• Snowball 200! • Addition facts • Addition with regrouping
• Triple Threat! • Multiplication fact fluency • Subtraction fact fluency
• Factor Freeze! • Multiplication fact fluency
• Meltdown! • Subtraction with regrouping (4-digit numbers)

• Great for differentiated groups — support learners and extend others
• Perfect for math centers and independent practice
• Easy to modify for difficulty
• High engagement during a challenging time of year
• Fun and purposeful practice

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Looking for a few more winter resources?

Chilling With a Great Book Bulletin Board Activity!

Seasonal Word Problem Set: Winter!

Seasonal Demand Writing Prompts!

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These 10 tasks incorporate higher-level thinking, estimation strategies, and have multiple solutions! I want students to be able to work independently or with peers so directions need to be simple and easy to follow.

In addition to providing a HUGE amount of practice with addition with regrouping and problem solving, this resource is designed to really help students develop their understanding of place value and number sense—critical foundations for more advanced math concepts.

Students are asked to do a number of different activities requiring estimating and addition with regrouping. There is a TON of flexibility with this resource, and I hope you can find a great way to make it work for you and your students! I designed it to be very low ink as well.

So—what are your options? For me, I love having the Mind Boggling Math displayed in my room so students can access it any time. If you don’t have the wall space or want to use it with only one child, don’t worry! I have included a single page version of the board and really everything you need is included on the student sheets! It can be a stand alone resource! So what do you get?

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• Letters to spell “Mind Boggling Math” for a bulletin board (optional)
• Full page number grid to use if you want students to have their own copy
• Five, two-part math challenges
• Digital access to these 10 main challenges
• The number tiles ready to cut out and use on a display
• 5 ADDITIONAL “Even More” challenges so you can use this activity over and over again!

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***What are teachers saying about this resource?***

“I am so excited to use this resource in my classroom! I really think it will challenge my students. Thank you!”

“These rocked my students’ world! I loved the challenge in them!”

“Used this as an early finisher station. A lot of choices for students and easy to prep. It made a nice looking bulletin board, too!”

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Looking for other versions?

Mind Boggling Math Grade 2/3 Version

Mind Boggling Math Grade Money/Decimals Version

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In addition to providing a HUGE amount of practice on addition with regrouping and problem solving, this resource is designed to really help students develop their understanding of place value and number sense—critical foundations for more advanced math concepts. Students are asked to do a number of different activities requiring estimating and addition with regrouping. There is a TON of flexibility with this resource, and I hope you can find a great way to make it work for you and your students! I designed it to be very low ink as well.

So—what are your options? For me, I love having the Mind Boggling Math displayed in my room so students can access it any time. If you don’t have the wall space or want to use it with only one child, don’t worry! I have included a single page version of the board and really everything you need is included on the student sheets! It can be a stand alone resource! So what do you get?

–Letters to spell “Mind Boggling Math” for a bulletin board (optional)

–Full page number grid for non-displayed use

–The numbers ready to cut out and use on a display

–6 quality problem solving activities to challenge your intermediate students

–5 ADDITIONAL “Even More” challenges so you can use this activity over and over again!

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***What are teachers saying about this resource?***

“I am so excited to use this resource in my classroom! I really think it will challenge my students. Thank you!”

“These rocked my students’ world! I loved the challenge in them!”

“Used this as an early finisher station. A lot of choices for students and easy to prep. It made a nice looking bulletin board, too!”

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Looking for other versions?

Mind Boggling Math Grade 3-5 Version

Mind Boggling Math Grade Money/Decimals Version

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challenge my top math students but also have “accessible”

challenges that address state standards, utilize higher level thinking, and have multiple solutions! I want students to be able to work independently or with peers so directions need to be simple and easy to follow.

