Transcript Games and Activities that Practice Math Skills

Games and Activities
that Practice Math Skills
Presented by
Colleen Serencsits
Tutors of Literacy in the Commonwealth
Please take
a handout and a plastic bag.
Games and Activities
that Practice Math Skills
Purpose of this Session
• To share and try games and activities that
practice math skills
Games and Activities
that Practice Math Skills
Why?
• Make practice more interesting, relevant, fun.
Why?
• Students are more likely to practice.
• Help students be more open to thinking about
their choices, what they are doing and why they
are making those choices.
• Break up the intensity of learning new
information.
Games and Activities
that Practice Math Skills
Outline
• Games with Cards
page 1
• Games with Dice
page 5
• Other Games
page 8
• Commercial Games
page 9
• Activities
page 11
• Other Activities for Young Children
page 13
• Tricks
page 14
• Additional Handouts
page 15
• Resources
page 25
Games and Activities
that Practice Math Skills
We will try several games,
not in order from the handout.
All the games and activities are described
in the handout.
Games and Activities
that Practice Math Skills
Remember,
• Explain to the learner why you are playing the
game or doing the activity.
• When you are interacting with learners,
encourage thinking skills.
• Talk and ask questions:
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Tell me why you made that choice.
What other moves could you have tried?
Tell/show me how you did that.
Think out loud to model your thoughts.
Games with Cards
Tips for Holding Cards
If someone has trouble holding the cards in
a fan, try one of these tips.
• Turn a shoebox upside down.
– Place cards in the lip of the upside down lid.
• Hold two plastic lids tightly together with a
brass fastener in the center.
– Place the cards between the lids.
Other Games
Product Game (page 16) (cream game board provided)
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Player A puts a marker on a number in the factor list
across the bottom.
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Player B puts a marker on any number in the factor list
(including the same number marked by Player A) and
then shades or covers the product of the two factors
on the product grid.
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Player A moves either one of the paper clips to
another number and then shades or covers the new
product.
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The winner is the first player to mark four squares in a
row -- up and down, across, or diagonally.
Product Game
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Other Games
Integer Product Game (page 17) (yellow game board)
• Player A puts a marker on a number in the factor list
across the bottom.
• Player B puts a marker on any number in the factor list
(including the same number marked by Player A) and
then shades or covers the product of the two factors on
the product grid.
• Player A moves either one of the paper clips to another
number and then shades or covers the new product.
• The winner is the first player to mark four squares in a
row -- up and down, across, or diagonally.
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Other Games
Factor Game (p 15) (gray game board)
• Player A (blue) selects a number and colors it.
• Player B (green) colors all the proper factors of
player A’s number.
• Player B selects a number and colors.
• Player A colors all the proper factors of player
B’s number.
• Play continues until there are no numbers
remaining with uncolored factors.
• The winner is the player with more numbers
colored.
Other Games
Vocabulary Match (page 10)
• Cream cards have
(cream and/or green card)
– math term on one side in red print
– definition of a different term on the opposite side in
black print
• Green cards have
– Math problem on one side in black print
– Answer to a different problem on the opposite side in
red print
Other Games
Vocabulary Match: to play green cards
• Hold the card to look at the red answer.
• First player reads black problem on her card.
• Player with the correct answer (in red) says the
answer.
• That player then turns over her card, and reads
the black problem on her card.
• Player with the correct answer says the answer.
• Continue until back to the first player.
Other Games
Vocabulary Match: to play cream cards
• Hold the card to look at the red answer.
• First player reads black definition on his card.
• Player with the correct answer (in red) says the
answer.
• That player then turns over his card, and reads
the black problem on her card.
• Player with the correct answer says the answer.
• Continue until back to the first player.
Games with Dice
Power Play (page 7) (scrap paper provided)
• Play with two dice.
• Goal is to make the largest total after a certain
number of rounds (eight), or to a total (500).
• Player 1 rolls two dice.
Make one numbers the base, and the other
number the exponent, to make the larger
number.
Example: Roll 3 and 4. 34 = 81; 43 = 64
Player chooses 34. Record the score.
Games with Dice
Dice Tic-Tac-Toe (page 7) (graph paper provided)
• The goal is to get three points in a row, column, or
diagonal.
