Welcome to BRAIN BUSTERS! My students often ask, “Can we do Brain Busters today!?!?” Brain Busters are puzzle packets designed to keep the kids thinking and working those critical thinking muscles…but in a FUN way! Brain Busters are great to keep in the classroom as productive time fillers. If students finish their classwork early, this gives them a fun project to go to instead of talking or becoming disruptive. (I do not allow my students to take their packets home. They just keep them in school and work on them as they can.) THANKSGIVING EDITION INCLUDES: Pumpkin Sudoku Potluck Logic Puzzle Thanksgiving Trivia Crossword Turkey Word Hunt DISCLAIMER: I actually call them “Brain Busters Candy Crushers” in my class. Each time a student finishes a packet, he/she gets a small piece of candy. You could also have a prize box of some kind. Who doesn’t love prizes!? *ALL Kaffenate Brain Busters have been student-tested (no children were hurt in the testing of these products) to insure clarity and accuracy. **We are all humans, and despite several levels of quality control, mistakes STILL get though sometimes! Please contact me ASAP if you find a mistake. I’ll fix it immediately and send you a free product of your choice!

Once you know understand what the Greatest Common Factor and the Least Common Multiple are…why not find them at the SAME TIME??? Yes, please! This 9 minute video shows students how to do it. (Spoiler alert… a wedding cake topper may have fallen off in this one!) Fun music and fun sounds to keep the kids engaged! While I firmly believe that there is NO substitute for in person teachers, this video can be helpful to you as a teacher or parent in many ways! Best Used For: –Flipped Classrooms (watch at home* before you come to class) –Review time –Substitute Plans –Extra Help –Advanced Kids –Homeschool 10% of all Proceeds for Kaffenate Math go to this AWESOME horse rescue: https://www.facebook.com/TAPSfordrafts/

It’s all well and good until you are thrown and set of numbers that are both fractions AND decimals. How do you make sense out of that mess? We’ll make sense of it by cuddling puppies and taking on a long jump competition! This set has 3 worksheets of various levels. Great to use as in class activities or homework. Learning Objectives: –To be able to navigate between decimals and fractions –To be able to order and compare rational numbers 10% of all Proceeds for Kaffenate Math go to this AWESOME horse rescue: https://www.facebook.com/TAPSfordrafts/

An introduction to Rational Numbers… AKA Fractions! What does an ancient Egyptian god’s eye have to do with fractions? Watch and find out! This set has 2 worksheets of various levels. Great to use as in class activities or homework. Learning Objectives: –Definition of a rational number –Rules for rational numbers –How to verify that a number is a rational number 10% of all Proceeds for Kaffenate Math go to this AWESOME horse rescue: https://www.facebook.com/TAPSfordrafts/

Come to the icebergs of Greenland with these worksheets! :-) This set has 3 worksheets of various levels. Great to use as in class activities or homework. Learning Objectives: –Applying the concepts of OPPOSITES and ABSOLUTE VALUE to Rational Numbers 10% of all Proceeds for Kaffenate Math go to this AWESOME horse rescue: https://www.facebook.com/TAPSfordrafts/

It’s the GREATEST thing ever! Greatest Common Factor! This set of 3 (front and back) worksheets can be used as a stand alone product OR with the companion video. Each worksheet has a fun riddle to solve. The riddle also serves as a self-check! Gotta love that! Less grading for YOU! 10% of all Proceeds for Kaffenate Math go to this AWESOME horse rescue: https://www.facebook.com/TAPSfordrafts/

Just because it’s called “LEAST” Common multiple, doesn’t mean it’s not important! This 5 minute video goes through the basics of –What the Least Common Multiple is –How we find the Least Common Multiple –WHY we need it! Fun music and fun sounds to keep the kids engaged! This set of 2 (front and back) worksheets can be used as a stand alone product OR with the FREE companion video. Each worksheet has a fun riddle to solve. The riddle also serves as a self-check! Gotta love that! Less grading for YOU! 10% of all Proceeds for Kaffenate Math go to this AWESOME horse rescue: https://www.facebook.com/TAPSfordrafts/

John needs help getting his life balanced out!..and if he can just learn to multiply fractions it would really help! This set has 3 worksheets of various levels. Great to use as in class activities or homework. The first two basic practice worksheets include an inspirational quote puzzle to figure out. Learning Objectives: –Multiply two fractions –Multiply a fraction and a whole number –Smile a bit at a silly math problem story. 10% of all Proceeds for Kaffenate Math go to this AWESOME horse rescue: https://www.facebook.com/TAPSfordrafts/

It has 4 worksheets of various levels, including one that requires a bit of research! Great to use as in class activities or homework. Learning Objectives: –How we use the number line to compare and order Integers –Symbols used for comparing integers Inequalities –Where we can use inequalities and ordering in real life 10% of all Proceeds for Kaffenate Math go to this AWESOME horse rescue: https://www.facebook.com/TAPSfordrafts/

There are 4 worksheets of various levels of difficulty. The last two are about how absolute value can be seen in the stock market! Learning Objectives: –The definition of absolute value –Where we see absolute value in real life –How comparing absolute value differs from comparing and ordering integers 10% of all Proceeds for Kaffenate Math go to this AWESOME horse rescue: https://www.facebook.com/TAPSfordrafts/

What do disco, zombies, and pizza have to do with fractions? Everything! (At least in this activity!) Adding and subtracting fractions can absolutely STOP a students in his/tracks. These worksheets (3) have examples and step by step instructions included. There is also room to workout the problems right on the page. (My students are very picky about having ENOUGH room to work with!) The answer key shows each step. Other recommended resources: Kaffenate Math videos and resources for GREATEST COMMON FACTOR LEAST COMMON MULTIPLE LADDER METHOD 10% of all Proceeds for Kaffenate Math go to this AWESOME horse rescue: https://www.facebook.com/TAPSfordrafts/

There are 4 different worksheet of various levels for in-class work or homework. –Uses for the number line Visualizing Numbers Identifying Opposites –Where we can use or see number lines in real life 10% of all Proceeds for Kaffenate Math go to this AWESOME horse rescue: https://www.facebook.com/TAPSfordrafts/

There are 4 worksheets of various levels of difficulty. The last two are about how absolute value can be seen in the stock market! Learning Objectives: –The definition of absolute value –Where we see absolute value in real life –How comparing absolute value differs from comparing and ordering integers 10% of all Proceeds for Kaffenate Math go to this AWESOME horse rescue: https://www.facebook.com/TAPSfordrafts/