I’ve seen people use similar formats with letters and numbers, but I guarantee you haven’t seen anything like this! In addition to providing a HUGE amount of practice on addition with regrouping and problem solving, this resource is designed to really help students develop their understanding of place value and number sense—critical foundations for more advanced math concepts. Students are asked to do a number of different activities requiring estimating and addition with money. There is a TON of flexibility with this resource, and I hope you can find a great way to make it work for you and your students! I designed it to be very low ink as well.

So—what are your options? For me, I love having the Mind Boggling Math displayed in my room so students can access it any time. If you don’t have the wall space don’t worry! I have included a single page version of the board and really everything you need is included on the student sheets! It can be a stand alone resource! So what do you get?

–Letters to spell “Mind Boggling Math” for a bulletin board (optional)

–Full page number grid for non-displayed use

–The numbers ready to cut out and use on a display

–6 quality problem solving activities to challenge your intermediate students

–5 ADDITIONAL “Even More” challenges so you can use this activity over and over again!

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Looking for other versions?

Mind Boggling Math Grade 3-5 Version

Mind Boggling Math Grades 2/3 Version

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One area that is often overlooked is the building of understanding of how numbers relate to each other and how they compare to other numbers.

We often students to numbers in a variety of ways…using manipulatives, using 100’s charts, and so on but forget to help them make the connection to the actual “numbers”. This is where number lines have so much power.

For example…students may have a solid understanding of what “10” is and how to model it—but they don’t always realize what “10” means compared to other numbers…that 10 is half of 20…and double 5…and closer to than to 100 and so on! In my attempt to really help my students understand place value AND develop their mathematical practices,

I have developed these resources and share them with you now! THIS edition focuses on numbers through ONE THOUSAND.

What is included?

This resource has a number of different elements to help you tackle place value–including 8 pages of information, teaching tips, and photos of the resource in action!

• It includes 65 ready-to-copy, low ink math journal problems (5 per page) that ask students to either identify a mark on a number line or to make a mark at a certain point on a number line. These are NOT meant to be exact answers—but for students to use their number sense to come up with reasonable solutions. What is CRITICAL is the second part—”Explain your thinking!”

• Whether students work together or alone, the problems ask them to defend their solutions. There are problems at a variety of levels…you will notice that they start easier and get more sophisticated—including a set of pages where the number lines do not start at . Look through and see which problems are the right level of challenge for your class—and consider differentiating by giving different groups different problems.

• Also included is a set of 12 pages that can be used as either homework or assessments! Students are asked to do the same types of problems as used in math journals, but are asked to work on them independently. The pages increase in difficulty as their number increases.

• A simple rubric to help you assess how well your students are able to “Construct viable arguments” and a class checklist to record progress.

NOTE: This is a challenging resource geared toward helping grade 3-5 teachers “raise the rigor” of their math instruction. Differentiation tips are included!

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Looking for all my number line resources?

Number Lines to 120

Number Lines to 1,000

Number Lines to 1,000,000

Number Lines with Fractions and Decimals

Number Line Resource BUNDLE of 3 resources (Does not include the number lines to 120 resource)

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Let this easy-to-use, engaging lesson help!

I have included the actual blog posts and full directions with photos to show you this lesson in action, suggestions for anchor charts or classroom displays, and any forms or sheets you would need to do it yourself! It’s like professional development at your fingertips!

This resource is meant to be a two-day lesson to help you introduce the concept of multiplication arrays, factors, and prime numbers through a “simulation” where students imagine they work at a candy factory and need to package chocolates into rectangular arrays.

Through this exploration, they build arrays, find combinations of factors, and learn about what prime and composite numbers are. Although written as a 2 day lesson, this possibly could extend to three days–especially if you take advantage of the enrichment opportunities included!

This exploration is a great way for third and fourth grade students (or 5th graders needing remediation) to explore the relationship between arrays, multiplication number sentences, and the concept of “prime” versus “composite”.

Check out the preview for more details!

What does this resource include?

• Low-ink student packet
• all directions
• photographs of the activity in action
• differentiation ideas and resources
• 2 exit slips to help monitor understanding.

If you need to teach this concept, let this exploration be the center of your instruction!

