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High school critical thinking math games
Would You Rather Sampler - Fun Questions for Discussion, Writing Prompts, & More
Dive into writing prompts, classroom discussion, and more with our exclusive sampler from Would You Rather Questions!!These 18 digital or print Would You Rather questions are great for discussion, class polls, writing prompts, language building, facilitating higher-level thinking, brain breaks, building community, and more! This sampler gives you a taste of our comprehensive Would You Rather resource that promises to make learning engaging and effective.Try before you buy!Purchase this sampler f
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2nd - 9th
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Word and Logic Puzzles Escape Room Activity With Digital Lock Option
In this engaging escape room activity, teams work together to solve the word puzzles and logic puzzles using critical thinking skills to discover codes to open the lock. Students love the fun of an escape room game, and you will love that this low-prep activity gets them thinking as they solve the puzzles and clues! ⭐️ How does the escape room work? (Click the PREVIEW link above and watch the VIDEO for a closer look at this activity!)In this escape room activity, students will solve 4 different
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6th - 9th, Adult Education
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BRAIN TEASERS 4-Pack Bundle, Logic, Word Sense, Puzzles, Lateral Thinking – Fun!
Whether you need bell-ringer presentation slides or just want to occasionally mess with your students’ minds when you have a few unused minutes at the end of a class period, this four volume set of Brain Teasers has everything you need to keep your students working hard and thinking deeply. There are LOTS of ways you could use this collection of 152 questions in both PDF & Google Slides format (304 slides – the question is on the first slide and the answer with an eye-catching image is on th
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8th - 11th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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CHRISTMAS Escape Room (Activities, Trivia & Puzzle Games for Students)
There are five Christmas escape room-type (trivia) challenges included in this file. Each activity can be completed individually or in conjunction with one another, depending on the time available in your planning. The challenges could be used as individual, pair or small group activities. The puzzles and games are designed to promote communication, cooperation and problem-solving skills. A detailed and thorough teacher instruction page has been included, which provides differentiated instructio
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5th - 12th
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Team Building Escape Room with Logic Puzzles Critical Thinking Escape Room
Engage your students with this Team Building Escape Room! This is great as a back to school escape room! This escape room is perfect for both the end of the year and beginning of the year. Students will be engaged and challenged with logic puzzles, codes to decipher, and more. There is both a full easy prep printable version as well as a Google(TM) form digital version for virtual or distance learning.This resource includes everything you need to implement a challenging and fun escape room fo
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4th - 9th
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First Grade Math Games NO PREP Centers + Small Group Board Games by Standard
Get ready to elevate your math time with Board Games by Standards! These NO PREP (Print and Play) games are designed to make reviewing math skills EASY and FUN one standards at a time! Download the PREVIEW to learn more!⭐FIRST GRADE will include: 480 PRINT AND PLAY GAMES!!⭐Grab the KINDERGARTEN 440 Board Games by Standard Bundle HERE!What are Board Games by Standard?Board Games by Standard are FUN and EFFECTIVE games that align with math standards. These printable board games provide an interact
END OF THE YEAR Escape Room (Team Building Activities)
If you are looking for a team-building activity to keep your students engaged during the last few days, weeks or month before summer break, then THE GREAT END OF THE YEAR ESCAPE is for you! There are six end of the year-themed (trivia) challenges included in this file. Students will complete a variety of tasks using different skills including: problem-solving, critical thinking, reading comprehension, and basic math. Looking for a digital end of the year escape room? If so, click HERE!A fun, one
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7th - 12th
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Also included in: Escape Room Team Building Bundle
Editable Jenga : Literacy and Math Center Games
This fun and engaging color Jenga game is perfect for spicing up literacy and math centers, or review or test prep for any subject. The cards for this set are blank and EDITABLE. You can customize them with questions, problems, words, etc. for any skill or standard to meet the needs of your students and grade level! These cards are to be used with this color Jenga set: Lewo Wooden Stacking Board Games Building Blocks for Kids.Game can be played in partners or a small group. Students take turns r
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PreK - 12th
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Algebra 2 Curriculum: Activities Bundle | All Things Algebra®
