1st Grade: Mini Math Mysteries

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 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 Rudolph's Nose (Add or Subtract 10)
Week of December 23: NO CLASS!!!
Week of December 30: Case of the Super Sneezy Situation (Addition within 20/Word Problems)
Week of January 6: Case of the Special Snowflake (Comparing Numbers)
Week of January 13: Case of the Frozen Skates (Adding 3 Addends)
Week of January 20: Case of the Invisible Igloo (Place Value Models-Tens and Ones)
Week of January 27: Case of the Missing Mittens (Missing Addends)
Week of February 3: Case of the Stolen Pearls (10 More/10 Less)
Week of February 10: Case of the Bracelet Burglary (Addition and Subtraction to 20)
Week of February 17: Case of the Poisoned Prince (Read and Interpret Bar Graphs)
Week of February 24: Case of the Secret Valentine (Missing Addends to 20)
Week of March 3: Case of the Crazy Charm Criminal (Comparing Numbers)
Week of March 10: Case of the Rainbow Rogue (Time)
Week of March 17: Case of the Lost Leprechaun (Add Single-Digit Numbers to Double-Digit Numbers)
Week of March 24: Case of the Kidnapped Leprechaun (Bar Graph)
Week of March 31: Case of the Troublesome Trickster (Subtraction)


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