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Looking for other related resources?

See what you think!

Prime, Composites, Factors, and Multiples

Math Sort: Prime and Composite Numbers

Multiplication Facts Intervention and Instruction Kit

Multiplication and Division Formative Assessments

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Each set consists of 20 colored task cards (also in black and white to use for math journal problems, math homework, cooperative learning, or even assessment) and digital access as well as reproducible response sheets and full answer keys.

What’s included in this set?

These word problem task cards are perfect for grades 3-4 or for review/remediation for grade 5. The three included sets are:

Winter Word Problems: Algebra Thinking

(These problems ask students to use all operations to solve problems AND to write a matching number sentence. Each card comes at two levels!)

Winter Word Problems: Basic Multiplication and Division (These task cards ask students to use basic multiplication and division facts to solve real-world problems)

Winter Word Problems: Decimals and Money (This set of cards require students to use decimal and money concepts to solve word problems with a winter theme)

All three sets have the following:

• Full color task cards
• Black and white task cards (great to glue into math spirals)
• FULL DIGITAL ACCESS via Google Slides!
• Recording sheets
• Answer key

They are completely aligned with the CCSS and other rigorous standards and can be used whole class, as a center, to differentiate, or in a math workshop. Check out the preview to see the three previews of the original sets. Buying the bundle saves you 20% off the original price!

NOTE: If you already own one or more of these sets, please do not purchase. Covers are also new–so make sure you check if they don’t look familiar!

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Looking for a few more winter resources?

Chilling With a Great Book Bulletin Board Activity!

Seasonal Word Problem Set: Winter!

Seasonal Demand Writing Prompts!

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This is for you! This set of “Toss and Solve” differentiated task cards takes students from two digit to four digit addition and subtraction—and move from no regrouping to complex regrouping!

Whether you use this as a way to review with a student needing extra practice, a way for partners to practice together, or a center for a math workshop—this is an easy-to-teach tool to provide students with a way to mix practice with a little fun—and some mathematical thinking along the way!

The directions are simple! (and are included complete with photos and suggestions for use!) Students can either just use the reproducible recording sheets OR can use the task cards to solve the problems. Select the level of problems that will give your students the right amount of challenge. See the cards numbers and levels below.

Students roll dice to make the “bottom” numbers. The top numbers have been designed to make sure students don’t run into too much trouble with numbers that “don’t work”! For example, the subtraction problems with no regrouping have all numbers 6 or greater to make sure that students do not have to do any trading.

As the problems get more challenging, students will want to use what they know about numbers to arrange the dice into numbers that “work”. The number of possible “rolls” is endless—making these cards usable over and over…they never need to do the same problem twice!

My students love that THEY have some control over their problems, love checking their own work…and I love that ALL my students can do this activity—and I can pick the right level of challenge to build computational fluency without them trying problems that are too challenging. What a great way to work on “precision”! Each section is clearly labeled with the type of problems included. Everything you need is here—just add dice!

WAIT–want to try this with multiplication practice? CLICK HERE!

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Looking for more high-quality addition and subtraction resources?

Mind Boggling Math Challenges

Addition and Subtraction Formative Assessments

Open Ended Problem Solving Challenge Set 1

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One area that is often overlooked is the building of understanding of how numbers relate to each other and how they compare to other numbers on number lines.

For example…students may have a solid understanding of what “10” is and how to model it—but they don’t always realize what “10” means compared to other numbers…that 10 is half of 20…and double 5…and closer to than to 100 and so on!

In my attempt to really help my students understand place value AND develop their mathematical practices, I have developed these resources and share them with you now! THIS edition focuses on numbers through ONE MILLION.

What is included?

• This resource has a number of different elements to help you tackle place value–including 8 pages of information, teaching tips, and photos of the resource in action!

• It includes 65 ready-to-copy math journal problems (5 per page) that ask students to either identify a mark on a number line or to make a mark at a certain point on a number line. These are NOT meant to be exact answers—but for students to use their number sense to come up with reasonable solutions. What is CRITICAL is the second part—”Explain your thinking!”

