Students will love becoming math detectives. Players earn points for solving math mysteries in this entertaining and educational game. In each round, players read about a crime committed and each player receives a suspect’s alibi. Players must determine whether the math in their suspect’s alibi is correct or not. If the math is correct, the suspect is innocent; if the math is incorrect, the suspect is guilty of the crime. Each game requires players to use multiple grade-level math skills. Includes 40 math mysteries. The game can be played with 2-4 players and includes ideas for turning the game into a quick-and-easy math center. Set contains 200 cards and directions. Available in grades 2-6.
Awards: 2012 Dr.Toy Best 20 for $20

Cross-curricular games packed with 500 grade-level questions. Players spin to see which category their challenge will come from: Language Arts, Math, Science, Social Studies or Mystery Meat. Players must read the statement in the corresponding category on their card and then determine whether it is true or baloney (false). Points are given for correct answers. Each game includes 200, 4-1/4" -dia. cards, spinner and directions.
Awards: 2012 Dr. Toy 100 Best Toys

More than 10,000 hours of government-funded studies have proven that drill is the best way to teach basic skills. Sized for photocopiers (yet affordably priced for individual use), these new drillbooks offer lots of skill-building pages and value-added features. Answer keys provide easy opportunities for self or peer-checking. Instant notebook charts aid fact memorization. Step-by-step instructional pages reinforce operation skills, and quick-look reference tables build concept understanding. Clean, bold drill pages allow room for answers and computation. This product is great for remedial and adult education. It qualifies for Title I funds.

Sight Words in a Flash – Word Searches offers a fun and challenging way to reinforce print awareness, enhance literacy and build spelling skills. The puzzles can reinforce the sight words students have been exposed to through our distinctive, color-coded flash card system. The books are geared to grade-level standards and encourage individual practice. Students will feel a sense of accomplishment as they work through each set of sight word searches. Answer keys provide a quick and accurate reference for checking student work. Each reproducible 32-page book measures 8½" x 11".

Critical Thinking Flip Centers strengthen critical thinking skills by creating opportunities for students to think about everyday objects in new ways! As they answer questions based on Bloom’s Taxonomy, students progress though the levels of knowledge, comprehension, application, analysis, synthesis and evaluation. Centers can be used individually or in small groups and include removable answer keys. Each center features and easel-backed stand that allows it to remain upright while students flip pages to work from front to back. Questions can be completed using basic classroom supplies. 32 pp, two sided. Measure 5½" x 6".

This product's classroom-tested, kid-selected flash card size invites learners to pick up, play and learn. The set includes 169 flash cards for every operation and all number families, 0-12. Each two-sided flash card has a colored border, rounded corners for durability, a pre-drilled hole for the storage ring and bold black numbers on a crisp white background. A self-checking answer to the problem is on the reverse side. The UV-coated cards measure 2½" x 4". Two sort-and-store rings are included with every set.