Rule Monsters: Properties of Operations Bundle
Category: Education / Math Worksheets
Five friendly Rule Monsters teach the 8 properties of operations with matching slides, guided notes, leveled worksheets, sorts and games.
Meet the Rule Monsters! Five friendly monsters turn the properties of operations into rules your students can see, say and remember, and the lesson slides and guided notes match box by box, so teaching them feels easy.
WHAT'S INCLUDED
• 1 ZIP file with 7 files
• 4 PDF files, 101 pages each: Full Color US Letter, Full Color A4, Black & White US Letter, Black & White A4
• 1 PowerPoint file with 75 lesson slides and teacher talking points in the speaker notes (opens in PowerPoint or Google Slides)
• The same 75 slides as a PDF
• 1 Print Guide PDF
THE 8 PROPERTIES (5 RULE MONSTERS)
• Swapsy: Commutative Property of Addition and of Multiplication
• Huggo: Associative Property of Addition and of Multiplication (his arms are the parentheses!)
• Iddy: Identity Property of Addition (+ 0) and of Multiplication (× 1)
• Chomp: Zero Property of Multiplication
• Delly: Distributive Property
INSIDE EVERY PDF (101 PAGES)
• Start here: cover, contents, teacher guide, 5-day and 10-day pacing guide, Meet the Rule Monsters, I Can checklist with standards
• 8 property posters + an all-in-one anchor chart + a Which Monster Is It? flowchart
• 8 property cards, 8 vocabulary cards, addition and multiplication notebook foldables
• 8 guided notes pages (Boxes 1 to 4 match the slides)
• 24 worksheets: 3 levels for each of the 8 properties (Level 1 picture support, Level 2 on level, Level 3 challenge with bigger numbers and letters)
• 8 mixed practice pages: name the property, missing numbers, true or false, find the mistake, mental math, word problems
• 3 sorts: Addition Sort with 3 pockets, Multiplication Sort with 5 pockets, Mixed Monster Sort with mat, 20 cards and recording sheet
• 32 task cards + recording sheet
• 2 games: Monster Path board game and I Have, Who Has? (24 cards)
• Pre-Check, Addition Quiz, Multiplication Quiz, 2-page Unit Test, 4 exit tickets
• Class tracker, student tracker, certificate and a coloring page
• 13 pages of answer keys
THE LESSON SLIDES (75)
• Introduce every property with a story, a picture demo, the rule, an example and Try It problems
• Each Try It slide is followed by an answer slide, so students solve first and then check
• Review game: Which Rule Monster? plus Do the rules work for subtraction and division?
PERFECT FOR
• 3rd, 4th and 5th grade math (3.OA.B.5), review and test prep
• Small groups, intervention, special education and English learners
• Math centers, early finishers, homework and homeschool
HOW TO USE
• Teach with the slides while students fill in the guided notes
• Practice with the level that fits each student
• Sort, play and review, then check with the quizzes and the unit test
HOW TO PRINT
• Open the PDF in Adobe Acrobat Reader or your browser and print at Actual size / 100%
• Choose the US Letter or A4 file to match your paper
• Regular printer paper works for everything; card stock is great for posters and cards
• Use the Black & White file to save ink
PLEASE NOTE
• This is a digital download. Nothing will be shipped.
• Colors may look a little different on each screen and printer.
• For personal and classroom use by one teacher. Please do not share, resell or upload the files.
• The text and math problems were made with the help of AI tools and computer code, then checked by me. Every answer was calculated and checked in code. All illustrations, including the Rule Monsters, are original and drawn with code; no AI image generator was used.
• PowerPoint and Google Slides are named only to show which programs open the file. This shop is not affiliated with Microsoft or Google.
Questions? Please send me a message before you buy. I'm happy to help!