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CSI Math Mystery: Solve Division with The Case of the Divided Monster
Division facts, long division and word problems solve The Case of the Divided Monster. Ready to use for Grades 4–5. -
Long Division Practice with a CSI Math Mystery
Long division practice as a detective case: students solve problems to crack the mystery. Grades 4–5.
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Emergency Sub Plans That Teach Themselves: The Self-Checking Trick
The best sub plan corrects itself: how suspect elimination lets a substitute run a real lesson cold, in the words of teachers who've left it. -
What Is a Science Mystery? A Teacher's Guide for Grades 3–8
Students read a nonfiction science passage, answer questions to unlock clues and eliminate suspects. How Science Mysteries work. Grades 3–8. -
Introducing Number Cadets: Online Math Mysteries That Run Themselves
Our detective Math Mysteries are now a self-running online academy for Grades K–5. One complete mystery is free at every grade.
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