Solal Stern

In Collab Quest, 5th grade teams embark on an interactive quest map filled with multi-step math problems that integrate academic skills and social-emotional learning. Over a 50-minute session, students solve challenges, reflect on group roles and emotions, and develop collaborative problem-solving strategies—perfect for Tier 2 small-group support.

Quick-fire cooperative geometry challenge where small groups race to build triangles with given perimeters, emphasizing turn-taking and positive feedback. Important for integrating perimeter review with social-emotional learning and collaborative problem solving in a small-group 5th grade math setting. Audience: 5th grade group; Format: 1 session, 20 minutes.

In this 45-minute Tier 1 game-based lesson for 5th graders, students collaborate to solve a series of math puzzles while practicing empathetic listening and perspective-taking. Through the Empathy Code Mystery, students build classroom cohesion and essential SEL skills as they support and learn from each other.