• Draw a graph with numbers 1 to 6 on x axis and 1 to 6
on y axis.
• Player A rolls two dice.
Use those numbers to plot a point, choosing in which
order to plot them.
Example: Roll 3 and 4. Plot them as (3,4) or (4,3).
• Players mark their points in different colors, or with circle
or square around them to distinguish them.
• Two points may not be plotted at the same location.
Dice Games
Dice Tic-Tac-Toe variation
• Draw a graph with numbers
-6 to +6 on x axis and -6 to +6 on y axis.
• Player A rolls two dice and two coins.
Heads is +, tails is Use those numbers to plot a point, choosing in
which order to plot them.
Example: Roll 3 and 4, one head and one tail.
Plot choices: (-3,4) (-4,3) (3, -4) (4, -3).
Games with Dice
Fraction Dice Bingo (p7) (blue game board)
• Make a five by five gameboard. Mark the
spaces with numbers from the choices listed in
the handout.
• Player A rolls two dice.
Use the numbers rolled to make a proper or
improper fraction.
Cover that fraction with a token.
• The goal is to get five in a row, column, or
diagonal, or as previously decided.
Fraction Dice Bingo
1/2
1/3
1/4
1/5
1/6
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Games with Dice
Pizza Fractions Game
(p7) (white game board)
• Play with two dice and the Pizza Fractions Game board.
• The goal of the game is to eat (cover) the most pizzas.
• Player A rolls two dice, and forms a fraction of the two
numbers.
He then colors that fraction of one of the pizzas on the
game board. Example: Player roles 1 and 4. He colors
one slice of a pizza that is cut into four slices.
• One player may color slices on more than one pizza.
• More than one player may color a slice in the same
pizza.
• Play continues until all of the pizzas are labeled, or for a
predetermined number of rounds.
Pizza Fractions Game
Games with Dice
Contig (page 5) (cream game board provided)
• Roll three dice.
• Add, subtract, multiply and/or divide the
three numbers to produce a number you
can cover on the board.
• You score points by covering a number
adjacent to a number already covered.
• (or play for four in a row)
Games with Cards
Make 100
p4 (play with blue cards)
• Play with cards 1 to 9.
• Place the cards face down on the table.
• Player 1 draws four cards. He must arrange
those cards in pairs, then add the pairs together
to get as close to 100 as possible.
For example, he draws 2, 4, 6, 8: 24 + 68 = 92.
Subtract 92 from 100 for a score of 8 that round.
• Return all cards face down.
• Play a predetermined number of rounds. The
winner is the player with the lowest score.
Games with Cards
Five Cards Make 10
(p4) (play with blue cards)
• Play with cards 1 to 9.
• Deal five cards face up.
• The goal is to use those cards to make as many
equations as possible that total ten.
• Each card may be used one time per equation, but may
be used in more than one equation.
All five cards do not have to be used in each equation.
• Ex: dealt 4, 6, 7, 9, 1:
6 + 4;
9 + 1;
9 + 7 – 6;
7 + 1 + 6 – 4.
Activities
Mobius Strip (page 11)
• Draw a line along length of strip of paper.
• Tape the 1 inch wide ends together to
make a loop, but twist the ends before
joining them.
– Tape lined side to unlined side.
• Run your finger along the outside of strip.
• Cut along the line. Describe what results.
Activities
Graph the Alphabet (page 11)
• Graph a letter, such as the initials of your name,
or by starting simple, with the letter I.
• State a height for the letters, such as seven
spaces on the graph paper.
• Choose the starting point, described by its
coordinates, or let the learner choose.
• Then the learner decides where the other end of
the I must be.
• Include instructions for which points should be
connected.
Activities
Graphing Designs
• Provide the design.
• The learner names the points.
• Practice N-S-E-W directions, by stating
which direction each point is from the
previous.
Graphing Designs
Games with Cards
Fraction Rummy (page 5) (white cardstock cards)
• Goal is to form sets of any number of cards that add to 1.
• Deal each player five cards.
• Place the undealt cards face down.
• Turn top card face up in discard pile.
• Each player draws top card from discard pile or from
deck, makes set if possible, then discards.
• Player may take cards from deeper in discard pile if he
uses it right away.
