This is a fun and simple way to get some spooky math thinking in during this Halloween. Students will be creating their own Halloween word problems to match the answer given.
This is easy to set up. All I did for the above was:
Keep the top and bottom and just change the middle to a new number and Halloween theme item to keep refreshing the activity. Here's some more examples below:
This sort of activity works well as part of a daily math morning routine or warm-up, The more students do it, the better word problems you will start to find. I love how creative the kids can get with this, and the best part is that they are thinking mathematically at the same time too!
If it is the first time you are introducing this activity to your class, modeling and guiding a few word problems first would be best. I like to think aloud by asking myself these questions:
I’ll share another way of doing this sort of activity in my next post and include a cool Halloween freebie for you too! Stay tuned!
You may also like these fun Halloween Math Mysteries. . .
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