Less than $5 5th Grade Christmas, Chanukah, & Kwanzaa Google Apps

Gather and analyze Christmas Data:

Students will use the lyrics of the carol The 12 Days of Christmas to gather data to analyze. They will create two different Frequency Tables based on two different sets of categories. With one set of categories, the students will find the measures of central tendency and complete a box plot. With the other set of categories, the students will create a graph.

This product has both a printable option and digital option. When using the digital option, students will enter one set of data to create a digital graph. They will practice entering data, creating a graph, and customizing the graph in Google Sheets.

Great activity to complete for a meaningful holiday lesson. Can be assigned for virtual learning or engaging homework assignment.

What's included:

• Printable assignment in color and black and white.
• Answer key for printed sheets.
• Google Slide assignment.
• Google Slide answer key.

How is this product useful:

• Low prep for teacher.
• Engaging holiday activity.
• Great data gathering practice.
• Digital and print options.
• Seasonal!

Looking for a fun, engaging, and no-prep interactive digital resource to keep your students excited and connected before winter break? This Winter Break Community Building Interactive Slides resource is perfect for grades 5-8! Packed with 35 creative and festive activities, it promotes collaboration, critical thinking, and laughter in the classroom.

Key Features:

• Hear Me Out Challenges: Students debate their favorite holiday snacks, movies, and traditions.
• One Must Go: Fun dilemmas challenge students to make tough decisions about winter activities and treats.
• Mad Libs & Creative Writing: From silly holiday stories to cringe-worthy slang, students unleash their imagination.
• Reflective Writing Prompts: Encourage introspection with activities like bucket lists and favorite winter memories.
• Emoji Guessing Games: Decode holiday-themed phrases for a mix of fun and learning.
• Sleigh or Ohio? Students vote on whether winter traditions are "sleigh-worthy" or "cringe."

Suggested Uses:

• Holiday-themed Bell Ringers: Start your day with quick, interactive slides.
• Community Building Activities: Foster a positive, engaging classroom environment.
• Sub Plans: Easy-to-use, no-prep slides perfect for substitute teachers.
• Independent or Partner Work: Adaptable for individual or collaborative use.

Why Teachers Love It:

• Completely no-prep—just assign and go!
• Builds classroom community while keeping students engaged.
• Flexible and perfect for holiday fun during the busy lead-up to winter break.
• Encourages creativity, reflection, and discussion in a lighthearted way.

Make this winter season unforgettable for your students with this fun and interactive resource. Your classroom will love the mix of creativity and festive vibes!

Engage students in winter math activities with this set of holiday-themed task cards for solving math word problems. 24 task cards to practice solving multiplication and division story problems available in digital and print options. 

Students will solve one-step multiplication & division story problems within 100 and determine if they need to multiply or divide to find their answer. (4 CHALLENGE problems with multi-steps). I purposely mixed up the multiplication and division math word problems on these task cards as the objective for students is to identify the correct operation. 

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➜ Do your students struggle to choose the correct operation when solving math story problems?

Solving word problems can be very challenging for students. These task cards provide real-world examples to practice and reinforce solving multiplication and division story problems. Perfect for math centers, intervention, distance learning, independent practice, or small group lessons.

➜ Are you looking for a holiday math activity that is rigorous and based on standards? 

These holiday-themed multiplication and division task cards are a fun way to get students in the holiday spirit but still focus on a critical math skill. Choose to use these for math centers or play a class game of Scoot before Winter break.

➜ Are you tired of coming up with story problems on your own?

Thinking of story problem questions on your own can take forever. SAVE TIME and ENERGY with these ready-to-go story problem task cards that provide students with real-world examples to practice and reinforce solving multiplication and division story problems. 

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24 Math Word Problem Task Cards available in the following formats:

⭐ Short answer task cards

⭐ Multiple-choice task cards

⭐ Color printing

⭐ Black & White printing

⭐ Digital Task cards for Google Slides 

⭐ Self-grading Google Form Digital Task cards 

⭐ Easel Activity

⭐ Answer Keys

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What teacher’s like you are saying…

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Kristine D. says, ❝Absolutely adorable task cards! My students were so excited to solve the word problems because of the engaging theme!❞

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Julie M. says, ❝Used with an intervention group. I liked that division and multiplication skills were mixed. We had a lot of discussion about how to solve each problem.❞

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Sandra T. says, ❝We have to put something on Canvas for our students to complete during rotations.  I love the graphics and the themed word problems for the winter.”❞

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Who?

Use these multiplication and division task cards with your third- and fourth-grade students. Fifth-grade students who need additional support could also benefit from these task cards. 

Students will practice:

• Reasoning to find the unknown quantity through multiplication or division 
• Solving multiplication and division word problems within 100
• Identifying the known and unknown quantities in the problem

An excellent resource for your upper elementary students to use during math centers! 

Common core aligned to CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.3.OA.A.3 Use multiplication and division within 100 to solve word problems in situations involving equal groups, arrays, and measurement quantities, e.g., by using drawings and equations with a symbol for the unknown number to represent the problem.

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WHAT’S INCLUDED:

★ 20 Short Answer Holiday-themed Task Cards ☃

• Students solve one-step multiplication and division story problems. 

★ 20 Multiple Choice Holiday-themed Task Cards☃

• Students choose between 4 answer choices
• Answer choices include the incorrect operation as an answer choice. 

★ 4 Challenge Task Cards (Short answer & Multiple Choice):

• Advanced multi-step math word problems include all four operations for students to practice solving more complex problems.

★ 2 Sets of Digital Task Cards Google Slides

• Digital Short Answer Task Cards- editable text box for students to type answers directly onto the slide
• Digital Multiple Choice Task Cards- draggable pieces for students to box the correct answer and cross out the incorrect choices

★ 2 Self-grading Google Forms

➞ Short Answer Self-grading Google Form

• Question 1: Students choose the correct operation 
• Question 2: students type in the answer.

➞Multiple Choice Self-grading Google Form

• SAVE TIME with NO PREP and NO grading! 
• Provide students with immediate feedback
• The answer key is already input into the form for you
• Effortlessly collect data on student performance. 

