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Elementary mental math tools for common cores for GATE
Multiplication and Division CSI Detective Math Mystery The Missing Teacher
Are you looking for a fun detective math mystery to engage your students in multiplication and division? Then these math activities for you.Capture your students attention with this fun CSI Math Mystery activity by taking them on a journey to solve math problems and puzzles. Students narrow down the possible options by completing the activities and marking them off until one person is left. Who is the missing teacher?This case includes multiplication and division problems up to their 12 times ta
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3rd - 8th
Money and Decimals Math Enrichment Activities | Mind Boggling Math Center
This resource came to me as I continue to search for ways to challenge my top math students but also have “accessible” challenges that address state standards, utilize higher level thinking, and have multiple solutions! I want students to be able to work independently or with peers so directions need to be simple and easy to follow.I’ve seen people use similar formats with letters and numbers, but I guarantee you haven’t seen anything like this! In addition to providing a HUGE amount of practi
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3rd - 5th
Compare & Contrast 2 Stories - 10 Paired Passages - 4th & 5th Grade Folktales
Compare and contrast literature with ten paired passages. This set emphasizes identification and use of story elements to construct responses. Students read two folktales, organize elements in tables, transfer them to Venn diagrams, and explain in paragraphs. Open the preview to take a closer look.Five sets of folktales from around the world were carefully selected and adapted for fourth and fifth grade students.“Mani and Sol” (Norway) and “The Fire Dog” (Korea)“The Goose and the Golden Egg” (S
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4th - 5th
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CSI Math Mystery Fortnite Game and Activities
This CSI Fortnite themed math mystery will engage students by taking them on a journey to solve Multiplication, Division, Addition and Subtraction problems and puzzles. Students narrow down the suspects by completing Fortnite themed activities and marking them off from the suspect list until one person is left. If your students love Fortnite, they will love this.***I have now included an alternative version in including dance moves***I have now included 2 versions as the original mentioned guns
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3rd - 7th
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Depth of Knowledge and Learning Icons - Digging Deep - Critical Thinking Skills
These focus wall resources are designed to be engaging and meaningful. Help your kiddos reach for deep knowledge and content mastery using a variety of critical, complex thinking skills.Digging Deep Learning Practices assist students in engaging in critical thinking and developing meaningful understanding of concepts.This resource contains both large and small posters as well as “quick cards” that can be displayed on focus walls, resource walls, or simply during specific lessons.Encourage your s
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K - 6th
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Addition With Regrouping Enrichment - Mind Boggling Math - print and digital
This addition with regrouping math resource came to me as I continue to search for low prep, ready-to-print ways to challenge my math students and provide enrichment while still addressing all rigorous state standards. Now it even includes a digital component for optimum flexibility.These 10 tasks incorporate higher-level thinking, estimation strategies, and have multiple solutions! I want students to be able to work independently or with peers so directions need to be simple and easy to follow
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3rd - 5th
4th Grade Math Leveled Assessment for Differentiation Marzano Proficiency Scale
Learning Goals and Scales are the ultimate Standards Based Grading tool! They don't just motivate a Growth Mindset, they define how students can demonstrate mastery. Every learning standard is broken down into 4 levels of Differentiation. Also known as a scaffolding for learning. These Assessments lead students up a progressive learning path that mirrors the way they develop concepts. Aligned to Bloom’s or Marzano’s Taxonomy of cognitive skills. From easiest-hardest: (Recall/Retrieval, Comprehen
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4th
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Open Ended Math Journal Prompts- Differentiation, Fast Finishers, and Enrichment
Finally, no more stressing about what students should do for independent work time! This math journal just needs to be printed for instant differentiation, giving you open ended math investigations. You will have activities for students who have already mastered what you've taught (enrichment), or for early finishers. The best part is there is no prep, just print and you're ready to go. These are also fantastic prompts to promote student to student discourse.Open ended problems encourage student
