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4 - 7 | A WORD PROBLEM A DAY KEEPS COBWEBS AWAY 72 pages (180 word problems to use daily ) focusing on word problem attack skills such as recognizing operation, writing an equation, drawing a picture, estimating |  | |
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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1 - 3 | BEGINNING WEIGHT LOGIC numerous activities for combining basic addition and subtraction fact practice with reasoning; if...then...talk to reveal individual weight values for apples, oranges and/or bananas; ideal for starters |  | |
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 |  | |
1 - 3 | COLOR IT ON THE HUNDRED CHART 80 sets of directions using vocabulary of more/less, before/after/between, plus and minus to color designs on the hundred chart; ideal for starters or centers for independent task time
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4 - 6 | COLOR IT ON THE HUNDRED CHART, BOOK 2 80 sets of directions using place value, multiplication, division, fractions, and exponents to color designs on the hundred chart; ideal for starters or centers for independent task time |  | |
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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1 - 3 | COVER IT DAILY ON THE HUNDRED CHART, BOOK 1 100 activities where students cover specified numbers (such as even numbers less then 20) on their hundred chart; ideal for starters |  | |
2 - 4 | COVER IT DAILY ON THE HUNDRED CHART, BOOK 2 100 activities where students cover specified numbers by using concepts/skills such as sums, differences, products and place value; ideal for starters
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K - 3 | CRAYON LOGIC 80 activities for an introduction to if...then... reasoning by finding the proper placement for colors with numbers; 20 activities with 3 colors, 20 activities with 4 colors, 20 activities with 5 colors, and 20 activities with 6 colors; ideal for starters
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2 - 6 | CRISS CROSS SHOWINGS FOR MULTIPLICATION 90 actvities which use criss cross multiplication models as visualizations of rectangular arrays for showing and estimating multiplication products and multiplication fact equations; ideal for starters |  | |
K - 4 | CRITTER LEG COUNT composing/decomposing numbers by using "critter" pictures to show a specific number of legs |  | |
4 - 7 | DECIMAL PLACE VALUE & NUMBER SENSE– BUILD A NUMBER 80 activities for building numbers with whole numbers plus digits to the right of the decimal point: tenths, hundredths, thousandths, and ten thousandths |  | |
2 - 5 | EARLY COMMUNICATING WITH TILES 45 activities with listing all ten tiles by hearing and speaking the language of mathematics and 45 tile placement activities for individual or partner pursuit; ideal for starters |  | |
K - 1 | EARLY SKILLBOARD MATH 24 different skillboards and numerous pages of pictures and verbal clues covering concepts such as before, after, more, less, greater than, and between; ideal for starters
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2 - 6 | FIND THE NUMBERS AND WORDS 104 activities for locating numbers on the hundred chart, writing questions for answers, and writing in mathematics; ideal for starters |  | |
2 - 5 | FIND THE X TILE 100 activities discovering the value of x by listening to mathematical vocabulary clues & eliminating numbers until only one single-digit number remains; ideal for starters |  | |
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 |  | |
3 - 7 | GEOMETRY LINE UP & BE ACCOUNTED FOR 40 activities for placement of the 6 traditional pattern blocks using geometric vocabulary and logical thinking; included are 2 sets of 20 tasks; ideal for starters or centers for independent task time |  | |
K - 3 | GRAPHING GALORE 180 daily bar graph experiences divided into weekly categories such as birthdays, clothes, name, family |  | |
3 - 8 | KNOW THE NUMBERS 90 total activites for finding two different numbers which meet the given criteria; 30 activities for 2-digit numbers, 30 for 3-digit numbers, and 30 for 4-digit numbers; ideal for starters or centers for independent task time and for working with a partner |  | |
K - 2 | LOOK & LIST 100 activities for forming a list of tiles numbered 0 through 9 from visualizations: legs, dots, marbles, and sides of geometric shapes; ideal for starters |  | |
K - 3 | LOOK AND SHOW YOUR THINKING 100 activities involving visualizations of magnetic marbles, magnetic disks, geometric shapes, animals, and coins to help develop number sense; ideal for starters |  | |
1 - 8 | MATH MODELS WITH MAGNETIC MATERIALS 48 focus number activities where students briefly observe a quantitative amount of magnetic disks or magnetic marbles, estimate the number, and then refine their estimates as vocabulary clues are provided; clues are provided for each quantity at 3 levels: primary vocabulary/concepts, intermediate vocabulary/concepts, and middle school vocabulary/concepts; ideal for starters |  | |
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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2 - 5 | MONEY LOGIC 100 reasoning activities involving the alignment of United States valued coins; ideal for starters or centers for independent task time |  | |
4 - 8 | MORE STARTERS & STUMPERS 80 "quick responders" and 120 "time takers" to provoke thought and to challenge; ideal for starters and stumpers |  | |