Ways to use Self-Grading Google Form

• Students can use printable task cards during centers and record answers on the record sheet. Next, students input their answers into the Google form to receive immediate feedback.
• Students can complete task cards directly in Google form with a task card image uploaded for each question.
• Formative assessment
• Choose to add, delete, or chunk questions over multiple days and use the Google form as an exit ticket. 

★ Student Recording Sheets in multiple formats

• Blank record sheet with numbers only
• Fill in the record sheet with word problem labels (scaffolding option)
• Spot in the corner to circle the operation used

★ Answer Key

• Formatted on the record sheet
• Included in Google forms

★ Easel Activity

• Self-checking multiple-choice task cards
• Short answer task cards with a text box for the answer

❄❅❆❄❅❆❄ Task cards have holiday and winter-themed math story problem questions with some questions about Christmas and Hanukah for December & January. 

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Check out similar task cards in additional levels:⤵

❄ Multi-digit multiplication and division Story Problem Task Cards

❄ Multiplicative Comparison Story Problem Task Cards

❄ Division Interpret the Remainder Story Problem Task Cards

Or grab the BUNDLE to save $$$! ⤵

❄BUNDLE- Holiday-Themed Multiplication & Division Task Cards

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WAYS TO USE TASK CARDS in your classroom: Ideas for fun holiday math activities and other ways to engage students before Winter break

• Play SCOOT- Place each card on a desk and give students the recording sheet. Students will scoot between stations as they solve problems. 

• Set up a scavenger hunt- place cards around the room as students do a gallery walk and work on solving problems in pairs or independently

• Four Corners for multiple choice- Determine which corner of the room will represent answers A, B, C, and D: display a digital version of the Task Card, give students thinking time, then students go to the corner of the answer they choose.

• Morning work, warm up, bell ringer- display task card digitally

• Small group guided practice- easily differentiate and scaffold in small math groups

• Mini lessons- guide and model how to solve word problems for students

• Independent practice during math rotations or math centers

• Partner work during math rotations or math centers

• Exit ticket or check for understanding using Google Forms

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HOW TO UTILIZE DIGITAL Task Cards?

• Project task cards on the whiteboard using the Google slides version 
• Students complete task cards directly in Google Form (use as a checkpoint, assessment, check for understanding)- super easy NO PREP paperless option
• Students complete task cards in Google slides or using the physical task cards, record answers on the record sheet, and then transfer answers to Google form.

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You may also like the following: ⤵

➞ Multiplication & Division Strategy Anchor Charts & Posters

➞ Valentine's Day Multiplication & Division Word Problem Task Cards

➞ Multiplication BINGO

➞ Math Review Jeopardy

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☃I hope your students love these engaging winter-themed word problem task cards to practice solving multiplication and division story problems!

Introducing Kwanzaa essay writing has never been easier! This comprehensive writing prompt unit with 4 complete essay lessons - argumentative, expository, narrative, and persuasive - guides students through the step-by-step process of crafting a compelling essay. Using detailed graphic organizers, students will learn to draft an outline with convincing evidence and write a thorough essay.

All aspects of argumentative writing, expository writing, narrative writing, and persuasive writing are covered in this resource: brainstorming ideas, developing a thesis statement, introducing supporting evidence, writing hooks and leads, and incorporating the 6 Traits of Writing™. The resource also focuses on how to structure the rising action, climax, and falling action in the plot of the personal narrative essay.

The video, slide show, graphic organizer, worksheets, writing template, and rubric allow students to practice and develop their essay writing skills. The writing quiz reinforces guided note-taking techniques when used in conjunction with the instructional video. The detailed lesson plans make implementing essay writing easy for teachers.

This no-prep lesson is adaptable for in-class instruction, distance learning, or independent student work. The instructional video with writing tutorial and template can be presented as whole class instruction or assigned for students to complete at home.

All materials are available in both Google Drive™ and print formats, ensuring easy access for all students.

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This Writing Prompt Unit for Kwanzaa includes:

4 Entertaining Instructional Videos with:

• Brainstorming ideas
• Prompt identification and comprehension
• Thesis statement development
• Plot and character development
• Rubric explanation
• How to Write a/an (Argumentative, Expository, Narrative, Persuasive) Essay Tutorial
• How to Write a/an (Argumentative, Expository, Narrative, Persuasive) Essay writing quiz / guided note-taking

4 Detailed Kwanzaa Lesson Plans with:

• Common Core State Standards Indicated on Lesson Plan
• Instructional Focus
• Instructional Procedures
• Objectives/Goals
• Direct Instruction
• Guided Practice
• Enrichment
• Differentiation
• ESE Strategies
• ELL Strategies
• I Can Statement
• Essential Question

4 Kwanzaa Worksheets with:

• Prompts
• Brainstorming sections
• Thesis statement development sections
• Plot and character development
• How to Write a/an (Argumentative, Expository, Narrative, Persuasive) Essay Tutorial

4 Kwanzaa Slide Shows with:

• Introduction slide with prompts for expository, argumentative, persuasive, and narrative Prompts
• Brainstorming slide (interactive for students to list and develop ideas)
• Standard and implied thesis development slides
• Plot and character development
• How to Write a/an (Argumentative, Expository, Narrative, Persuasive) Essay Tutorial
• Checklist Slide

4 Essay Rubrics

• (Argumentative, Expository, Narrative, Persuasive)

4 Graphic Organizers

• (Argumentative, Expository, Narrative, Persuasive)

Google Slides™

4 Writing Quizzes

• (Argumentative, Expository, Narrative, Persuasive)

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The lessons in the Elementary Holiday Writing Prompts Unit include:

• 9/11 - September 11th
• April Fool's Day
• Arbor Day
• Christmas
• Cinco de Mayo
• Columbus Day
• Daylight Savings
• Earth Day
• Easter
• Election Day
• Father's Day
• Grandparents Day
• Groundhog Day
• Halloween
• Hanukkah / Chanukah
• July 4th / Independence Day
• Kwanzaa
• Labor Day
• Martin Luther King Day
• Memorial Day
• Mother's Day
• New Year's
• Passover
• Presidents' Day
• St Patrick's Day
• Take Your Child to Work
• Thanksgiving
• Valentine's Day
• Veterans Day

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A Google Forms Christmas close reading passage with comprehension and grammar questions followed by an extension task about Santa Claus, or Father Christmas. The NO PREP informational text activity is ideal for distance learning and perfect for students in fifth grade or sixth grade for a Christmas activity. The resource, which also comes in PDF format, allows students to learn key facts about the famous figure whilst working on their comprehension skills.