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2nd - 4th
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Two Digit Addition Math Enrichment Activities | Mind Boggling Math Center
This addition with regrouping math enrichment resource came to me as I continue to search for low prep, ready-to-print ways to challenge my top math students and provide enrichment while still addressing all rigorous state standards. These tasks incorporate higher level thinking, estimation strategies, and have multiple solutions! I want students to be able to work independently or with peers so directions need to be simple and easy to follow. My 3 digit version has always been a best seller,
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2nd - 4th
Math Logic Puzzles GROWING Bundle for 1st & 2nd Grade: Addition & Subtraction
*If you purchase any of these recourses individually and then purchase the bundle, you may request a refund for the cost of the individual product (at the time of purchase) from TPT*Math Logic Puzzles are perfect for practicing adding and subtracting groups of 10, making groups of 10 to add on, place value, missing addends/subtrahends. This growing bundle of math puzzlers are ideal for math enrichment and challenge! You are saving $7 by purchasing the bundle!So often it seems that finding just-r
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1st - 2nd
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Addition & Subtraction Math Fact Enrichment Activities - Choice Board
NO-PREP, 2nd Grade Math Facts Enrichment Projects and ChallengesThis measurement choice board is full of no-prep math challenges - perfect for 2nd grade math classes that need enrichment! Give early finishers the opportunity to explore these concepts in a deeper and meaningful way with this addition and subtraction math fact math menu! These activities are perfect for your fast finishers and high flying students.This math menu can be used as a tic-tac-toe board, and is full of 9 highly engaging
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2nd - 3rd
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Also included in: 2nd Grade Math Menus and Choice Boards - Enrichment Activities
Math Game: CONTIG Low-Prep Operations Game for Math Facts Print and Digital
Looking for a fabulous low-prep math game that will have students begging to practice their math facts and math skills? Need to get students to engage in practice they love and won't resent? With both print and digital versions, this standards-aligned low-prep math game is the answer!CONTIG is so much fun! Grab this simple, yet powerful game that requires nothing more than dice and something with which to mark the board.The CONTIG low-prep math game is perfect for:☀️ centers☀️ small groups☀️ mat
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1st - 7th
Essay Template aligned with Lucy Calkins Boxes and Bullets
Students can use this template to plan and organize their essays for Informative, Persuasive, and Expository essays.
It includes Sentence Starters and Language Frames and lined paper to start their essays on.
The C_ O_ P_ S_ S_ is a checklist for students to check their writing for Capitalization, Organization, Punctuation, Spelling, and Sentence structure.
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4th - 8th
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A Literature Unit for Patricia Polacco's Junkyard Wonders
This unit was made to go Patricia Polacco's book The Junkyard Wonders. Included are 18 pages of activities to challenges your students to think more deeply about the story. The unit was created with the 4th and 5th grade Common Core Standards in mind. Topics explored are theme, setting, character traits, visualizing, and many more. Writing assignments and a project idea are also included. The themes in this book would also be perfect to explore with a gifted class. Email me at ideabackpack@
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3rd - 6th
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Critical Thinking - Place Value Riddles for Three Digit and Four Digit Numbers
This bundle of 150 place value riddle cards for three digit and four digit numbers will make it easy to promote mental math skills and to differentiate, to keep all levels of learners from second grade through fifth grade engaged in fun and productive practice! There are three sets included in this bundle, two for high second grade, third grade, and fourth grade (100 cards) and another for fourth and fifth grade (50 cards), allowing you to easily span the ability of all of your students. Your s
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2nd - 4th
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5th and 6th Grade Pre-Algebra Math Task Cards (prealgebra, algebraic thinking)
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*Looking for something to challenge your students before summer break? Here's a great end of the year activity. This product is a PDF file download that includes 32 pre-algebra puzzle task cards, a student recording sheet, answer key, and teacher's guide.
