Four Aces Puzzle - Jumbo Magnetic Version

This isn't the initiatory off fourth dimension the Four Aces Puzzle has made an appearance on my blog. It was i of my very initiatory off puzzle tabular array puzzles in conclusion year. I particularly dear this puzzle because it is a completely gratis download from Puzzles.ca. Earlier this year, the puzzle seemed to disappear from their site, but it is dorsum again! In add-on to the Four Aces Puzzle, the site also features a publish of other gratis printable puzzles. It's definitely worth checking out.

This yr amongst thirty students or nearly that many inwards the bulk of my classes, I don't receive got the extra infinite for a puzzle tabular array similar I used to receive got at my former schoolhouse where my classes tended to receive got to a greater extent than similar 12-16 students. For the initiatory off pair of months of the schoolhouse year, I experimented amongst storing puzzles inwards a file organizer (the jungle light-green organizer on the far right side of the cabinets inwards the photograph below) for students to access when they finished early. For my students the puzzles were pretty much out of sight together with hence out of mind. This meant they didn't teach the attending that I persuasion they deserved.


My solution to this has been to brand large, magnetic puzzles to hang on the dry out erase board at the forepart of my classroom. The initiatory off puzzle to brand an appearance hither was the Equilateral Triangle Puzzle from Puzzle Box, Volume 1 (affiliate link). Frequent readers volition also recognize this every bit the in conclusion fourth dimension I always truly institute fourth dimension to spider web log this schoolhouse year! (oops...)



I institute that laminating the puzzle pieces (just printed on regular weight colored re-create paper) together with placing an adhesive magnet on the backed worked perfectly for posting the puzzle on my dry out erase board. I had previously picked upwards a parcel of adhesive magnetic buttons at Walmart for some other forgotten task, together with they worked great. If I hold to create magnetic puzzles, I volition in all likelihood hold back into buying some adhesive magnets online inwards mass to relieve money.


Honestly, it took my students in all likelihood 3 total days earlier anyone realized that at that topographic point was a puzzle on the board. I was commencement to cry upwards that all my laminating together with magneting was a waste. But when i fry institute it, it led the entire remainder of the cast to desire to solve it. Then, kids would remain after together with play amongst it which kids inwards the side yesteryear side hr would discovery together with and so other hours started tackling it.

This puzzle became so pop that I regularly had to ship kids dorsum to their seats because vii of them would endure trying to solve the puzzle every bit I was trying to start class!



The other work I ran into was that students would elbow grease solving the puzzle together with cry upwards their solution was correct, but they had neglected to read the instructions. Of course, this was definitely a work amongst my puzzle tabular array inwards the yesteryear every bit well. How, oh how, create nosotros teach kids to halt together with read directions on a regular basis?!?

Life has been CRAZY lately (more close that inwards some other post. I promise!) which way that every bit much every bit I loved the persuasion of magnetic puzzles, I never truly got closed to to changing the puzzle out. (Okay. That's non precisely true. I tried changing out the puzzle several times, but there's something close the way that my schoolhouse estimator does things that 2 of the puzzles I typed upwards did non work.) This week, though, I finally became determined that I would teach the puzzle changed out. I didn't receive got fourth dimension to come upwards up amongst a novel puzzle (blame that on my novel preps!) so I turned to an former favorite from in conclusion year: the 4 aces puzzles that I mentioned at the commencement of this post.



I'm non certain if my students are intuitive plenty to figure out the puzzle without reading the directions or if the kids receive got all of a abrupt improved at reading directions, but it hasn't truly been an lawsuit amongst this puzzle. The i work nosotros receive got ran into amongst this puzzle, though, is that it's truly difficult to depository fiscal establishment check a student's solution at a glance. You receive got to truly teach closed together with brand certain that each together with every bill of fare matches up. The easiest way to create this is yesteryear comparison the lilliputian symbols on each one-half of the card.


As I receive got watched students tackle this during the week, I am reminded why I desire to create this to a greater extent than often. My goal is to start changing out this puzzle i time per calendar week similar I used to create on the puzzle table. Hopefully this volition assistance teach me dorsum into blogging every bit I part each week's puzzle amongst you.


So, the nine squares amongst the aces are all courtesy of Puzzles.ca. I create non desire to accept whatever credit for the actual creation of the puzzle. The solely affair I receive got done together with volition endure providing y'all the file for today is a printable education sail that tin sack endure posted side yesteryear side to the puzzle together with a jumbo version of the cards to making an interactive display. If y'all desire each fry to tackle this puzzle on their own, y'all are in all likelihood improve off only printing the regular PDF version off the Puzzles.ca site. I dear that the jumbo version helps to promote students working together inwards a way that I only haven't been able to accomplish amongst the smaller version. 

I receive got uploaded the education page together with the jumbo version here. Please even so see the Puzzles.ca site to hand them some back upwards together with depository fiscal establishment check out their other awesome printable puzzles!


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