Included in this resource:

• A Google Forms Activity
• A PDF Printable Activity with crossword puzzle & wordsearch

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This resource is great for:

• Distance learning
• Independent work
• Homework
• Guided reading sessions
• Assessment practice
• Reading interventions

This activity is an online resource, that uses Google Forms, and is linked to your Google Drive. It can be completed by students online using tablets, phones or computers, and is easily assessed by teachers as all the answers are provided in a quick and easy format.

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Time allowance to complete:

5-10 minutes - read through the text individually.

40-50 minutes - answer questions using the text as guidance (including extension activity)

Time allowance to assess:

A class set of activities might take around 15-20 minutes to mark; the teacher can then send the students their marks automatically, which allows them to read back through their work. Nearly all answers are not automatically generated, but only require a small amount of work to assign points. This is because the aim is to get students writing answers and not to just have multiple choice options.

Please ensure when you download this resource into Google Drive that you are logged in to the gmail account where you wish to store the activity. In the past teachers have downloaded resources into their school account in error. Thanks :)

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Increase student engagement and writing skills during the winter season with these 15 no-prep and Christmas-themed finish-the-story editable narrative writing prompts! These digital prompts provide easy writing activities, collaboration, and public speaking practice, are great for daily writing or journaling, and more!

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What's included:

15 finish the story writing prompts!

1 directions slide

1 editable directions slide

1 editable finish the story template

Directions:

• Print and laminate OR project on the screen.
• Allow students to choose a prompt OR have one picked for each day.
• Once students respond to the prompt they can practice public speaking skills by presenting their stories to the class or to small groups.

Sample Slide:

Being the new kid in town, I took it upon myself to get acquainted with the neighbors. When I knocked on the door, I was greeted by a small army of elves who took me captive...

*Note this product may be used in brick-and-mortar classes and virtual systems like Outschool.

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Are you having a gingerbread house decorating party for your students? Compatible with Google Slides™ for easy editing, this invitation includes two designs in color and black and white.

Features:

• Compatible with Google Slides™ to easily edit
• Invitation designs in color and black & white
• Half-sheet US letter size, 5.5"x8.5"
• Add your name, date, location, time, and any other important info
• Add, remove or recolor any text, graphics, etc.
• Print or share electronically, and add a link or QR code to a sign-up form
• All resources use Google Fonts™ and can be downloaded for free from fonts.google.com

Printing is made easy by exporting a high-resolution PDF, allowing you to place two designs side-by-side on a Google Slides™ or Google Docs™ page (set up as landscape, 11"x8.5"). Simply cut down the center once printed!

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This Christmas themed escape room activity will help your sixth-grade students to master one-step equations. Students must solve 20 equations that can be solved with just one step in order to figure out how to open a safe.

This is a Google Form activity. There are no links to outside websites. The four parts are set with answer validation: students cannot move to the next part until they solve all the equations.

You can use it as:

★ additional materials for remediation

★ a reward or “Fun Friday” activity

★ before the busy holiday break

★ an emergency sub lesson plan

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Celebrate the Holiday Season with these real-world themed Word Problems! Choose between two versions-- Adding, Subtracting, and Multiplying Whole Numbers or Adding and Subtracting Decimals, or both. Use the printable version or the Google Form version.

What's included?

• 10 Holiday themed Whole Number Addition/Subtraction/Multiplication Word Problems and Toy Ad
• 10 Holiday themed Adding and Subtracting Decimals Word Problems and Toy Ad
• Google Form for each of the worksheets listed above

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Teach your students all about the Winter Holidays Around the World with 6 different fun and interactive STEAM challenge! Students will learn about Hanukkah, Christmas, Christkind, Diwali, Winter Solstice, Kwanzaa, and Chinese New Years. They will go through detailed slides with educational videos, go on 6 virtual field trips all around the world, go on a virtual sleigh ride with Santa Claus, complete a virtual painting activity, and finish each Holiday with fun and easy STEAM Challenges!

Happy Holidays!

You will need:

• Copy Paper
• Construction Paper
• Glue or Glue Sticks
• Air Dry Clay
• Googly Eyes
• Paint and Paint Brushes
• Markers, crayons, or pencils
• Toilet Paper Rolls
• Popsicle Sticks, Skewers, or Straws
• Scissors

Fun, engaging practice:

Students enjoy this engaging activity to practice adding and subtracting decimals. Students have fun revealing the picture created using correct answers. Students will troubleshoot incorrect answers and persevere in solving the problem correctly.

Self-checking as image is revealed by correct answers.

What's included:

• Google sheet of picture reveal.

How this product is useful:

• Engaging review of adding and subtracting decimals.
• Students will troubleshoot and persevere in solving problems.
• Self-checking.
• No prep for teachers.
• Can be assigned in Google Classroom or through Google Drive.

Engage students in winter math activities with this set of holiday-themed task cards for solving multiplicative comparison word problems. 24 task cards to practice solving math story problems available in digital and print options. 

Students will solve one-step multiplication & division story problems involving multiplicative comparison and determine if they need to multiply or divide to find their answer. (4 CHALLENGE problems with multi-steps). I purposely mixed up the multiplication and division math word problems on these task cards as the objective for students is to identify the correct operation. 

Task cards include the following question types:

① The unknown is the greater quantity.

• Grace has 20 pens. Ana has 4 times as many as Grace does. How many pens does Ana have? 20 x 4 = a

② The unknown is the lesser quantity. 

• Grace has 20 pens. That is 4 times as many as Ana. How many pens does Ana have? 4 x a = 20

③ The unknown is the multiplier or comparison statement.

• Grace has 20 pens. Ana has 5 pens. How many times more pens does Grace have than Ana? 5 x a = 20

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➜ Do your students struggle with multiplicative comparison word problems?

