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1 - 5 | ACT IT OUT! LOGIC FOR YOUNG THINKERS 72 logic problems to determine proper placement of items from teacher provided clues; ideal for starters or center activities for independent task time |  | |
4 - 8 | ALGEBRAIC CLUES: ESTIMATION & COMMUNICATION 40 pages for estimation of visualized circles followed by 20 activities for working with a partner to establish the actual number; algebraic clues are given to assist in determining the value of the unknowns; ideal for starters
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4 - 8 | ALGEBRAIC COMMUNICATING WITH TILES 78 activities for students to form a list of numbers utilizing tiles 0 through 9 by listening to and/or reading algebraic clues; each listing involves 1, 2, or 3 unknowns; ideal for mental math
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4 - 8 | CHARTING THE UNKNOWNS 57 activites for finding the possible values of two unknowns when a total has been given; utilization of the guess and check strategy combined with seeing a pattern and keeping an organized chart of values; ideal for starters |  | |
4 - 8 | CLASSIFIED INFORMATION: NUMBERS FOR A REASON 48 warm up and 48 main activities for classifying 8 given numbers into 2 groups for a mathematical reason; ideal for starters |  | |
4 - 8 | CLUES & CUES: COOPERATIVE PROBLEM SOLVING 90 cooperative math experiences for groups of 4; focus on building numbers, forming rectangles, and problem solving encounters |  | |
4 - 8 | COMMUNICATING WITH TILES 90 activities utilizing mathematics vocabulary and concepts; intended to deal with mathematics as a language: listening, forming numbers, and communicating orally; ideal for starters
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4 - 8 | CONTRASTING FACTS: COOPERATIVE TRIVIA STARTERS 50 cooperative experiences for guessing about a real life situation and then refining estimates on the basis of mathematical vocabulary/concepts; ideal for starters
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4 - 8 | COOP THINKING cooperative starters, mental math and pursuit problems plus trio tiling activities |  | |
4 - 8 | CRACK THE CODE, BOOK B 180 daily problems including alphabet and symbol codes plus 36 pages of code deciphering; ideal for stumper problems |  | |
4 - 8 | CRACK THE CODE, BOOK B DIGITAL TASKS: SET A 
Activities from Crack The Code Book B have been converted to digital task cards. Set A has 48 different interactive encounters from the first 1/3 of the book: 12 alphabet code, 12 letter code, 12 number not belonging, and 12 shape code tasks DIGITAL FORMAT (view & accomplish tasks on computer, ipad, or other hand held device with google) | ||
4 - 8 | CRACK THE CODE, BOOK B DIGITAL TASKS: SET B
Activities from Crack The Code Book B have been converted to digital task cards. Set B has 48 different interactive encounters from the second 1/3 of the book: 12 alphabet code, 12 letter code, 12 number not belonging, and 12 shape code tasks DIGITAL FORMAT (view & accomplish tasks on computer, ipad, or other hand held device with google) | ||
4 - 8 | CRACK THE CODE, BOOK B DIGITAL TASKS: SET C
Activities from Crack The Code Book B have been converted to digital task cards. Set C has 48 different interactive encounters from the last 1/3 of the book: 12 alphabet code, 12 letter code, 12 number not belonging, and 12 shape code tasks DIGITAL FORMAT (view & accomplish tasks on computer, ipad, or other hand held device with google) | ||
4 - 8 | CRACK THE CODE, BOOK B DIGITAL TASKS: SET ABC
Set ABC has all 144 interactive encounters (compilation of sets A and B and C): 36 alphabet code, 36 letter code, 36 number not belonging, and 36 shape code tasks DIGITAL FORMAT (view & accomplish tasks on computer, ipad, or other hand held device with google) | ||
4 - 8 | DETECTIVE/PROBLEM SOLVER 36 pages of word problems to be done with the detective communicating the problem to the problem solver and 36 pages of spatial designs to encourage mathematical communication skills |  | |
4 - 8 | FINDING X …ALGEBRA BEGINNINGS 100 activities utilizing math vocabulary and the problem strategy of elimination to determine the value for x; ideal for starters |  | |
4 - 8 | FORM AN EQUATION 120 activites for creating balances by utilizing designated digits to form equations: addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, and mixed basic operations; ideal for starters and/or stumpers |  | |
4 - 8 | I HAVE 40 activities to be cut into 24 strips each for computational skills, concepts and vocabulary such as place value, money: change, fractional parts, reasonable possibility, angles; ideal for classroom oral mental math or for centers for independent task time |  | |
4 - 8 | IF . . . THEN . . . THINK & THINK AGAIN 72 problem solving activities involving if . . . then... reasoning, thinking and logic; ideal for cooperative work with a partner |  | |
4 - 8 | JUSTIFY YOUR THINKING 40 higher level thinking problems to encourage generalizations and communication; ideal for cooperative work with a partner |  | |
4 - 8 | LINKING LOGIC & GEOMETRY 72 cooperative problem solving activities utilizing traditional pattern block shapes, geometric concepts/vocabulary and logical reasoning skills |  | |
4 - 8 | LOOKING FOR RELATIONSHIPS 20 warm ups for seeing relationships between numbers, 20 activities for observing related prices of items, and 20 activities for finding numerous ways to spend a designated amount by using relationship thinking; ideal for centers for independent task time |  | |
4 - 8 | MATH STARTERS & STUMPERS 180 problems to start the math period, plus 180 challenge problems to be problems of the day; ideal for starters and stumpers
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4 - 8 | MORE STARTERS & STUMPERS 80 "quick responders" and 120 "time takers" to provoke thought and to challenge; ideal for starters and stumpers |  | |
4 - 8 | NUMBER SEARCH: 100 CHART, BOOK II 72 activities for assessing vocabulary/concepts including multiples, divisible, prime, and square number, where students color numbers on the hundred chart; ideal for starters or centers for independent task time |  | |
4 - 8 | NUMBERS PLEASE! QUESTIONS PLEASE! 36 activities where students select a number less than 1000 and evaluate their number to see if it meets certain constraints and then try to find "the number" which fits every descriptor; 36 activities where students write questions for the answers rather than answers to the questions; ideal for starters |  | |
4 - 8 | REASON TOGETHER: COMPARE, ESTIMATE & REFINE 36 cooperative activities which focus on doing the problem 4 times with an emphasis on estimation, following number sense clues, computation, and mental math; connections with social studies and science ideas; ideal for cooperative math |  | |
4 - 8 | TALK IT OVER 80 challenging problems for students to discuss with a partner; ideal for starters |  | |
4 - 8 | TILE TEASERS 180 enrichment problems utilizing a set of digits 0 through 9; ideal for stumpers
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4 - 8 | TILING WORDS WITH A-Z, BOOK II 80 activities using tiles A through Z to form more than 600 vocabulary words from given pictorial or written clues; ideal for language arts centers for independent task time |  | |
4 - 8 | TWO TOO: PLACE VALUE ALONE & WITH A PARTNER 40 individual and 60 partner tasks for place value number building from given mathematical clues; ideal for starters or centers for independent task time |  | |
4 - 8 | WEIGHT LOGIC, BOOK 2 60 higher level/larger number tasks for finding individual weight values when total weights are given; if...then...reasoning activities to encourage explanations of thinking prior to abstractly solving simultaneous algebraic equations; ideal for starters |  |