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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 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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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 | 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 | COOP THINKING cooperative starters, mental math and pursuit problems plus trio tiling activities |  | |
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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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 |  | |
2 - 5 | FOLLOW THE CLUES WITH TILES 90 cooperative problem solving activites for groups of 4 involving reading clues, sharing information, building numbers, and agreeing on a number which meets everyones criteria |  | |
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 |  | |
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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3 - 8 | MENTAL MATH WITH TILES & THE HUNDRED CHART 50 pages of "scripts" for giving oral directions to students for mental math where they show their thinking with tiles, and 50 pages of "scripts" for giving oral directions for movement on a hundred chart; each page has 3 sets of directions; ideal for mental math
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K - 2 | MIX AND MATCH NUMBERS 50 different pictured actvities to be cut into ten strips where students match quantitative amounts 0 through 9 with number tiles; ideal for centers for independent task time |  | |
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 | 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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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 |  | |
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 |  | |
2 - 5 | THINK-N-TOUCH: HANDLES FOR PROBLEM SOLVING 180 daily manipulative problems with tiles, coins, toothpicks, and pretzels, plus 36 tangram tasks to form digits and letters of the alphabet; ideal for stumpers and tangram centers for independent task time |  | |
4 - 8 | TILE TEASERS 180 enrichment problems utilizing a set of digits 0 through 9; ideal for stumpers
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K - 6 | TILING FOR ALL a handbook with numerous ways to use numeral tiles in the math program from start to finish: includes games from the former TILE AWHILE and ideas from the former TILING: WINDOWS TO MATHEMATICAL THINKING |  | |
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 |  |