Solving math word problems can be very challenging for students, especially story problems that have a multiplicative comparison. These task cards provide real-world examples to practice and reinforce solving multiplication and division story problems. Perfect for math centers, intervention, distance learning, independent practice, or small group lessons.

➜ Are you looking for a holiday math activity that is rigorous and based on standards? 

These holiday-themed multiplication and division task cards are a fun way to get students in the holiday spirit but still focus on a critical math skill. Choose to use these for math centers or play a class game of Scoot before Winter break.

➜ Are you tired of coming up with story problems on your own?

Thinking of story problem questions on your own can take forever. SAVE TIME and ENERGY with these ready-to-go story problem task cards that provide students with real-world examples to practice and reinforce solving multiplication and division story problems. 

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24 Math Word Problem Task Cards available in the following formats:

⭐ Short answer task cards

⭐ Multiple choice task cards

⭐ Color printing

⭐ Black & White printing

⭐ Digital Task cards for Google Slides 

⭐ Self-grading Google Form Digital Task cards

⭐ Easel Activity

⭐Answer Keys

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Who?

Use these multiplication and division task cards with your fourth- and fifth-grade students. 

Students will practice:

• Solving story problems that include a multiplicative comparison statement using multiplication and division

• Identifying multiplication equations that represent a multiplicative comparison statement

• Representing problems as an equation with a letter for the unknown quantity

• Using multiplication and division within 1,000 to solve word problems

• Relating a multiplicative comparison statement to multiplication and division

• Broadening their understanding of multiplication and division as inverse operations

• Reasoning to determine if the unknown quantity is the larger quantity, smaller quantity, or comparison statement (multiplier)

An excellent resource for your upper elementary students to use during math centers! 

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Common Core Aligned:

CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.4.OA.A.2

Multiply or divide to solve word problems involving multiplicative comparison, e.g., by using drawings and equations with a symbol for the unknown number to represent the problem, distinguishing multiplicative comparison from additive comparison

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WHAT’S INCLUDED:

★ 20 Short Answer Holiday-themed Task Cards ☃

• Students solve one-step multiplication and division story problems. 

★ 20 Multiple Choice Holiday-themed Task Cards☃

• Students choose between 4 answer choices
• Answer choices include the incorrect operation as an answer choice. 

★ 4 Challenge Task Cards (Short answer & Multiple Choice):

• Advanced multi-step math word problems include all four operations for students to practice solving more complex problems.

★ 2 Sets of Digital Task Cards Google Slides-

• Digital Short Answer Task Cards- editable text box for students to type answers directly onto the slide
• Digital Multiple Choice Task Cards- draggable pieces for students to box the correct answer and cross out the incorrect choices

★ 2 Self-grading Google Forms:

➞ Short Answer Self-grading Google Form

• Question 1: Students choose the correct operation 
• Question 2: students type in the answer.

➞ Multiple Choice Self-grading Google Form

• SAVE TIME with NO PREP and NO grading! 
• Provide students with immediate feedback
• The answer key is already input into the form for you
• Effortlessly collect data on student performance. 

Ways to use Self-Grading Google Form

• Students can use printable task cards during centers and record answers on the record sheet. Next, students input their answers into the Google form to receive immediate feedback.
• Students can complete task cards directly in Google form with a task card image uploaded for each question.
• Formative assessment
• Choose to add, delete, or chunk questions over multiple days and use the Google form as an exit ticket. 

★ Student Recording Sheets in multiple formats

• Blank record sheet with numbers only
• Fill in the record sheet with word problem labels (scaffolding option)
• Spot in the corner to circle the operation used

★ Answer Key

• Formatted on the record sheet
• Included in Google forms

★ Easel Activity

• Self-checking multiple-choice task cards
• Short answer task cards with a text box for the answer

❄❅❆❄❅❆❄ Task cards include holiday and winter-themed math story problem questions with some questions about Christmas and Hanukah for December & January. 

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Check out similar task cards in additional levels:⤵

❄ Multiplication & Division within 100 Story Problem Task Cards

❄ Multi-digit multiplication and division Story Problem Task Cards

❄ Division Interpret the Remainder Story Problem Task Cards

Or grab the BUNDLE to save $$$! ⤵

❄BUNDLE- Holiday-Themed Multiplication & Division Task Cards

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WAYS TO USE TASK CARDS in your classroom: Ideas for fun holiday math activities and other ways to engage students before Winter break

• Play SCOOT- Place each card on a desk and give students the recording sheet. Students will scoot between stations as they solve problems. 

• Set up a scavenger hunt- place cards around the room as students do a gallery walk and work on solving problems in pairs or independently

• Four Corners for multiple choice- Determine which corner of the room will represent answers A, B, C, and D: display a digital version of the Task Card, give students thinking time, then students go to the corner of the answer they choose.

• Morning work, warm up, bell ringer- display task card digitally

• Small group guided practice- easily differentiate and scaffold in small math groups

• Mini lessons- guide and model how to solve word problems for students

• Independent practice during math rotations or math centers

• Partner work during math rotations or math centers

• Exit ticket or check for understanding using Google Forms

*********************************************************

HOW TO UTILIZE DIGITAL Task Cards?

• Project task cards on the whiteboard using the Google slides version 
• Students complete task cards directly in Google Form (use as a checkpoint, assessment, check for understanding)- super easy NO PREP paperless option
• Students complete task cards in Google slides or using the physical task cards, record answers on the record sheet, and then transfer answers to Google form.

*********************************************************

You may also like the following: ⤵

➞ Multiplication & Division Strategy Anchor Charts & Posters

➞ Valentine's Day Multiplication & Division Word Problem Task Cards

➞ Multiplication BINGO

➞ Math Review Jeopardy

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☃I hope your students love these engaging winter-themed word problem task cards to practice solving multiplicative comparison word problems!

Introducing Hanukkah / Chanukah essay writing has never been easier! This comprehensive writing prompt unit with 4 complete essay lessons - argumentative, expository, narrative, and persuasive - guides students through the step-by-step process of crafting a compelling essay. Using detailed graphic organizers, students will learn to draft an outline with convincing evidence and write a thorough essay.

