Included in this bundle are three activities/games to help students practice working with arrays and factors as they develop their number sense and multiplicative thinking skills. Each game has a procedures page, additional materials pages if needed, as well as a student recording sheet for enhanced accountability as they practice their skills with these activities.

This lesson plan helps students develop a conceptual awareness of divisibility through exploration. Students test a variety of numbers for divisibility (I prefer to let them use calculators for increased reliability) and then look for patterns to develop divisibility rules. Relationships between factors and divisibility become evident as students notice that they can use their understanding of factors to predict what a number may be divisible by. Materials for the lesson include posters for students to write on as they do the activity and number cards to test. The graphic organizer included can be printed in multiple formats so that you can choose how much information you want students to write, vs. what you want to provide for them.

8 mazes to help your students practice rounding decimal values to the nearest whole number, tenth, hundredth and thousandth. These are EASY to set up, requiring minimal time for the teacher. Directions are clear and easy to understand so students can focus on the intended math practice.

This bundle includes activities that students can use to practice skills of multiplication and problem solving. Each activity includes a procedures page, additional materials if necessary, and a student recording page. -Make a Story -Cereal Situation -Powerful Products -Silly Stories 1 & 2

Differentiated Task Cards To help students develop fluency with Operations and Algebraic Thinking Target Skill: Developing Fluency with Order of Operations #1-10 Order of Operations with 2 Operations #11-20 Operations with Exponents #20-30 Operations with Exponents and Grouping Symbols #30-40 Operations with Exponents/Grouping Symbols/Integers

This file includes a problem solving task, slides that walk students through the problem solving process, as well as tips for teaching problem solving and possible questions for facilitating the task. It is provided as a pdf. as well as a ppt. This task focuses on area and perimeter as students try to maximize the area of a bunny pen for a predetermined perimeter. Students engage in true problem solving as they explore the possibilities for the bunny pen in this version of a classic mathematical task. This PowerPoint includes teacher facilitation questions, a guide to understanding the mathematics in the problem, a scaffolded approach to problem solving, and possible solutions. This is the method I use to help my students engage deeply in problem solving and stretch themselves beyond "number plugging" as many students do when they solve a "word problem". I have included a powerpoint version as well as a printable .pdf to fit the needs of your classroom.

This bundle includes everything you need to help students construct an understanding of divisibility! Lesson Plan and Activity: Students are guided to test over 45 numbers for divisibility for numbers 1-10. They then use the numbers that are divisible by each divisor to develop a rule for each (as a class). This is a FUN activity which promotes active learning with a high engagement rate. Graphic Organizer: There are two front options and three options for the inside so you can customize how much you want your students to take notes vs. focus on creating the rules as a class. This aides in differentiation and can be a great time saver! Posters: There are four color posters which can be hung vertically to remind students of the divisibility rules from 1-10 (7 and 8 excluded). These are great when teaching about simplifying fractions and working with division/estimation. Game: The Tiger Escape Game which I have included allows students to practice what they have learned in a fun, easy to set up game. Students use their divisibility rules to move the tiger through the game board while checking to see which of the spaces along the path are divisible by the numbers 1-10 (7 and 8 excluded).

-Equivalent Fractions- A fun game for students to practice finding equivalent fractions. Students place each puzzle piece so that each fraction is connected to an equivalent fraction. Pairs of equivalent fractions should be both vertical and horizontal. It is a self checking puzzle, since it can only be solved completely with correct combinations. Two levels of complexity Level 1: Simplest form and Equivalent Fraction Level 2: Equivalent Fractions without Simplest Form. Puzzles with frames are included so that students can solve the puzzles quickly for 10-15 minute station work. Puzzles without frames give students a greater challenge and are more appropriate for group or 15-20 minute stations.

These mazes are easy to set up and easy to use while providing practice for the skill of finding volume for rectangular prisms. Students are able to see that a particular volume can be reached by a variety of factors that equal the same product. This helps students identify commutativity with the factors. There are 4 game boards included. You can: Print each puzzle board, then laminate and let students use the tiger pieces to mark the correct spaces and the x’s for spaces that do not equal the target number. Or Print as worksheets on a full or half page and let students write directly on them.

These task cards can be used at stations, as a class activity (scoots and treasure hunts are GREAT!) or along with gameboards. There are levels included: Whole numbers Divided by Unit Fractions Unit Fractions Divided by Whole Numbers Fractions Divided by Fractions Division with Fractions Greater than 1 Student recording sheet, problems at a glance and answer sheet included.

