Balancing Addition Math Centers Math Tiles
5.0 (7 reviews)Time to Tile: Balancing Addition is a hands-on activity that takes students’ thinking beyond procedures and rote memorization. This engaging resource activates critical thinking, problem-solving skills, and algebraic reasoning while developing a deep, conceptual understanding of equations. Students
- Grade
- Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5
- Subject
- Math
- Pages
- 70
- Answer key
- Included
- Teaching duration
- 1 Month
- Digital download
Description
Time to Tile: Balancing Addition is a hands-on activity that takes students’ thinking beyond procedures and rote memorization. This engaging resource activates critical thinking, problem-solving skills, and algebraic reasoning while developing a deep, conceptual understanding of equations. Students must place 10 number tiles (0-9) on the open squares to balance the values of each scale. This math tile set requires students to decompose numbers by utilizing advanced reasoning skills.
This resource is now provided in printable and digital formats (Google Slides).
This resource includes:
- 30 different Time to Tile cards
- An “Answer Recording Sheet,” where students can record their answers so they can be corrected later. This allows the resource to be used as a perfect independent or center activity.
- Answer keys
- Management and organization tips for successfully implementing Time to Tile in your classroom.
✏️For more math tile activities, click here.
More Time to Tile resources:
Time to Tile: Equivalent Fractions
Time to Tile: Mixed Numbers and Improper Fractions
Time to Tile: Balancing Equations
Time to Tile: Order of Operations
Time to Tile: Adding and Subtracting
Time to Tile: Multi-Digit Multiplication
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Definitely not recommended for 4th grade. (I even have the Honors cluster.) The directions on the job sheets are confusing and written with difficult vocabulary. When I tried to ask the seller for support, it was refused. Disappointed.
Hi Jennifer. I am sorry that I cannot offer an editable version of this resource. However, I am more than happy to assist you in implementing this resource in your fourth grade classroom. Feel free to email me anytime. GotToTeach@icloud.com
Nice questioning tasks for students.
Wish I'd found this when I started this unit. Gives great ideas to apply to other novels.
This is a great resource for students and teachers alike!
This was a pretty good product. I liked a lot of the questions - good for extended thinking - but I also felt like a lot of the questions were a bit general, or kind of a stretch. I ended up picking and choosing the ones I liked the best.
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