All aspects of argumentative writing, expository writing, narrative writing, and persuasive writing are covered in this resource: brainstorming ideas, developing a thesis statement, introducing supporting evidence, writing hooks and leads, and incorporating the 6 Traits of Writing™. The resource also focuses on how to structure the rising action, climax, and falling action in the plot of the personal narrative essay.

The video, slide show, graphic organizer, worksheets, writing template, and rubric allow students to practice and develop their essay writing skills. The writing quiz reinforces guided note-taking techniques when used in conjunction with the instructional video. The detailed lesson plans make implementing essay writing easy for teachers.

This no-prep lesson is adaptable for in-class instruction, distance learning, or independent student work. The instructional video with writing tutorial and template can be presented as whole class instruction or assigned for students to complete at home.

All materials are available in both Google Drive™ and print formats, ensuring easy access for all students.

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This Writing Prompt Unit for Hanukkah / Chanukah includes:

4 Entertaining Instructional Videos with:

• Brainstorming ideas
• Prompt identification and comprehension
• Thesis statement development
• Plot and character development
• Rubric explanation
• How to Write a/an (Argumentative, Expository, Narrative, Persuasive) Essay Tutorial
• How to Write a/an (Argumentative, Expository, Narrative, Persuasive) Essay writing quiz / guided note-taking

4 Detailed Hanukkah / Chanukah Lesson Plans with:

• Common Core State Standards Indicated on Lesson Plan
• Instructional Focus
• Instructional Procedures
• Objectives/Goals
• Direct Instruction
• Guided Practice
• Enrichment
• Differentiation
• ESE Strategies
• ELL Strategies
• I Can Statement
• Essential Question

4 Hanukkah / Chanukah Worksheets with:

• Prompts
• Brainstorming sections
• Thesis statement development sections
• Plot and character development
• How to Write a/an (Argumentative, Expository, Narrative, Persuasive) Essay Tutorial

4 Hanukkah / Chanukah Slide Shows with:

• Introduction slide with prompts for expository, argumentative, persuasive, and narrative Prompts
• Brainstorming slide (interactive for students to list and develop ideas)
• Standard and implied thesis development slides
• Plot and character development
• How to Write a/an (Argumentative, Expository, Narrative, Persuasive) Essay Tutorial
• Checklist Slide

4 Essay Rubrics

• (Argumentative, Expository, Narrative, Persuasive)

4 Graphic Organizers

• (Argumentative, Expository, Narrative, Persuasive)

Google Slides™

4 Writing Quizzes

• (Argumentative, Expository, Narrative, Persuasive)

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The lessons in the Elementary Holiday Writing Prompts Unit include:

• 9/11 - September 11th
• April Fool's Day
• Arbor Day
• Christmas
• Cinco de Mayo
• Columbus Day
• Daylight Savings
• Earth Day
• Easter
• Election Day
• Father's Day
• Grandparents Day
• Groundhog Day
• Halloween
• Hanukkah / Chanukah
• July 4th / Independence Day
• Kwanzaa
• Labor Day
• Martin Luther King Day
• Memorial Day
• Mother's Day
• New Year's
• Passover
• Presidents' Day
• St Patrick's Day
• Take Your Child to Work
• Thanksgiving
• Valentine's Day
• Veterans Day

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Connect with me for the latest Write On! with Jamie news:

• YouTube
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• Write On! with Jamie Blog
• FB Community for 6-12 ELA Teachers

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A Google Forms Christmas close reading passage with comprehension and grammar questions followed by an extension task about the life of the fictional character from Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol, Ebenezer Scrooge. The NO PREP informational text activity is ideal for distance learning and perfect for students in fifth grade or sixth grade. Students will learn key facts about the fictional character whilst working on their comprehension skills.

Included in this resource:

• A Google Forms Activity
• A PDF Printable Activity with crossword puzzle & wordsearch

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This resource is great for:

• Distance learning
• Independent work
• Homework
• Guided reading sessions
• Assessment practice
• Reading interventions

This activity is an online resource, that uses Google Forms, and is linked to your Google Drive. It can be completed by students online using tablets, phones or computers, and is easily assessed by teachers as all the answers are provided in a quick and easy format.

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Time allowance to complete:

5-10 minutes - read through the text individually.

40-50 minutes - answer questions using the text as guidance (including extension activity)

Time allowance to assess:

A class set of activities might take around 15-20 minutes to mark; the teacher can then send the students their marks automatically, which allows them to read back through their work. Nearly all answers are not automatically generated, but only require a small amount of work to assign points. This is because the aim is to get students writing answers and not to just have multiple choice options.

Please ensure when you download this resource into Google Drive that you are logged in to the gmail account where you wish to store the activity. In the past teachers have downloaded resources into their school account in error. Thanks :)

Other similar or relevant resources:

• Christmas Play Scripts & Resources
• American History Resources

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Teach your students all about Electricity with this fun and interactive STEAM lesson. Students will watch educational videos, go through detailed slides with vocabulary words and definitions, learn about electricity, renewable and nonrenewable energy, and types of circuits, go on a virtual field trip and see Christmas Lights around the world, complete an interactive label the circuit activity, and finish with a fun and engaging STEAM Christmas Light Circuit Challenge.

You will need:

• Tin foil
• Stripped Christmas lights 
• Paper Fastener 
• 9 Volt Battery
• File Folder
• Tape
• Scissors

Support students with interpreting the remainder in division word problems with these winter-themed math task cards—24 task cards to practice solving division story problems available in digital and print options. 

Students will solve one-step division, interpret the remainder story problems, and determine how to handle the remainder based on the context of the problem. (4 CHALLENGE problems with multi-steps).

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Three ways to interpret the remainder: (all question types included)

① Share the remainder ➜ Include the remainder as a fraction or decimal. Used for money story problems or problems involving something that can be split in real life. 

② Add the remainder ➜ Everything has to fit and can’t be left out.

③ Drop the remainder ➜ The problem asks for whole items that can’t be split in real life. 

Differentiated Task Card Levels:

① Task Cards #1 - #10 ➜ problems with dividends under 50

② Task Cards #11 - #20 ➜ problems with 2 & 3 digit dividends greater than 50

③ Challenge Task Cards #21 - #24 ➜ multi-step word problems

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➜ Do your students struggle to interpret the remainder in division word problems correctly?

