Curated OER
Place Value Game
Students participate in a Math game for Place Value that be fun for Students. The game can be adapted to any grade level.
EngageNY
Recursive Formulas for Sequences
Provide Algebra I learners with a logical approach to making connections between the types of sequences and formulas with a lesson that uses what class members know about explicit formulas to develop an understanding of recursive formulas.
Curated OER
Moving-Math Hopscotch
Students engage in a hopscotch game where each square represents a number. In this mental math and movement lesson, students take turns playing traditional hopscotch, but add a mental math component where they add or subtract specific...
Curated OER
Geometric Designs in the Game of "Life"
Students play a game to discover simple patterns. In this geometric designs lesson, students use a game board and counters to represent survivals, deaths, and births. They explore simple patterns for several generations.
Curated OER
Calculator Game: Multiples of Ten
In this calculator worksheet, students collaborate with a classmate to play a game about multiples of ten. Students use the calculator and a game board grid to mark multiples of ten and the first student with four in a row wins.
Curated OER
Sea Ice Board Game
Students understand the sea ice cycle and can explain its stages. For this Sea Ice lesson, students play a game to identify types of sea ice. Students answer critical thinking questions about sea ice. Students complete a sea ice worksheet.
Curated OER
Math Cubes
Learners practice addition and subtraction while making and then playing a game. In this addition and subtraction instructional activity, students will make dice using a cube tracer and number and number sign tracers to make the numbers...
Curated OER
Game of Hex
In this algebra worksheet, students play a game using colors to connect and make a link with the opposite side of the board. The first player to complete the connection wins the game. There is an answer key.
Curated OER
Mental Math for Adding Decimals
Fifth graders work in groups to practice adding decimals. In this adding decimals lesson, 5th graders call out different money amounts to each other and mentally add the coins called out. Students take turns calling out and adding the...
Curated OER
Let's Play Mancala
Students study the best strategy for winning at the game Mancala. They research the ancient African game and its history and then make one of their own (both with the instructions, game board and pieces) to play with their classmates to...
Curated OER
History of Toys and Games
Students research history of popular toys to learn when those toys were first introduced. They use measurement skills to create an accurate timeline.
CK-12 Foundation
Numbers with Decimal Place Value: Battleship Decimals
Decimal place value is the topic of a Battleship themed-interactive. Scholars answer five questions—multiple-choice and true or false—while referencing a grid that acts as the board game. The practice concludes with a discussion question.
College Board
Try This! Calculus Teaching Tips
It's important to spice up your lessons. An online article discusses teaching strategies for AP® Calculus. In-class activities include matching games, placemats, multiple choice questions, scripted discussion, involuntary discussion,...
Curated OER
Introduction to Representing and Analyzing Data
Represent data graphically. Allow your class to explore different methods of representing data. They create foldables, sing songs, and play a dice game to reinforce the measures of central tendency.
Curated OER
Hop To It!
Students determine patterns. For this mathematics lesson, students act out a skit, play a sequence game, and complete patterns. Students use problems solving skills.
Gourmet Curriculum Press
Author's Purpose
Who knew determining author's purpose could be turned into a game? Four teams compete to correctly identify the author's purpose for writing a series of passages.
K5 Learning
Hide and Seek
Hide and seek is a lot of fun whether you're the hider or the seeker! Second graders read a short passage about a game of hide and seek before answering four reading questions.
Curated OER
Word Clue and All About Me Problem Solving
Fifth graders practice solving word problems using highlighted strategies. For this word problem lesson, 5th graders brainstorm and use words as clues that indicate the math operations that will be used to solve problems. They use the...
Curated OER
Activity: Predicting Outcomes
Use this resource to provide a quick review of probability. Learners solve three story problems involving coin tosses and spinners. They make predictions about the possible outcomes. This worksheet could be used a precursor to a...
Lakeshore Learning
Equivalent Fraction Activities
Spin the wheel of the fraction contraption and learn about equivalent fractions! After constructing their own spinners, kids use printable pizzas to represent fractions that are equal in value.
Curated OER
Race to the Top
Here is a game that will help your young mathematicians practice number recognition and writing numbers. Played with a spinner or dice, individual learners or a pair will play this fun number game. They will roll the die or spin the...
Math Solutions
Race to 20
And they're off! Working in pairs, young mathematicians roll dice to see who can fill in their double ten-frames first. When students finally fill in their arrays, they create addition number sentences that represent their rolls, helping...
Beacon Learning Center
Bowling Over the Order of Operations
Upper graders will solve equations using order of operations, and create equations that to play a fun math bowling game. They will bowl using dice to practice operations. Extensions are also included.
Curated OER
Length Lotto-Teacher's Notes
Students convert metric units of length, specifically meters, centimeters, and millimeters. In this instructional activity of converting measurements, students participate in various games which require them to put the measurements in...