Back to School and The Original Sports Logic (Aug. 18)

I hope your back-to-school or almost back-to-school is going well. I remember setting up my room one or two weeks before the teacher in-service, as they never gave us enough time to work during the teachers' back-to-school week. Plus, catching up with coworkers after a short summer break was quite tempting.

Don't you love sitting around listening to what's in the school handbook that you're supposed to read on your own each year? I was most likely one of the few teachers who actually read it. 😂 And then there's the infectious disease in-service (. . . if it's wet, warm, and not yours, don't touch it.), and the game where you go around the room to put sticky notes on posters, yada, yada, yada. I don't miss going back since I retired.

If you're back or headed back soon, God love ya! Teaching is tough. 

Each year of my teaching, the kids got more difficult. I hope that trend hasn't continued since I left the classroom. I taught gifted and talented for thirty years. My students were usually the "good" ones. Behavior problems in my class were rare in the 1980s through the 2000s. When I saw these issues coming into the gifted program, I knew trouble was ahead, and I bailed. 

Whether you teach gifted or not, there is always room for fun and challenging center work, whole or small group activities, partner or independent practice, emergency substitute plans, and of course, help for those who homeschool. May I suggest logic puzzles?

Not long ago, I wrote about a new set of brain teasers based on my original sports logic puzzles. These sports math brain games have been a top seller, so let me re-introduce them to you.

Math Brain Teasers and Logic Puzzles About Sports for grades 5 - 8

Keep your gifted and talented sports fan engaged in critical thinking skills with logic puzzles and math brain teasers as a print or digital resource. These ten challenging sports puzzles provide fun for kids! Quick and easy setup provides easy use for teachers, too.

Inside this no prep, high interest resource, you'll find:

1. 8 Grid Logic Puzzles

• Football
• Soccer
• Field Hockey
• Basketball
• Baseball
• Tennis
• Cricket
• Ping Pong

2. 2 Math Brain Teaser Picture Puzzles

• Score, Goal, Win with Basketball
• Swim, Badmitten, Soccer

3. Writing Prompts

• Parts of Speech Fill ins to Complete a Story
• PreWriting Questions for a Sports Story Prompt
• 8 Writing Prompts for Early Finishers

4. Answer Key

5. Printable Pdf. file

6. Google Slides Link

7. Easel Worksheets

Read what teachers, like you, have said.

Jade C

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐  There is a variety of types of puzzles, which makes it fun for the students. I am using it as part of my remote learning problem-solving/STEAM lessons. Even though the answers are provided, I like to do the puzzles. Boy, it is a great mental exercise. I love Joyce's products! You can always count on high quality.

FAWM

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐  My students love solving puzzles, and this was perfect for them!

MSMagic

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐  My students had a lot of fun with these. We played them in teams, and the time just flew by!

Interested in other sports puzzles?

New Sports Puzzles

Primary Sports Puzzles

Thanks for reading!

Joyce

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