Algebra 2 Curriculum: Activities BundleWhat is included in this bundle?This bundle contains 98 activities to supplement and align with my Algebra 2 Curriculum. Click on the preview to view these activities. If purchased separately, these items total $307. By purchasing this bundle, you will also receive all future activities that I create related to the Algebra 2 Curriculum FOR FREE. Google versions of activities are sold separately. Do the activities in this bundle overlap with your Algebra 1 o
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9th - 12th
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Also included in: Algebra 2 & PreCalculus Activities Bundle | All Things Algebra®
Pythagorean Theorem Activity Murder Mystery w/ Word Problems 8th Grade Geometry
Students become a part of the story line in this Murder Mystery Pythagorean Theorem activity! Perfect for 8th grade math or as a refresher for Geometry students. Students are transported to a beautiful estate for a lawn party, when a guest is murdered. They must work with word problems to solve Pythagorean Theorem problems and figure out who among them is the murderer!"I was so surprised how much my 8th grade students enjoyed this they kept saying” are we really doing math?" - ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Kerrie S. (T
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8th - 10th
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Also included in: 8th Grade Math Activity Bundle Mysteries
Order of Operations Dice Center Activity
Place students into groups of 4. Give each student a game board. (You may want to print the game boards on cardstock and then laminate for future use.)For each round, one student from the group will roll a die. Each student will then write down the number rolled in one of the blank boxes on his or her game board for that round. Repeat the process until all three boxes in the round are filled with a number. Students will then evaluate their expressions and write their answers in the last box. The
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5th - 9th
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Common Grammar and Writing Mistakes Escape Room Game - Digital Resource
This digital resource is a grammar review disguised as a fun escape room adventure activity. Mission: individuals or teams work through puzzles to discover the location of stolen jewels. Challenges in this grammar escape room include working with common mistakes in writing, such as frequently confused words and common grammar errors. There are also other challenges to encourage critical thinking, problem solving, and following directions! (See important information below about tech requirements)
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7th - 10th, Adult Education
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Think Outside the Box Thursday Doodle Prompt Finish the Drawing SEL Activity
Are you looking for an engaging morning meeting activity? Think outside the box Thursday is the creative solution you're looking for! These 21 creative drawing prompts use half of a "common" image to prompt your students to create an outside the box picture! This Doodle activity works great for a warm-up, morning work, morning meeting activity, crew or advisory time, early finisher activities, or a sub plan day. As you go Back to School, challenge your students to think outside the box with this
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2nd - 12th
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STEM Careers BINGO Game! (Middle & High School)
A BINGO career game for science, technology, engineering, math (STEM) careers! Includes career descriptions and fun facts about each STEM career. An easy, low-prep activity that can last from 20 - 60 minutes! Includes 40 game boards cover 48 STEM careers with a companion (editable) Google Slide presentation of each career!**Grades K - 5 school version here**Distance learning version! Play during a virtual class! Send students a copy of the included Google Slides version of the game. Each student
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5th - 12th, Adult Education, Staff
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Also included in: Middle School Distance Learning: Digital STEM Activity Bundle
One Minute Mental Math Games No Prep, Math Fact Fluency Games, Minute Math
Tired of those extra minutes at the end of class?Ready to teach from bell to bell? These One Minute Mental Math Games no prep are for you! Build math fact fluency games into every minute of your class with 10 fun, no-prep minute math games! Be done with downtime in your classroom FOREVER!⭐️⭐️⭐️ NO PREP! JUST PLAY! ⭐️⭐️⭐️We all know that unstructured time can take your classroom from calm to crazy-town faster than I can say “multiplication”. That feeling of thirty sets of eyes staring back at yo
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1st - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
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Back to School Math Activities for Middle School
The first week of math class is coming! Want to engage students, create community, and get to know your students… all while doing some math? Look no further! Included are 4 resources that will help you tackle back to school:The Graph of MeThis is an activity students love! Students determine if statements are true or false about themselves. Each statement has a corresponding ordered pair. Students graph the points for each true statement to create a unique shape. The result is "the graph of me!”
