5 = 40, one knows 40 ÷ 5 = 8) or properties of operations. By the end of Grade 3, know from memory all products of two one-digit numbers.

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