If you’re looking for a way to review math standards throughout the year in a fun and engaging way, we’d like to introduce you to our new product line – Mini Math Missions! We’ve heard a lot of feedback from teachers that they love our escape rooms, but wish there were mini single-puzzle versions of our escape rooms that can be used for review and enrichment at any time. Introducing our new Mini Math Missions, single-puzzle escape room style task cards focusing on a variety of math standards.
What Are Mini Math Missions?
Mini Math Missions make math practice feel less like a chore and more like a secret mission. These aren’t your run-of-the-mill math task cards; they’re clever puzzles, games, and escape room-style challenges all rolled into one. They’re designed to transform learning math into an engaging adventure for upper elementary students.
Why You’ll Love Mini Math Missions
Math Becomes an Adventure: Ditch the worksheets! With Mini Math Missions, your class will stay engaged from start to finish, whether you assign one task, or all twenty-four!
Aligned with Learning: These missions align seamlessly with upper elementary math standards, ensuring your students gain valuable practice while having fun.
Diverse Challenges: From evaluating expressions with parentheses and brackets to deciphering ciphers, each mission presents a unique challenge that captivates students.
Boost Critical Thinking: Mini Math Missions foster critical thinking and problem-solving skills, transforming your students into true problem solvers and math detectives.
Versatile in the Classroom: Whether as warm-ups, exit tickets, review activities, or a special treat for your math enthusiasts, Mini Math Missions are easy to integrate into your day.
What’s Included in the Math Missions?
Puzzles: Forget your typical task card puzzles! Mini Math Missions feature challenges that make math practice irresistible.
Games: Transform math into a captivating game with missions that are as entertaining as they are educational.
Logic Challenges: Students love to tackle these brain-teaser challenges.
Escape Room Excitement: If you don’t have time for a traditional digital escape room, these single-puzzle challenges are quick and easy to implement.
24 Half-Page Task Cards: Focused on specific math standards, these cards come in color, black-and-white, or digitally through Google Slide™.
Puzzles involve deductive reasoning, ciphers, logic puzzles, error analysis, and more.
Agent Training Manual: As students step into roles in the Mini Math Missions Department of the Mathematical Security Agency, this manual guides them through their missions with detailed instructions and spy-themed activities.
Mini Math Missions infuse a sense of adventure into your lessons!
Tips for Success
Start with a mission that aligns with your current curriculum to ease your students into the format.
Encourage collaboration. Math is often more enjoyable when solved together.
Let your students take the lead. Their fresh perspectives can lead to unexpected solutions.
Embrace the fun! Your enthusiasm is contagious and makes the missions even more enjoyable for your students.
Ready to Dive In?
Check out our entire line of Math Mission task cards in our TpT store. Explore Mini Math Missions today!