Interpreting the remainder in division word problems can be very challenging for students. These task cards provide real-world examples to practice and reinforce interpreting the remainder in division story problems. Perfect for math centers, intervention, distance learning, independent practice, or small group lessons.

➜ Are you looking for a holiday math activity that is rigorous and based on standards? 

These holiday-themed division task cards are a fun way to get students in the holiday spirit but still focus on a critical math skill. Choose to use these for math centers or play a class game of Scoot before Winter break.

➜ Are you tired of coming up with story problems on your own?

Thinking of story problem questions on your own can take forever. SAVE TIME and ENERGY with these ready-to-go story problem task cards that provide students with real-world examples to practice and reinforce solving division story problems. 

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24 Math Word Problem Task Cards available in the following formats:

⭐ Short answer task cards

⭐ Multiple choice task cards

⭐ Color printing

⭐ Black & White printing

⭐ Digital Task cards for Google Slides 

⭐ Self-grading Google Form Digital Task cards

⭐ Easel Activity

⭐Answer Keys

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Who?

Use these multiplication and division task cards with your fourth- and fifth-grade students. 

Students will practice:

• Evaluating how to handle a remainder based on the context of the problem and the question being asked.
• Using knowledge of fractions to break apart remainders into equal groups
• Using knowledge of money and decimals to break apart remainders into equal groups
• Solving division problems within 100 (questions #1-10)
• Solving division problems within 1,000 (questions #11-20)
• Solving division problems with 3-digit dividends divided by 1-digit divisors 

An excellent resource for your upper elementary students to use during math centers!

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Common Core Aligned:

CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.4.NBT.B.6

Find whole-number quotients and remainders with up to four-digit dividends and one-digit divisors, using strategies based on place value, the properties of operations, and/or the relationship between multiplication and division. Illustrate and explain the calculation by using equations, rectangular arrays, and/or area models.

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WHAT’S INCLUDED:

★ 20 Short Answer Holiday-themed Task Cards ☃

• Students solve one-step division word problems

★ 20 Multiple Choice Holiday-themed Task Cards☃

• Students choose between 4 answer choices
• Answer choices include the incorrect interpretation as an answer choice. 

★ 4 Challenge Task Cards (Short answer & Multiple Choice):

• Advanced multi-step math word problems include all four operations for students to practice solving more complex problems.

★ 2 Sets of Digital Task Cards Google Slides-

• Digital Short Answer Task Cards- editable text box for students to type answers directly onto the slide
• Digital Multiple Choice Task Cards- draggable pieces for students to box the correct answer and cross out the incorrect choices

★ 2 Self-grading Google Forms:

➞ Short Answer Self-grading Google Form

➞ Multiple Choice Self-grading Google Form

• SAVE TIME with NO PREP and NO grading! 
• Provide students with immediate feedback
• The answer key is already input into the form for you
• Effortlessly collect data on student performance. 

Ways to use Self-Grading Google Form

• Students can use printable task cards during centers and record answers on the record sheet. Next, students input their answers into the Google form to receive immediate feedback.
• Students can complete task cards directly in Google form with a task card image uploaded for each question.
• Formative assessment
• Choose to add, delete, or chunk questions over multiple days and use the Google form as an exit ticket. 

★ Student Recording Sheets in multiple formats

• Blank record sheet with numbers only
• Fill in the record sheet with word problem labels (scaffolding option)

★ Answer Key

• Formatted on the record sheet
• Included in Google forms

★ Easel Activity

• Self-checking multiple-choice task cards
• Short answer task cards with a text box for the answer

❄❅❆❄❅❆❄ Task cards have holiday and winter-themed math story problem questions with some questions about Christmas and Hanukah for December & January. 

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Check out similar task cards in additional levels:⤵

❄ Multiplication & Division within 100 Story Problem Task Cards

❄ Multi-digit multiplication and division Story Problem Task Cards

❄ Multiplicative Comparison Story Problem Task Cards

Or grab the BUNDLE to save $$$! ⤵

❄BUNDLE- Holiday-Themed Multiplication & Division Task Cards

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WAYS TO USE TASK CARDS in your classroom: Ideas for fun holiday math activities and other ways to engage students before Winter break

• Play SCOOT- Place each card on a desk and give students the recording sheet. Students will scoot between stations as they solve problems. 

• Set up a scavenger hunt- place cards around the room as students do a gallery walk and work on solving problems in pairs or independently

• Four Corners for multiple choice- Determine which corner of the room will represent answers A, B, C, and D: display a digital version of the Task Card, give students thinking time, then students go to the corner of the answer they choose.

• Morning work, warm up, bell ringer- display task card digitally

• Small group guided practice- easily differentiate and scaffold in small math groups

• Mini lessons- guide and model how to solve word problems for students

• Independent practice during math rotations or math centers

• Partner work during math rotations or math centers

• Exit ticket or check for understanding using Google Forms

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HOW TO UTILIZE DIGITAL Task Cards?

• Project task cards on the whiteboard using the Google slides version 
• Students complete task cards directly in Google Form (use as a checkpoint, assessment, check for understanding)- super easy NO PREP paperless option
• Students complete task cards in Google slides or using the physical task cards, record answers on the record sheet, and then transfer answers to Google form.

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You may also like the following: ⤵

➞ Multiplication & Division Strategy Anchor Charts & Posters

➞ Valentine's Day Multiplication & Division Word Problem Task Cards

➞ Multiplication BINGO

➞ Math Review Jeopardy

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CLICK HERE TO FOLLOW SPO RESOURCES on TeachShare and be the first to know about new resources, promotions, and freebies!

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You will earn TeachShare credits to use on future purchases by leaving a review. I love hearing from you and learning how you’ve implemented a resource in your classroom. I genuinely appreciate any feedback so that I can work to continuously improve my resources to best serve you and your students.

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★Pinterest  ★Youtube ★TeachShare ★SPO Resources

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Created by Samantha Osleger | ©SPO Resources.

All rights reserved by the author. 

Purchase is for single classroom use only. 

Purchase additional licenses at 50% off for each additional user. 

☃I hope your students love these engaging winter-themed math task cards to practice interpreting the remainder in division word problems.