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6th - 9th
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Pythagorean Theorem Word Problems Task Cards
In these NO-PREP task cards, students will solve word problems about the Pythagorean Theorem. These task cards are READY TO PRINT and are ready for your class activities!This set includes 16 task cards and the solutions. All task cards are word problems that require the use of the Pythagorean theorem to solve. Some of the answers are in decimal form. It is helpful for students to draw and label diagrams while they are showing their work.Four versions of this activity are included: color, col
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7th - 9th
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Also included in: Right Triangles Activity Bundle
Money Math (Coins) Identification Card Game for life skills special education
This money math card game works on matching coins to same coins (front and back) as well as their written amount ($0.01, $0.05, $0.10, $0.25 plus 1¢, 5¢, 10¢, and 25¢). What a fun way to work on functional life skill math! Note: This game with coins can be combined with the dollar bill game for extended learning!INCLUDED:Money amount cards: front of coinsback of coins (included 8 different quarter backs)money amount with dollar signs ($) and cent signs (¢).Special cards: wild with colorswild wit
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2nd - 12th
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Also included in: Coin Identification Money Math BUNDLE for special education
Oregon Trail: Simulation Game
Super engaging slideshow game to get students thinking about what life on the Oregon Trail was like. You lead the class with 13 scenarios, and students make decisions and keep track of survival points. A great way to introduce the Oregon Trail to students. It includes 42 slides, directions, and a student handout to record survival points. I use this activity with my 8 graders a few details might need to be edited if used with younger grade levels.Takes about 1 hour.
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3rd - 12th
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Also included in: Western Expansion Games Bundle: Oregon Trail, Gold Rush, Lewis and clark
Vocabulary Activities Bundle Differentiated for Any Word List: Set 1
Whether you've chosen words from literature, from test prep lists, from a vocabulary book, or hand-selected words you think your students should know, the exercises in this bundle will complement them perfectly. Designed to work with any vocabulary list, these activities, games, and practice worksheets will get your students thinking creatively. If your classroom culture calls for small group activities, stations, creative learning, differentiation, brain-based learning, or enrichment, this bund
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8th - 11th
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Budgeting Board Game for Financial Literacy - Students Practice Real Life Skills
Empower young minds with the ultimate guide to shaping their dream lifestyle! This resource isn't just a bunch of financial planning worksheets. This game is designed to show pre-teens and teens the real-life impact of personal financial choices on their future. It's a game-changer for helping them grasp the art of budgeting as they transition into adulthood.Over the course of the game, students embark on a journey where they'll make a series of decisions, each one carrying the power to shape th
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6th - 12th
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Math File Folders | Special Education
MATH File Folders for Special Education! Use these math file folders in your classroom to reinforce basic Math skills and provide table top learning opportunities. Use these in a work box system or for independent work time to encourage independence and generalization of skills! WHAT'S INCLUDED?25 File Folders are included. COUNT IT Level 1: 1:1 CorrespondenceLevel 2: 1:1 to NumberLevel 3: Number to NumberLevel 4: Trace the NumberLevel 5: Write the NumberLevel 6: Match Number to Word COINS Level
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PreK - 12th
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Also included in: Simple Math Curriculum Bundle for Special Ed (Set 1)
Basic Exponent Rules - War Game (one variable)
This differentiated game helps your students practice Product Rule, Power Rule, and Quotient Rule with single-variable expressions. This format is great for getting your class really comfortable with the basic Laws of Exponents before introducing more difficult Exponent Rules.
**This resource is also available in a DISCOUNTED bundle: Expressions & Equations Bundle
Three card sets are included. Use them for easy differentiation or play separate games alongside each of your exponent lesson
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7th - 10th
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Halloween Math Activity Adding and Subtracting Integers Mystery Graph
Practice integer addition and subtraction with this fun coordinate graphing picture activity that makes a pumpkin! Students are given a variety of problems involving adding and subtracting positive and negative numbers. Each solution creates an ordered pair that students graph on the coordinate plane to reveal an image of a jack-o-lantern. A great activity for a Halloween party, after a test, or just for fun. Coloring the graph is optional, but not part of the activity. Two versions of the s
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7th - 9th
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Also included in: Halloween Math Activities for 7th, 8th, 9th Grade
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Importance of learning math skills
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