Games are a great way to engage students as well as incorporate formative assessment. Here's one I think that you will enjoy! It is like musical chairs. A group of five students march around chairs that have math problems faced down in the seats of the chairs. When the music stops the students pick up the paprr from the chair that they are standing in front of turn it over and sit down to solve the problem. This by the way is a mental math activity. The teacher assigns the amount of time that the students have to solve the probllem. They must write their answer and put the paper down. The teacher checks each student's answers. The stdents with correct answers continue to play against each other until one player is left. The teacher should prepare enough probems for at least 5 rounds. You may not need all of the problems as students may be eliminated. You may play with as many students in a group as you feel comfortable with or have multiple groups and each group takes a turn. There are many variations of this game. Let me know what you think
This sounds like fun!! I'll try it with reading strategies and let you know how my students responded. I am trying to think of a way to get those students who are ALWAYS relunctant involved. Perhaps, this game will help.??????
Games are a great way to engage students as well as incorporate formative assessment. Here's one I think that you will enjoy! It is like musical chairs. A group of five students march around chairs that have math problems faced down in the seats of the chairs. When the music stops the students pick up the paprr from the chair that they are standing in front of turn it over and sit down to solve the problem. This by the way is a mental math activity. The teacher assigns the amount of time that the students have to solve the probllem. They must write their answer and put the paper down. The teacher checks each student's answers. The stdents with correct answers continue to play against each other until one player is left. The teacher should prepare enough probems for at least 5 rounds. You may not need all of the problems as students may be eliminated. You may play with as many students in a group as you feel comfortable with or have multiple groups and each group takes a turn. There are many variations of this game. Let me know what you think
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This sounds like fun!! I'll try it with reading strategies and let you know how my students responded. I am trying to think of a way to get those students who are ALWAYS relunctant involved. Perhaps, this game will help.??????
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