Does your learner like to solve fun mysteries? Well, let them put on their detective hat and get to work using their 1st grade math skills! Mini Math Mysteries are a fun 'game-like' activity to practice 1st grade math skills. They follow a simple elimination structure where learners will be using the answers to the math questions to eliminate possibilities. This is an ongoing class, so you are free to join in and leave as you please. 

At the beginning of each class, learners will hear a short story to preface the mystery they will be solving for the day. Then, it is time for our math detectives to get to work! Learners will answer a variety of questions based on 1st grade content to solve the mystery. They will fist solve the math questions, and then they will look for their answers in the boxes and eliminate the boxes with a matching answer on our shared screen. After answering all questions, only one image will remain (that image will contain a number that didn't match any of the answers to the questions) and that box is the solution to our mystery! 

Some of the math concepts we will be working on include:

-Comparing Numbers
-Missing Numbers in Addition and Subtraction Sentences
-Number Words
-Reading Bar Graphs
-Addition and Subtraction within 20
-Addition within 20 (Questions and Word Problems)
-Subtraction within 20 (Questions and Word Problems)
-Adding Doubles and Near Doubles
-Adding three single-digit numbers
-Comparing Numbers (up to 50) – Circle the Greatest/Least
-Place Value Models - Base Ten Blocks (1-20)
-Adding Ten to Double-Digit Numbers
-Missing Numbers up to 55
-Mix of Addition & Subtraction (within 20)
-Missing Addends (Sums are less than 20)
-Read & Write Time (O'Clock only)
-10 More or Less
-Comparing numbers up to 100 (circle the greatest/least)
-Read Tally Graphs
-Adding 10 to double-digit numbers (vertical algorithm format)
-Read and Interpret a Bar Graph
-Place Value Tens & Ones
-Adding Multiples of Ten
-Add a one-digit number to a double-digit number (no regrouping)


Week of August 5: Case of the Beach Burger Blunder (Add 1-Digit Number to 2-Digit Numbers)
Week of August 12: Case of the Backpack Bandit (Bar Graphs to 20)
Week of August 19: Case of the Cafeteria Chaos (Missing Numbers)
Week of August 26: Case of the Crayon Criminal (Number Words)
Week of September 2: Case of the Kidnapped Principal (Add and Subtract within 15)
Week of September 9: Case of the Book Burglar (Comparing Numbers)
Week of September 16: Case of the Tricky Teacher (Missing Numbers on Number Lines)
Week of September 23: Case of the School Hallway Hoax (Ten Frames/Number Identification to 50- Quick Look/How Many?)
Week of September 30: Case of the Falling Apples (Addition to 20)
Week of October 7: Case of the Haunted House (Adding 3 Addends)
Week of October 14: Case of the Smelly Spells (Doubles and Near Doubles)
Week of October 21: Case of the Monster Mix Up (Counting Tally Marks)
Week of October 28: Case of the Halloween Heist (Subtraction Within 20)
Week of November 4: Case of the Kidnapped Turkey (Addition with Number Line)
Week of November 11: Case of the Gobbler's Curse (Comparing Numbers to 50)
Week of November 18: Case of the Thanksgiving Thief (Missing Numbers to 100)
Week of November 25: Case of the Secret Spice (Adding 3 Addends)
Week of December 2: Case of the Selfish Elf (Place Value- Tens and Ones)
Week of December 9: Case of the Christmas Chaos (Addition and Subtraction within 20)
Week of December 16: Case of the Zombie Elves (Add or Subtract 10)
Week of December 23: NO CLASS!!!


I look forward to meeting your learner in class! Now, let's have FUN learning math!! See you in the classroom! :)