Math Detectives Unite: Solving Mysteries One Case At a Time (3rd-5th)/(Ongoing)

In this ongoing 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. 


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