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

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

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

AVAILABLE IN PDF FORMAT ONLY

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

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

CLUES & CUES: COOPERATIVE PROBLEM SOLVING

90 cooperative math experiences for groups of 4; focus on building numbers, forming rectangles, and problem solving encounters

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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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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COOP THINKING

cooperative starters, mental math and pursuit problems plus trio tiling activities

CRACK THE CODE, BOOK B

180 daily problems including alphabet and symbol codes plus 36 pages of code deciphering; ideal for stumper problems

CRACK THE CODE, BOOK B DIGITAL TASKS: SET A

*NEW DIGITAL

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
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CRACK THE CODE, BOOK B DIGITAL TASKS: SET B

*NEW DIGITAL

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)

CRACK THE CODE, BOOK B DIGITAL TASKS: SET C

*NEW DIGITAL

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)

CRACK THE CODE, BOOK B DIGITAL TASKS: SET ABC

*NEW DIGITAL

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
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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

FINDING X ...ALGEBRA BEGINNINGS

100 activities utilizing math vocabulary and the problem strategy of elimination to determine the value for x; ideal for starters

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

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

IF . . . THEN . . . THINK & THINK AGAIN

72 problem solving activities involving if . . . then... reasoning, thinking and logic; ideal for cooperative work with a partner

JUSTIFY YOUR THINKING

40 higher level thinking problems to encourage generalizations and communication; ideal for cooperative work with a partner