Telling Time Math Activity | Math Detectives | Telling Time Math Mystery
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Are you looking for a fun way to review Telling Time with your students and don't want to use basic worksheets? This Telling Time math activity is the perfect way to get your students engaged and loving math class. This math detective game is a fun way to practice telling time while having a blast in class. Your students think it is a game, and not a review!
About Math Detectives:
Students read about a case that they as Math Detectives need to solve. Each case begins with 9 suspects or locations. The students will use their math skills to work their way through clues left at the crime scene and clues left by the criminal as well until they're able to determine who the criminal is. Each case includes riddled notes left by the criminal that students will enjoy reading and trying to solve. Each case also includes a reading and writing extension activity that makes it easy to incorporate reading and writing into your math lesson.
What Does Each Math Detective Packet Include?
- A case that needs to be solved with a specific math skill
- Clues and riddles for students to read
- 7-8 math skill practice pages that lead detectives to the next clue.
- A detective notebook for students to take notes in and write about the case
- A detective hat and magnifying glass to truly get into character
- Reading and Writing Extension activity in connection with the case
- Fun Facts scattered throughout the packet.
About This Telling Time Math Detective Activity:
Someone has managed to steal one of the minute hands from the Big Ben Clock Tower in London, England. The London Police Department needs your help solving the time clues that the thief has left behind! A telling time expert is needed to help solve the problems in order to find the criminal. Currently the clocks are not working on this famous landmark due to the crime. London desperately needs your help solving this crime! Students will start with 9 suspects and then use their answers and the criminal's clues to help them figure out who the real criminal is! Students will have a BLAST trying to solve this crime-- they won't even know their learning and practicing!
How Should You Use Math Detectives?
This math activity is perfect in just about any way you choose. You can ...
- Use these in centers for students to complete independently or with a group.
- Use these as a whole group activity or small group activity and solve together.
- Send the whole packet home for a holiday packet or for homework. I personally love to send this as homework for the week. Parents are always messaging me to say how much fun the whole family had with this homework. The parents love learning new facts too!
- Use it as an early finisher extension activity that students can pull out when they finish their assigned work.
Whatever way you choose, it's a guaranteed way to bring some fun and excitement to your classroom with minimal to no prep.
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