Math Detectives Unite: Reviewing Math With Mystery Cases 4th/5th(Fall Session)
In this fifteen week semester course, "Math Detectives" will review a variety of 4th grade math skills while working together to unlock a series of clues to solve a riddle.
Vanessa Fowler
Average rating:
5.0
Number of reviews:(121)
What's included
15 live meetings
13 hrs 45 mins in-class hoursClass Experience
US Grade 4
In this fifteen week course, "Math Detectives" will review a variety of 4th grade math skills while working together to unlock a series of clues to solve a riddle. This course allows students to review math skills in a fun format as they solve a series of math riddles that work together to unlock clues to solve a specific "crime" that has been committed. Skills Reviewed: Continuing patterns Beginning Multiplication and Division Geometry - 2D and 3D shapes Measurement including Area and Perimeter Place Value and ways to write numbers Rounding Time and Money Fractions *Please make sure your learner has some knowledge of these skills prior to coming to this class. Class time frame will be as follows: Welcome / Introduction: 5 minutes Introduction of riddle/crime through video and discussion: 5 minutes Instructions to solve riddle: 3 minutes Group work on solving clues: 45 minutes (students will take turns solving math problems guided by teacher to solve riddles and clues) Discuss solution/Wrap-up/ Good-byes: 2 minutes In this semester course, "Math Detectives" will review a variety of 5th grade math skills while working together to unlock a series of clues to solve a riddle. This course allows students to review math skills in a fun format as they solve a series of math riddles that work together to unlock clues to solve a specific "crime" that has been committed. Guidance is given if a student needs extra support in a skill, and all students work together in a structured classroom as a team to solve each riddle and to work the math problems. Cases solved each week: Spring Semester: Week 1 (January 8 ): 100 missing treats Week 2 (January 15): The Case of the Time Traveling Troll Week 3 (January 22): The Case of the Divided Dragons Week 4 (January 29): The Case of the Kidnapped Groundhog Week 5 (February 5): The Case of the Phantom Phoenix Week 6 (February 12): The Case of the Valentine Villain Week 7 (February 19): The Case of the Disappearing Donuts Week 8 (February 26): The Case of the Greedy Gnome Week 9 (March 4): The Case of Bee Bandits Week 10 (March 18): The Case of the Misplaced Pot of Gold Week 11 (March 25): The Case of the Rotten Eggs Week 12 (April 1):The Case of the Abducted Alien Week 13 (April 8):The Case of the Giant Goblin Week 14 (April 15):The Case of the Never-Ending Rain Week 15 (April 22): The Case of the the Litterbug Fall Semester: Week 1 (Sept 12): The Case of the School Invaders Week 2 (Sept 19): The Case of the Cursed Classroom Week 3 (Sept 26): The Case of the Furious Fall Winds Week 4 (Oct 3): The Case of the poisonous Pizza Week 5 (Oct 10): The Case of the Tricking Treat Week 6 (Oct 17): The Case of the Gobbler's Curse Week 7 (Oct 24): The Case of the Jumping Jack-O-Lantern Week 8 (Oct 31): The Case of the Halloween Heist Week 9 (Nov 7): The Case of Shogun's Sword Week 10 (Nov 14): The Case of the Forgetful Pharoah Week 11 (Nov 21): The Case of the Thankless Turkey Week 12 (Nov 28):The Case of the Snowman Army Week 13 (Dec 5):The Case of the Zombie Elves Week 14 (Dec 12):The Case of the Selfish Elf Week 15 (Dec 19): The Case of the Millennium Bug Spring Semester:
Learning Goals
The students will review a variety of 4th grade math skills in this class to practice what they are learning in the classroom. The class is set up in a fun problem solving way so that the learners do not feel overwhelmed, but enjoy themselves as they refresh their memory of math skills and also work together in a group to solve math riddles and problems.
Other Details
Supply List
Students may benefit from a piece of paper and pencil to work out a few problems. If they do not have access to these, we can still do the work together on the screen.
External Resources
Learners will not need to use any apps or websites beyond the standard Outschool tools.
Joined April, 2020
5.0
121reviews
Teacher expertise and credentials
I have spent the past 16+ years in the K-4 elementary classroom specializing in math. Over the past few years I have worked really hard to bring back the JOY in learning and to show the kiddos that learning can be fun. As an educator it is my passion to combine my love of reading and problem solving within math and to show kiddos that stretching our brain can be rewarding and fun. Reviews
Live Group Class
$17
weekly or $250 for 15 classes1x per week, 15 weeks
55 min
Completed by 22 learners
Live video meetings
Ages: 9-10
3-6 learners per class