*The purpose of this product is for students to build flexibility with algebraic thinking by solving puzzles. It is designed primarily for 6th grade students, but can be used with advanced 5th graders. Once students get the ha
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5th - 6th
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Biography Activities - Task Cards & Choice Boards for Any Book
Dozens of biography activities come in two formats: task cards or choice boards. Each focuses on one informational text standard, as well as a higher order thinking skill (applying, analyzing, evaluating, or creating).Open the preview to take a closer look.They can be used with any biography: picture or chapter book, read-aloud or independently. You may pick and choose, ask students to specific tasks, or allow them to choose their own activities using the tic-tac-toe menus.All materials come in
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4th - 5th
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Also included in: Biography Unit - Genre Study for Fourth and Fifth Grade Students
NOGGLE!- A Fun Math Warm-Up Activity
Noogle is played like the game Boggle, but uses numbers instead. Students are challenged to find a string of numbers that meet the different categories. Students may use any operation (addition, subtraction, multiplication or division). Great for GATE students, early finishers, or as a Math Center activity. Product comes as a Microsoft Word document so that you can change the numbers as often as you would like. You can also keep the grid blank and have students write in their own numbers or
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4th - 8th
Social Media, Digital Citizenship, & the Internet Depth & Complexity Bundle
Teach your students how to be digital citizens using the prompts of Depth and Complexity and Content Imperatives! This bundle offers Depth & Complexity frames, thought provoking games, and engaging activities all about social media, digital citizenship, and the internet! Students will have the chance to write, collaborate with others, share opinions, create a website and blog about it (on paper), and participate in many other activities.
Never used Depth and Complexity icons or frames in
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2nd - 8th
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Two Step Rules in Function Tables - Input Output Tables Task Cards
These input/output task cards give students the opportunity to identify two step rules or patterns using any operation. In these task cards, students don't have to complete any missing values - just identify the rule or pattern that fits the data table. But, the challenge is in the two step rules students need to identify!Input/Output tables help students work with patterns and relationships between numbers. With these task cards, students should start by identifying what they think the rule is
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3rd - 6th
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Mean, Median, Mode, Range "I Have Who Has" Game
A GREAT, FUN WAY FOR KIDS TO PRACTICE AND REINFORCE THEIR SKILLS IN THIS TRICKY TO REMEMBER AREA!3 DIFFERENT LEVELS! This pack includes 36 cards for the game "I Have Who Has" with a focus on Mean, Median, Mode and Range. The cards are split into three levels to be played in small groupsBeginner (green cards)Intermediate (orange cards)Advanced (purple cards)The aim of the game is to quickly work out the problem on your card so that when some one asks "who has...." if it is you then you can answe
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4th - 7th
Differentiated Instruction CCSS STEM Choice Boards & Extension Menus K-8
Teachers, meeting the needs of all learners through differentiated instruction is more important now than it ever was. With the transition to the Common Core, more English language learners, and differing learning styles and abilities makes it pertinent for teachers to offer activities that appeal to each and every student. This is a collection of choice boards, extension menus, and Think-Tac-Toe boards for all grade levels and content areas. These will allow you to reach all students, ensure th
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K - 8th
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A Literature Unit for Drew Daywalt's The Day The Crayons Quit
This unit was made to go with Drew Daywalt's The Day The Crayons Quit. Included are 17 pages of activities to challenge your students to think more deeply about the story. The unit was created with the 4th and 5th grade Common Core Standards in mind. Topics explored are point of view, theme, character traits, visualizing, text structure, plot, letter writing, comparing/contrasting, responding to quotes, and more. Writing assignments are also included. Email me at ideabackpack@gmail.com with
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3rd - 5th
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Elf in the Classroom: NO PREP Holiday Problem Solving & Brain Puzzles for 4-8
As a teacher, I always want to have a plan B, but in December I want to have plans A-G! :) These problem solving cards are a great way to incorporate problem solving and deeper thinking in your classroom with NO PREP on your part.
What type of problems will I find in this file?
Check out the preview, but you will find 25 problems with:
algebraic balancing
algebra grids
word problems (students should know factors & multiples and all 4 basic operations, area of rectangles and triangles)
c
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5th - 8th
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