St Patrick's Day Math Mystery Multiplication & Division Word Problems Activity
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Are you searching for an engaging math activity for your students to practice multi-step word problems using multiplication and division for St. Patrick’s Day? In this Mini Math Mystery Whodunnit Activity, your students will solve two step word problems focusing on multiplying and dividing while analyzing clues in The Case of The Missing Luck Charms!
This would make a great Fun Friday activity, Test Prep, or a memorable Fun Math Day for you and your students.
This fun and highly engaging St. Patrick’s Day activity will motivate your class while getting practice working with multi-step word problems! To continue to engagement, resource contains links for 3 News Report Videos to tell the story.
Students will use their multiplication and division skills to solve The Case of Missing Luck Charms! Mayor Grady is calling on the expertise of Ellie, Prestyn, and Jr. Detectives to find the missing luck charms in time for the annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade and Celebration!
Junior Detectives (Students) will analyze the evidence files to solve the clues. Each file contains three clues from the three suspects that were apprehended. Each of the suspects has a story for where they were.
There is no order of the files, so Jr. Detectives can start at any file to begin cracking the case with their detective team! Each of the Jr. Detectives will fill out a clue log, and each team will complete their investigation journal.
Jr. Detectives can then check their investigation journal with the Lead Detective (YOU), or they can enter their information into the evidence database (a google form) to reveal the truth behind the disappearance of the Luck Charms!
With a little prep, you can transform your classroom to a squad room full of junior detectives solving The Case of the Missing Luck Charms!
This Mini Math Mystery Covers the following standards:
3.OA.3: Use multiplication and division within 100
3.OA.4: Determine the unknown whole number in multiplication or division equation relating three whole numbers.
3.OA.7: Multiply and divide within 100
3.OA.D.8: Solve two-step word problems using the four operations.
4.OA.2: Multiply or divide to solve word problems
4.OA.3: Solve multistep word problems posed with whole numbers answers using four operations.
4.NBT.B.5: Multiply a whole number of up to four digits by a one digit number
4.NBT.B.6: Find whole number quotients with up to 4 digit dividends.
5.NBT.B.5: Fluently multiply multi-digit whole numbers using the standard algorithm.
5.NBT.B.6: Find whole number quotients of whole numbers with up to 4-digit dividends.
MPI Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them
⚡This Product Includes⚡
⚡10 Evidence File Covers with the problem they need to solve
⚡3 Clues per file with answers to analyze for the problem
⚡Investigation Team Grouping Cards
⚡Clue Log (work out the problems)
⚡Investigation Team Journal (record the answers)
⚡Story Introduction
⚡Breaking News headline
⚡Missing Luck Charms Flyer
⚡Conclusion to the Mystery Story
✨✨Bonus Engagement Technology Features✨✨
✨Database to Log Evidence Findings (Google Form)
✨An audio recording (via YouTube) introducing the case.
✨An audio recording (via YouTube) with Breaking News about the suspects.
✨An audio recording (via YouTube) with the conclusion
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If you're interested in a video that shows you a sample of the companion videos click here: https://youtu.be/BAXgAvT_mMI