Introducing Christmas essay writing has never been easier! This comprehensive writing prompt unit with 4 complete essay lessons - argumentative, expository, narrative, and persuasive - guides students through the step-by-step process of crafting a compelling essay. Using detailed graphic organizers, students will learn to draft an outline with convincing evidence and write a thorough essay.

All aspects of argumentative writing, expository writing, narrative writing, and persuasive writing are covered in this resource: brainstorming ideas, developing a thesis statement, introducing supporting evidence, writing hooks and leads, and incorporating the 6 Traits of Writing™. The resource also focuses on how to structure the rising action, climax, and falling action in the plot of the personal narrative essay.

The video, slide show, graphic organizer, worksheets, writing template, and rubric allow students to practice and develop their essay writing skills. The writing quiz reinforces guided note-taking techniques when used in conjunction with the instructional video. The detailed lesson plans make implementing essay writing easy for teachers.

This no-prep lesson is adaptable for in-class instruction, distance learning, or independent student work. The instructional video with writing tutorial and template can be presented as whole class instruction or assigned for students to complete at home.

All materials are available in both Google Drive™ and print formats, ensuring easy access for all students.

*****************************************************************************************

This Writing Prompt Unit for Christmas includes:

4 Entertaining Instructional Videos with:

• Brainstorming ideas
• Prompt identification and comprehension
• Thesis statement development
• Plot and character development
• Rubric explanation
• How to Write a/an (Argumentative, Expository, Narrative, Persuasive) Essay Tutorial
• How to Write a/an (Argumentative, Expository, Narrative, Persuasive) Essay writing quiz / guided note-taking

4 Detailed Christmas Lesson Plans with:

• Common Core State Standards Indicated on Lesson Plan
• Instructional Focus
• Instructional Procedures
• Objectives/Goals
• Direct Instruction
• Guided Practice
• Enrichment
• Differentiation
• ESE Strategies
• ELL Strategies
• I Can Statement
• Essential Question

4 Christmas Worksheets with:

• Prompts
• Brainstorming sections
• Thesis statement development sections
• Plot and character development
• How to Write a/an (Argumentative, Expository, Narrative, Persuasive) Essay Tutorial

4 Christmas Slide Shows with:

• Introduction slide with prompts for expository, argumentative, persuasive, and narrative Prompts
• Brainstorming slide (interactive for students to list and develop ideas)
• Standard and implied thesis development slides
• Plot and character development
• How to Write a/an (Argumentative, Expository, Narrative, Persuasive) Essay Tutorial
• Checklist Slide

4 Essay Rubrics

• (Argumentative, Expository, Narrative, Persuasive)

4 Graphic Organizers

• (Argumentative, Expository, Narrative, Persuasive)

Google Slides™

4 Writing Quizzes

• (Argumentative, Expository, Narrative, Persuasive)

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The lessons in the Elementary Holiday Writing Prompts Unit include:

• 9/11 - September 11th
• April Fool's Day
• Arbor Day
• Christmas
• Cinco de Mayo
• Columbus Day
• Daylight Savings
• Earth Day
• Easter
• Election Day
• Father's Day
• Grandparents Day
• Groundhog Day
• Halloween
• Hanukkah / Chanukah
• July 4th / Independence Day
• Kwanzaa
• Labor Day
• Martin Luther King Day
• Memorial Day
• Mother's Day
• New Year's
• Passover
• Presidents' Day
• St Patrick's Day
• Take Your Child to Work
• Thanksgiving
• Valentine's Day
• Veterans Day

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Connect with me for the latest Write On! with Jamie news:

• YouTube
• Instagram
• Write On! with Jamie Blog
• FB Community for 6-12 ELA Teachers

. . . and visit my WRITE ON! with Jamie website for a free TEXT EVIDENCE WRITING LESSON! 

Write On!

Jamie

© Google Inc.™ All rights reserved. Google™ and the Google Logo are registered trademarks of Google Inc.™ Write On! with Jamie® is an independent company and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Google Inc.™

Terms of Use

Copyright © Write On! with Jamie. All rights reserved by author. All components of this product are to be used by the original downloader only. Copying for more than one teacher, classroom, department, school, or school system is prohibited unless additional licenses are purchased. This product may not be distributed or displayed digitally for public view. Failure to comply is a copyright infringement and a violation of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). Clipart and elements found in this product are copyrighted and cannot be extracted and used outside of this file without permission or license. Intended for classroom and personal use ONLY.

A Christmas Google Forms close reading passage with comprehension and grammar questions followed by an extension task about the traditions around Christmas all around the world. The NO PREP informational text activity is ideal for distance learning and perfect for students in fifth grade or sixth grade. The resource, which also comes in PDF format, allows students to learn key facts about Christmas whilst working on their comprehension skills.

Included in this resource:

• A Google Forms Close Reading Activity
• A PDF Printable Activity with crossword puzzle & wordsearch

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This resource is great for:

• Distance learning
• Independent work
• Homework
• Guided reading sessions
• Assessment practice
• Reading interventions
• Emergency sub plans

This activity is an online resource, that uses Google Forms, and is linked to your Google Drive. It can be completed by students online using tablets, phones or computers, and is easily assessed by teachers as all the answers are provided in a quick and easy format.

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Time allowance to complete:

5-10 minutes - read through the text individually.

40-50 minutes - answer questions using the text as guidance (including extension activity)

Time allowance to assess:

A class set of activities might take around 15-20 minutes to mark; the teacher can then send the students their marks automatically, which allows them to read back through their work. Nearly all answers are not automatically generated, but only require a small amount of work to assign points. This is because the aim is to get students writing answers and not to just have multiple choice options.

Please ensure when you download this resource into Google Drive that you are logged in to the gmail account where you wish to store the activity. In the past teachers have downloaded resources into their school account in error. Thanks :)

Other similar or relevant resources:

• Distance Learning Resources
• Christmas Resources

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For more great resources follow my store ⇉⇉ CLICK HERE

Also, don't forget to leave feedback to earn TeachShare credits to spend!

Engage students in winter math activities with this set of holiday-themed task cards for solving multi-digit multiplication and division word problems—24 task cards to practice solving math story problems available in digital and print options. 