A fun game for students to practice finding equivalent values for decimals and fractions. Students place each puzzle piece so that each fraction or decimal is connected to an equivalent value. Pairs of equivalent values should be both vertical and horizontal. It is a self checking puzzle, since it can only be solved completely with correct combinations. Two levels of complexity Level 1: Benchmark & Unit Fractions and their Decimal Form Level 2: Non-Unit/Benchmark Fractions and their Decimal Form Puzzles with frames are included so that students can solve the puzzles quickly for 10-15 minute station work. Puzzles without frames give students a greater challenge and are more appropriate for group or 15-20 minute stations.

A fun game for students to practice finding equivalent values for mixed numbers and improper fractions. Students place each puzzle piece so that each value is connected to an equivalent value. Pairs of equivalent values should be both vertical and horizontal. It is a self checking puzzle, since it can only be solved completely with correct combinations. Two levels of complexity Level 1: Fractions with benchmark denominants. Level 2: Fractions with whole number values greater than five and non benchmark denominants. Puzzles with frames are included so that students can solve the puzzles quickly for 10-15 minute station work. Puzzles without frames give students a greater challenge and are more appropriate for group or 15-20 minute stations.

Place each puzzle piece so that each equation is connected to the matching sum or difference. Pairs should be made both vertically and horizontally. This is a self checking puzzle since it can only be solved completely with correct pairs touching. Two levels of complexity Level 1: Adding and Subtracting without regrouping Level 2: Adding and Subtracting with regrouping Puzzles with frames are included so that students can solve the puzzles quickly for 10-15 minute station work. Puzzles without frames give students a greater challenge and are more appropriate for quick finishers or longer station times.

An Activity to help students practice the skill: Finding Fractional Parts of a Number! Game Play requires students to determine the highest or lowest value when comparing fractions of a number. Includes: 48 Game Cards & Directions. Players each get an equal amount of cards. Then, each turns over a card. Example: 1/2 of 28 vs. 2/3 of 18 Then they compare the values of both cards. 1/2 of 28 = 14 vs. 2/3 of 18 =12 The person with the highest value on their card gets to keep both cards. The object is to be the person with the greatest number of cards at the end of the game.

Magic Puzzle Boards Multiplying Fractions and Whole Numbers Unit Fractions and Proper Fractions Great for Stations! This is a self checking puzzle since it can only be solved completely with correct pairs touching. Two levels of complexity Level 1: Unit Fraction x Whole Number Level 2: Proper Fraction x Whole Number Puzzles with frames are included so that students can solve the puzzles quickly for 10-15 minute station work. Puzzles without frames give students a greater challenge and are more appropriate for quick finishers or longer station times.

-Exponents- Place each puzzle piece so that each Base and Exponent (Power) is connected to its value in standard form. Pairs should be made both vertically and horizontally. Great for Stations!!! This is a self checking puzzle since it can only be solved completely with correct pairs touching. Two levels of complexity Level 1: Positive Exponents and their Values in Standard Form Level 2:Negative Exponents and their Values in Standard Form Puzzles with frames are included so that students can solve the puzzles quickly for 10-15 minute station work. Puzzles without frames give students a greater challenge and are more appropriate for quick finishers or longer station times.

Prime Factorization *Diamond Match Game* 4 levels of complexity Student recording sheet included Play a match game with one or more levels Level 1-Defining numbers as prime or composite. Composite numbers have only two factors. Levels 2, 3, 4-Numbers are broken into their prime factorization and rewritten using exponents.

As students engage in authentic problem solving, they learn how to apply the mathematics they learn in the classroom to the world beyond! Students must determine who received a greater portion of a tray of brownies in task. -This task encourages students to apply their fraction sense to determine when and how to appropriately multiply and divide whole numbers and fractions. -Additionally, students will compare two unit fractions to determine which is greater. This PowerPoint includes teacher facilitation questions, a guide to understanding the mathematics in the problem, a scaffolded approach to problem solving, and possible solutions. This is the method I use to help my students engage deeply in problem solving and stretch themselves beyond "number plugging" as many students do when they solve a "word problem". I have included a powerpoint version as well as a printable .pdf to fit the needs of your classroom.

X’s and O’s Three in a Row A fun way for students to practice graphing on a coordinate grid while looking for patterns to determine best placement to win a game. This game has two levels of difficulty to allow for differentiation in small group practice or provide two separate whole class activities. Level 1 - Quadrant 1 Graphing Level 2 - All 4 Quadrants

Place each puzzle piece so that each equation is connected to the matching value of x. Pairs of matching equations and x values should be both vertical and horizontal. It is a self checking puzzle, since it can only be solved completely with correct combinations. Two levels of complexity Level 1: Solving equations with one operation. Level 2: Solving equations with two operations Puzzles with frames are included so that students can solve the puzzles quickly for 10-15 minute station work. Puzzles without frames give students a greater challenge and are more appropriate for group or 15-20 minute stations