5th Grade Christmas Math – Low-Prep Fractions Practice & Puzzles – PRINTABLE

Description

Looking for simple, low-prep math review & skills practice before the Christmas break? This set of printable practice, puzzles & task cards includes a variety of fraction skills practice for your 5th grade students.

No one wants to waste those last few days before Christmas break, but it is SO hard to keep students engaged and learning new material!

Instead, weave in silly Christmas riddles, printable mazes, logic puzzles and more to help students review/practice key math concepts in ways that are FUN but easy for you to prepare!

This download includes a variety of types of activities, with teacher directions and tips, plus answer keys, making this super low-stress for you.

Types of Activities Included:

• 3 Silly Christmas Riddle Pages
• 2 “Crack the Code” Logic Puzzles (Great way to build algebraic thinking!)
• 4 Maze Challenges
• 2 Christmas Trivia Pages (Determine if the Christmas facts are ‘true’ or ‘false’ based whether the math problem is solved correctly or not)
• 8 Word Problem Task Cards with Recording Page

Here are the math skills covered in the different activities:

• Add & Subtract Fractions & Mixed Numbers (unlike denominators)
• Multiply Fractions
• Write Fractions as Division Expressions & vice versa
• Use Fraction Multiplication Expressions to Represent Situations (i.e. 1/2 the size of 12)
• Add, Subtract & Multiply Fractions Word Problems
• Division with Whole Numbers & Unit Fractions
• Division with Whole Numbers & Unit Fractions Word Problems

Everything Included in the Download:

• Teaching tips, directions & prep
• 11 Student activity pages
• 8 Task cards + recording page
• Answer keys for all activities

Looking for more engaging resources for 5th-6th grade? Check out these:

• CHRISTMAS CROSSWORD PUZZLES: MULTIPLY LARGE NUMBERS
• FRACTION OPERATIONS REVIEW: TASK CARD BREAKOUT CHALLENGE
• 5TH GRADE MATH SCAVENGER HUNTS BUNDLE
• 6TH GRADE MATH SCAVENGER HUNTS BUNDLE

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