• Whether students work together or alone, the problems ask them to defend their solutions. There are problems at a variety of levels…you will notice that they start easier and get more sophisticated—including a set of pages where the number lines do not start at . Look through and see which problems are the right level of challenge for your class—and consider differentiating by giving different groups different problems.

• Also included is a set of 12 pages that can be used as either homework or assessments! Students are asked to do the same types of problems as used in math journals, but are asked to work on them independently. The pages increase in difficulty as their number increases.

• A simple rubric to help you assess how well your students are able to “Construct viable arguments” and a class checklist to record progress.

NOTE: This is a challenging resource geared toward helping grade 4-5 teachers “raise the rigor” of their math instruction. Differentiation tips are included!

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Looking for all my number line resources?

Number Lines to 120

Number Lines to 1,000

Number Lines to 1,000,000

Number Lines with Fractions and Decimals

Number Line Resource BUNDLE of 3 resources (Does not include the number lines to 120 resource)

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My guess is that you are looking for a low-prep, ready-to-print (or send digitally) math project that has just the right amount of challenge and is engaging for your students while being tied to your curriculum standards. Check out these low-floor, high-ceiling tasks!

It’s time for students to apply addition, subtraction, and money skills to a real-world math challenge!

• Do you want flexibility—a math resource that can be used with small enrichment groups or can be tiered so you can use it with your entire class…but at different levels?
• Do you want your students to be problem solving, thinking creatively, writing and talking about math, and working collaboratively?
• Do you want them working on math in “real world” contexts?
• Do you want to have both PRINT and DIGITAL options available all in one resource?

This series may be just what you are looking for!

For years, I have wished and hoped for a resource that would provide my students with high quality, open ended tasks to allow them to apply what they learn to real world situations. Guess what? They are hard to find!

So I thought and I thought…and finally the idea for a flexible, high level series of problems came to me. They can be used whole class…with enrichment groups…for fast finishers…or even in different ways with different students.

This version is PERFECT for any time of year and with any group of students because it is all about planning an amazing trip to an amusement park! There are lots of factors to consider–this is not a fill-in-the-blank resource…but a true open-ended math project. (NOTE: This means there is not an answer key for the main part of this task as there are countless solutions.)

Each “Thinker Task” resource is based on a different real world theme–like planning the timing of a holiday feast, spending a day at an amusement park, or planning a party–and students need to use the “Math by the Numbers” posters (available in full color to laminate for centers and in black and white for easy copying) to work on a multiple step, open ended project.

What’s Included?

• Color, black and white, and digital versions of the “Math by the Numbers” pages
• Differentiation options to help you find just the right “fit” for your class
• The real world “situation” page–where students read, make sense of the problem, and then come up with their plan to solve
• 6 additional practice pages–at two different levels. Perfect for even more problem solving! (all answers are included)
• Teaching tips
• Math talk prompts to keep your accountable talk moving
• Additional enrichment ideas for students who need even more!

These activities are tiered so that the same activity is available at different levels.

Want to save 25% on the bundled set of these? Just CLICK HERE!

This version focuses on addition and subtraction of money, basic multiplication, and multi-step problem solving. It is ideal for grades 3 – 5 and could be used in other grade levels at your discretion. I hope you enjoy it–and the flexibility it offers you

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***What are teachers saying about this resource?***

“Loved this product. It was a great challenge for my high flyer math students. It really made them think out of the box and problem solve!”

“Great resource. I was looking for ways to challenge some students while incorporating real-world math. This is perfect!”

“My students loved this activity. It was engaging and helped them apply the skills they learned.”

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Looking for more Thinker Task resources? Here is the complete list!

The Amusement Park Problem

Back to School Shopping Problem

Holiday Feast Problem

A Sleepover Problem

A Valentine Celebration Problem

A Holiday Cookie Problem

A Fundraising Problem

A Bundle of All 7 Tasks!

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