3 - 6 | NUMBER SEARCH ON THE 100 CHART 72 activites for assessing math vocabulary/concepts including even/odd, place value, and between, where students color numbers on the hundred chart; ideal for starters or centers for independent task time |  | |
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 - 6 | 100 COOPERATIVE CHART EXPLORATIONS 100 activities for double thinking, team coloring, and/or mental math with the hundred chart; ideal for cooperative math experiences; ideal for starters |  | |
3 - 6 | PLACE VALUE & NUMBER SENSE– BUILD A NUMBER 80 activities for building either 3, 4, 5, or 6-digit numbers from given clues; extensions for using the designated digits to build the largest number, the smallest number, and the number closest to... |  | |
2 - 5 | PLACE VALUE ALONE & TOGETHER 50 activities for an individual, and 50 activities to be done cooperatively with a partner to build 3-digit or 4-digit numbers which meet the specified criteria; ideal for starters or centers for independent task time
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2 - 4 | PRIMARY STARTERS & STUMPERS 80 estimation activities and 80 problems for daily challenges; ideal for starters and stumpers |  | |
K - 3 | PRIMARY TODAY IS THE DAY FOR NUMBERS number facts for each day of a traditional school year calendar plus picture ways to show each date with all possible combinations of United States coins; ideal for beginning each day of the school year |  | |
1 - 3 | PROBLEMS PER PRIMARY PUPILS 36 pages (180 word problems to use daily) focusing on word problem attack skills such as recognizing operating, drawing a picture, determining if there is missing/extraneous information, estimating plus 36 pages (180 problems to use daily as the challenge problem of the day) |  | |
K - 2 | SEEING AND SHOWING 50 activities for estimation and counting using magnetic disks, tangrams, buttons, pattern blocks and attribute blocks; ideal for starters |  | |
K - 3 | SHAPES & LOGIC: YOUNG GEOMETRY activities where students follow clues to find the placement of a triangle, a square, a rhombus, a trapezoid, and a hexagon for covering a given area with minimum, maximum, and specfic number of blocks and colors; ideal for starters and centers for independent task time |  | |
K - 2 | SHOW ME & STUMP ME starting activities where students show their thinking with number tiles 0 through 9, and 5 types of stumper problems to do each day of the week for the entire school year; ideal for starters and stumpers |  | |
1 - 3 | SKILLBOARD MATH 24 different skillboards and 72 pages of "scripts" for finding appropriate numbers and discovering the extra tile; two students each with 0 through 9 tiles work on basic skills and vocabulary such as before, after, between, more than, less than, addition, subtraction, place value, money, and time; ideal for starters
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3 - 7 | SKILLBOARD MATH, BOOK 2 16 different skillboards and 72 pages of "scripts" for finding appropriate numbers and discovering the extra tile; two students each with 0 through 9 tiles work on skills and vocabulary such as multiplication, division, fractions, and exponents; ideal for starters |  | |
4 - 8 | TALK IT OVER 80 challenging problems for students to discuss with a partner; ideal for starters |  | |
2 - 5 | TELL ME ABOUT IT 100 open ended situations for students to write what is known and what might be true; ideal for starters |  | |
K - 1 | 30 CHART: COVERING, COLORING & NUMBERING 82 activities with primary math vocabulary/concepts and an organized chart of the first 30 counting numbers; ideal for starters
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3 - 8 | TODAY IS THE DAY FOR NUMBERS number facts for each day of a traditional school year which relate numbers to the world around us, to science, and to social studies; ideal for beginning each day of the school year |  | |
5 - 8 | TRANSLATIONS & EQUATIONS 100 problems for equation writing and 100 problems for writing an equation within a given set of digits; ideal for starters |  | |
1 - 3 | TURN OVER TILES TO FIND X 100 activities for finding a specific single-digit number by listening to clues and eliminating digits until only one, the x tile, remains; ideal for starters |  | |
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 |  | |
2 - 5 | WEIGHT LOGIC 60 relationship thinking activities for finding individual weight values when total weights are given; if...then...reasoning activities to encourage explanations of thinking; ideal for starters |  | |
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 |  | |
2 - 5 | WEIGHT WAYS 54 activities with addition of single-digit numbers to find all possible balances for a specified sum or to create all possible combinations to meet the given criteria; ideal for starters |  | |
2 - 5 | WHAT IS THE VALUE? VARIABLES FOR THE YOUNG 90 activities finding possible values for two different "coins" when a total is given; basic addition combined with trial and error problem solving strategy and algebraic replacement of numbers for symbols; t-table recommended for organized listing of all of the possibilities; ideal for starters |  | |
K - 1 | YOUNG DATA DISPLAYS: IF…THEN…THINKING 60 reasoning activities where children respond by showing a number and 80 activites for informal graphic representation; ideal for starters |  |