Students will solve one-step multiplication & division story problems and determine if they need to multiply or divide to find their answer. (4 CHALLENGE problems with multi-steps). I purposely mixed up the multiplication and division math word problems on these task cards as the objective for students is to identify the correct operation. 

Type of problems included:

• Two-by-two-digit multiplication word problems
• Three-by-one-digit multiplication word problems
• Three-digit dividend by one-digit divisor division word problems

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➜ Do your students struggle to choose the correct operation when solving math story problems?

Solving word problems can be very challenging for students. These task cards provide real-world examples to practice and reinforce solving multiplication and division story problems. Perfect for math centers, intervention, distance learning, independent practice, or small group lessons.

➜ Are you looking for a holiday math activity that is rigorous and based on standards? 

These holiday-themed multiplication and division task cards are a fun way to get students in the holiday spirit but still focus on a critical math skill. Choose to use these for math centers or play a class game of Scoot before Winter break.

➜ Are you tired of coming up with story problems on your own?

Thinking of story problem questions on your own can take forever. SAVE TIME and ENERGY with these ready-to-go story problem task cards that provide students with real-world examples to practice and reinforce solving multiplication and division story problems. 

*********************************************************

24 Math Word Problem Task Cards available in the following formats:

⭐ Short answer task cards

⭐ Multiple choice task cards

⭐ Color printing

⭐ Black & White printing

⭐ Digital Task cards for Google Slides 

⭐ Self-grading Google Form Digital Task cards

⭐Easel Activity

⭐Answer Keys

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Who?

Use these multiplication and division task cards with your fourth- and fifth-grade students. 

Students will practice:

• Using multiplication and division with up to 4 digits to solve word problems

• Reasoning to determine if the unknown quantity can be found using the multiplication or division operation

• Solving 2 by 2 digit multiplication problems

• Solving 3 by 1 digit multiplication problems

• Solving division problems with 3-digit dividends divided by 1-digit divisors (no remainders)

• Broadening their understanding of multiplication and division as inverse operations

An excellent resource for your upper elementary students to use during math centers!

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Common Core Aligned:

CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.4.NBT.B.5

Multiply a whole number of up to four digits by a one-digit whole number, and multiply two two-digit numbers, using strategies based on place value and the properties of operations. Illustrate and explain the calculation by using equations, rectangular arrays, and/or area models.

CCSS.MATH.CONTENT.4.NBT.B.6

Find whole-number quotients and remainders with up to four-digit dividends and one-digit divisors, using strategies based on place value, the properties of operations, and/or the relationship between multiplication and division. Illustrate and explain the calculation by using equations, rectangular arrays, and/or area models.

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WHAT’S INCLUDED:

★ 20 Short Answer Holiday-themed Task Cards ☃

• Students solve one-step multiplication and division story problems. 

★ 20 Multiple Choice Holiday-themed Task Cards☃

• Students choose between 4 answer choices
• Answer choices include the incorrect operation as an answer choice. 

★ 4 Challenge Task Cards (Short answer & Multiple Choice):

• Advanced multi-step math word problems include all four operations for students to practice solving more complex problems.

★ 2 Sets of Digital Task Cards Google Slides-

• Digital Short Answer Task Cards- editable text box for students to type answers directly onto the slide
• Digital Multiple Choice Task Cards- draggable pieces for students to box the correct answer and cross out the incorrect choices

★ 2 Self-grading Google Forms:

➞ Short Answer Self-grading Google Form

• Question 1: Students choose the correct operation 
• Question 2: students type in the answer.

➞ Multiple Choice Self-grading Google Form

• SAVE TIME with NO PREP and NO grading! 
• Provide students with immediate feedback
• The answer key is already input into the form for you
• Effortlessly collect data on student performance. 

Ways to use Self-Grading Google Form

• Students can use printable task cards during centers and record answers on the record sheet. Next, students input their answers into the Google form to receive immediate feedback.
• Students can complete task cards directly in Google form with a task card image uploaded for each question.
• Formative assessment
• Choose to add, delete, or chunk questions over multiple days and use the Google form as an exit ticket. 

★ Student Recording Sheets in multiple formats

• Blank record sheet with numbers only
• Fill in the record sheet with word problem labels (scaffolding option)
• Spot in the corner to circle the operation used

★ Answer Key

• Formatted on the record sheet
• Included in Google forms

★ Easel Activity

• Self-checking multiple-choice task cards
• Short answer task cards with a text box for the answer

❄❅❆❄❅❆❄ Task cards have holiday and winter-themed math story problem questions with some questions about Christmas and Hanukah for December & January. 

*********************************************************

Check out similar task cards in additional levels:⤵

❄ Multiplication & Division within 100 Story Problem Task Cards

❄ Multiplicative Comparison Story Problem Task Cards

❄ Division Interpret the Remainder Story Problem Task Cards

Or grab the BUNDLE to save $$$! ⤵

❄BUNDLE- Holiday-Themed Multiplication & Division Task Cards

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WAYS TO USE TASK CARDS in your classroom: Ideas for fun holiday math activities and other ways to engage students before Winter break

• Play SCOOT- Place each card on a desk and give students the recording sheet. Students will scoot between stations as they solve problems. 

• Set up a scavenger hunt- place cards around the room as students do a gallery walk and work on solving problems in pairs or independently

• Four Corners for multiple choice- Determine which corner of the room will represent answers A, B, C, and D: display a digital version of the Task Card, give students thinking time, then students go to the corner of the answer they choose.

• Morning work, warm up, bell ringer- display task card digitally

• Small group guided practice- easily differentiate and scaffold in small math groups

• Mini lessons- guide and model how to solve word problems for students

• Independent practice during math rotations or math centers

• Partner work during math rotations or math centers

• Exit ticket or check for understanding using Google Forms

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HOW TO UTILIZE DIGITAL Task Cards?

• Project task cards on the whiteboard using the Google slides version 
• Students complete task cards directly in Google Form (use as a checkpoint, assessment, check for understanding)- super easy NO PREP paperless option
• Students complete task cards in Google slides or using the physical task cards, record answers on the record sheet, and then transfer answers to Google form.

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☃I hope your students love these engaging winter-themed word problem task cards to practice solving multiplication and division story problems!