8th Grade Christmas Math – Low-Prep 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 math skills practice for your 8th 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, why not 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.

The math concepts focus on a mix of 7th & 8th grade standards to provide engaging review for students before heading into second semester.

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 equation shown is true or not)
• 8 Word Problem Task Cards with Recording Page

Here are the math skills covered in the different activities:

• Write Expressions with Variables
• Write Inequalities with Variables
• Simplify Expressions Using Algebraic Properties to Find Equivalent Expressions
• Solve 2-Step Linear Equations
• Solve Multi-Step Linear Equations
• Solve Percent 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 8th grade? Check out these:

• CHRISTMAS ALGEBRA GAMES: 7TH-8TH GRADE
• OPERATIONS WITH INTEGERS: MISSING NUMBER PUZZLES
• 8TH GRADE BACK TO SCHOOL MATH GAMES

Please Note: This product is a downloadable pdf file. No physical product will be shipped to you. In addition, this resource is for personal use in the home or classroom only. You may not share, distribute, alter or post this resource online in any way. Thank you for your honesty!