Games with Cards
Dealing Down
(page 5) (yellow cards)
• Make twenty-five cards w/ numbers listed in HO.
• Deal four cards to center of the table, face up.
• Each player uses all four numbers to write an
expression with the lowest possible quantity.
• Each player with the expression for the lowest
quantity gets 1 point.
• Play for a set number of rounds.
Games with Cards
Fraction Games (page 3) (white cardstock cards)
• Make a deck of 40 to 52 cards illustrating fractions,
fractional shaded pictures, decimals, and percentages.
• Play Fraction War, Fraction Concentration, Fraction
Lotto, Fraction Go Fish, Fraction Old Maid (have one 1).
• Play to match equivalents, not just identical matches.
• Have more than one fraction with the same value;
example ½, 2/4, 4/8.
• Play to make 1 (fractions that add to 1).
Games with Dice
Cross Off 16 (or whatever number you decide)
• Write the numbers from 1 to 16.
• The goal is to cross off all sixteen numbers.
• Player A rolls three dice.
Do any combination of + - X / numbers on the
dice to cross off one of the numbers that is not
yet crossed off.
The numbers from all three dice must be used.
• Play until a player has crossed off all numbers,
or for a predetermined number of rounds.
Games with Dice
Cross Off 10
• Write the numbers from 1 to 10.
• The goal is to cross off all ten numbers.
• Player A rolls three dice.
Choose one of the numbers as the divisor,
and arrange the other two as the dividend.
• Example: roll 6, 4, 1. Arrange as 16/4 = 4;
cross off the 4.
Games with Dice
Place Value
• Draw three lines ( __ __ __ ).
• The goal is to make the largest number
possible.
• Player A rolls one die. Writes that number
in the units, tens, or hundreds place.
• The winner has the highest score, after
one round or a predetermined number of
rounds.
Games with Cards
Addition War
or -, or x
• Add the two cards together.
• First player to say the correct total gets
both cards.
War- Each player starts with half the deck.
Each player turns over the top card of her deck.
The player with the higher card takes both.
Goal is to capture all the cards.
Games with Cards
Positive – Negative Number War
(p 1) (gray cardstock cards)
• Black numbers are positive.
• Red numbers are negative.
• Play Addition (or Multiplication) War
Tricks
Guess the Number
• Tell the person to choose two consecutive
numbers between 1 and 10.
• Tell the person to square each number, then find
the difference, then tell you that number.
• That number will be the sum of the two original
numbers, which can only be two specific
numbers. Tell the person the numbers.
• Ex: 4 and 5, 52 – 42 = 25 – 16 = 9, 4 + 5 = 9
Commercial Games
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Yahtzee
Make 7
Dominoes
24 Game
Set
Connect 4
Bingo
Memory / Concentration
Lotto
Uno
Smath Board Game
Battleship
Phase 10
• Any game in which you roll
dice and count spaces.
– Sorry and Parcheesi give you
choices about which pieces to
move.
• Any game in which you count
money.
– The Allowance Game, Life
and Monopoly are examples.
Any others you
would suggest?
Commercial Games
Logic Puzzles to Practice Reasoning and Strategy Skills
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Sodoku
Ken Ken
Logic Grid Puzzles
Mastermind
Checkers
Chinese Checkers
Cribbage
Blokus
Othello
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Pass the Pigs
Pente
Racko
Rook
Rummikub
Six Cubes
Tri-Ominoes
Battleship
Resources
• Sources Used in Preparing This
Presentation
• Websites with Activities
• Additional Activities
• TLC contact information is on page 1.
Conclusion
What are the benefits of using games and
activities to practice math skills?
Conclusion
Increases curiosity and motivation
Establishes a sense of community
Creates a student-centered learning environment
Reduces anxiety in the mathematics classroom
Allows for cooperative learning opportunities
Inherently differentiates learning
Builds strategy and reasoning skills
Reinforces mathematical objectives
Engages individual learners simultaneously
Teaches life skills
NCTM
• Thank you for attending.
• Please contact Tutors of Literacy with
questions or suggestions.
– [email protected]
– www.tlcliteracy.org
– 814-867-0203
• Please contact me for electronic copies of
– the handout
– game boards
– cards