Find fun and engaging math mysteries and projects to get your students motivated during math time. Great for practice and review, my math mysteries come in different grade levels that can be used to customize for differentiation. The grade levels are US Common Core aligned, check out the description which outlines skills and levels involved within that math mystery version to determine whether it suits your class level and/or curriculum. Enjoy! :)
Find fun and engaging math mysteries and projects to get your students motivated during math time. Great for practice and review, my math mysteries come in different grade levels that can be used to customize for differentiation. The grade levels are US Common Core aligned, check out the description which outlines skills and levels involved within that math mystery version to determine whether it suits your class level and/or curriculum. Enjoy! :)
This math mystery, “Case of the Super Bad Superhero,” is a great way to add some excitement and fun to your math lessons! Students will be working through a variety of math questions to discover important clues. The clues will help them solve which superhero has gone bad!
In this Grade 2 version, the 5 clues cover the following skills:
- Clue 1: Place Value Models (Tens and Ones)
- Clue 2: Addition (1-digit and 2-digit numbers)
- Clue 3: Subtraction (1 - digit and 2-digit numbers – No Regrouping)
- Clue 4: Skip-Counting
- Clue 5: Missing Numbers (Addition Sentences)
Pack also provides teacher instructions, the story, answer sheets, an elimination guide and printable awards.
MIX & MATCH ACROSS GRADE LEVELS TO DIFFERENTIATE/CUSTOMIZE
You can choose a grade level that suits your class best, and/or mix and match across the same clue numbers (except for the Grade 1 Version) to differentiate and customize the math mystery for your students. The Grade 1 version is simplified as a whole and cannot be mixed with the rest. (For example, swap clue 1 from the Grade 2 version to clue 1 from the Grade 3 version to make that part more challenging for some students.)
This math mystery, “Case of the Super Bad Superhero,” is a great way to add some excitement and fun to your math lessons! Students will be working through a variety of math questions to discover important clues. The clues will help them solve which superhero has gone bad!
In this Grade 6 version, the 5 clues cover the following skills:
- Clue 1: Rounding Decimals
- Clue 2: Adding Decimals (wholes, tenths, hundredths, thousandths)
- Clue 3: Subtracting Decimals (wholes, tenths, hundredths, thousandths)
- Clue 4: Multiply Whole Numbers with Decimals (tenths only)
- Clue 5: Division with 2-digit Divisors
Pack also provides teacher instructions, the story, answer sheets, an elimination guide and printable awards.
MIX & MATCH ACROSS GRADE LEVELS TO DIFFERENTIATE/CUSTOMIZE
You can choose a grade level that suits your class best, and/or mix and match across the same clue numbers (except for the Grade 1 Version) to differentiate and customize the math mystery for your students. The Grade 1 version is simplified as a whole and cannot be mixed with the rest. (For example, swap clue 1 from the Grade 2 version to clue 1 from the Grade 3 version to make that part more challenging for some students.)
This math mystery, “Case of the Super Bad Superhero,” is a great way to add some excitement and fun to your math lessons! Students will be working through a variety of math questions to discover important clues. The clues will help them solve which superhero has gone bad!
In this Grade 5 version, the 5 clues cover the following skills:
- Clue 1: Covert Decimals from Expanded Form (using fractions)
- Clue 2: Adding Decimals (wholes & tenths)
- Clue 3: Subtracting Decimals (wholes & tenths)
- Clue 4: Multiply Numbers Ending in Zeroes
- Clue 5: Dividing Numbers Ending in Zeroes
Pack also provides teacher instructions, the story, answer sheets, an elimination guide and printable awards.
MIX & MATCH ACROSS GRADE LEVELS TO DIFFERENTIATE/CUSTOMIZE
You can choose a grade level that suits your class best, and/or mix and match across the same clue numbers (except for the Grade 1 Version) to differentiate and customize the math mystery for your students. The Grade 1 version is simplified as a whole and cannot be mixed with the rest. (For example, swap clue 1 from the Grade 2 version to clue 1 from the Grade 3 version to make that part more challenging for some students.)
his math mystery, “Case of the Super Bad Superhero,” is a great way to add some excitement and fun to your math lessons! Students will be working through a variety of math questions to discover important clues. The clues will help them solve which superhero has gone bad!
In this Grade 3 version, the 5 clues cover the following skills:
- Clue 1: Convert from Expanded Form
- Clue 2: Addition (2-digit and 3-digit numbers)
- Clue 3: Subtraction (2-digit and 3-digit numbers)
- Clue 4: Multiplying by 2s and 5s
- Clue 5: Dividing by 2
Pack also provides teacher instructions, the story, answer sheets, an elimination guide and printable awards.
MIX & MATCH ACROSS GRADE LEVELS TO DIFFERENTIATE/CUSTOMIZE
You can choose a grade level that suits your class best, and/or mix and match across the same clue numbers (except for the Grade 1 Version) to differentiate and customize the math mystery for your students. The Grade 1 version is simplified as a whole and cannot be mixed with the rest. (For example, swap clue 1 from the Grade 2 version to clue 1 from the Grade 3 version to make that part more challenging for some students.)
This math mystery, “Case of the Super Bad Superhero,” is a great way to add some excitement and fun to your math lessons! Students will be working through a variety of math questions to discover important clues. The clues will help them solve which superhero has gone bad!
In this Grade 4 version, the 5 clues cover the following skills:
- Clue 1: Rounding
- Clue 2: Addition (3-digit and 4-digit numbers)
- Clue 3: Subtraction (4 - digit and 5-digit numbers)
- Clue 4: Multiplication Facts (1-12)
- Clue 5: Division Facts (1-12)
Pack also provides teacher instructions, the story, answer sheets, an elimination guide and printable awards.
MIX & MATCH ACROSS GRADE LEVELS TO DIFFERENTIATE/CUSTOMIZE
You can choose a grade level that suits your class best, and/or mix and match across the same clue numbers (except for the Grade 1 Version) to differentiate and customize the math mystery for your students. The Grade 1 version is simplified as a whole and cannot be mixed with the rest. (For example, swap clue 1 from the Grade 2 version to clue 1 from the Grade 3 version to make that part more challenging for some students.)
Send your students on an epic Math Quest with this exciting story “The Terrible Turkey Takeover”. Great for Thanksgiving or could be used at any time throughout the year. This is a fun activity to get some extra math practice in or for your early finishers. With six exciting chapters to work through, students can end up with one of four possible endings.
BONUS (Optional) Video of the introduction part of the story also included in this packet. In your download you will receive it so that it can be viewed without Internet connection, or it can also be viewed on YouTube at this link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ma71f30Ql8&feature=youtu.be
THREE SETS PROVIDED FOR DIFFERENTIATION
Three levels of difficulty (EASY, MEDIUM, HARD) provided within this product so that you can differentiate this activity within your classroom. As long as the chapter number is the same, you can swap chapters across difficulty levels to tailor this math quest to best suit your class and/or individual student needs.
SKILLS OVERVIEW
A variety of skills are covered throughout the chapters of this math quest. An overview of the skill required in each level provided below.
EASY – Addition & Subtraction (2-digit & 3-digit numbers, with regrouping); Mapping, coordinates, distance, time; Number Patterns (add & subtract); Venn Diagram with numbers puzzle (compare, add, subtract); Time (adding minutes); multiplying by 2s, 5s and 10s.
MEDIUM – Multiplication facts (1-12); Division facts (1-12); Mapping, coordinates, distance, time; Number Patterns (geometric, add, subtract, multiply); Venn Diagram with numbers puzzle (compare, add, subtract); Time (adding minutes).
HARD – Multiplying 2-digit by 1-digit numbers; Mapping, coordinates, distance, time (with decimals), Patterns (geometric, decimals, fractions); Venn Diagram with numbers puzzle (compare, add, subtract, multiply, divide); Time (adding minutes); Adding & Subtracting Fractions (unlike denominators - simplifying required), comparing fractions.
ANSWER SHEETS INCLUDED
FOUR BONUS early finisher literacy activities added at the end to extend the activity if you wish.
Thank you and enjoy!
