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Design a Game Board
In this design a game instructional activity, students use the game board grid to create an instructional game. This template may be used for various classroom activities.
CCSS Math Activities
Rolling for the Big One
Knowing math helps you win games. Learners apply conditional probability concepts in an engaging performance task. After playing a game in which players roll a 10-sided polyhedron and then try to place the digits to get the highest...
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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.
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Fishbowl Multiplication
Transition young mathematicians from using repeated addition to multiplication with this fun, hands-on activity. Using manipulatives and the included game board, students work in pairs modeling repeated addition problems before...
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Interpret Clock Time
Save yourself a few minutes of planning with this elementary math lesson on elapsed time. Through a series of collaborative and independent learning activities, children explore different real-world situations as they learn how to...
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Rational Number Project: Initial Fraction Ideas
Deepen the fractional number sense of young learners with this introductory lesson on equivalent fractions. After completing a short warm-up activity, children go on to work in pairs using fraction circles to complete a table of...
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Probability Game
In this probability worksheets, students play a game where knowledge of probability helps you to win. The object, equipment, set up, rules for playing, as well a strategy hint for the game are provided.
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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...
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Doubles Plus One Math Game
Students participate in a dice game. In this doubles lesson, students are paired up and use dice to create double facts. Students solve the equations.
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The Monopoly Game
In this monopoly activity, students examine clues describing plays in a monopoly game. Students collect the clues and determine the rank, in order, of the game results. This one-page activity contains 1 multi-step problem. The answer...
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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...
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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.
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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...
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Board Game
In this percents learning exercise, students roll the dice and say a problem that fits the percentage in the space. Students complete 20 spaces total.
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Combinatorial Games
In this games activity, students play games such as tic-tac-toe, poison cookie, numbers games, box games, and more. Students play six higher order thinking math games.
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Combinatorial Games
In this combinatorial games worksheet, students play math games titled Nim and Isomorphism. Students read 5 sets of directions.
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Math Club #2b: Training for the Math Olympics
In this Math Olympics instructional activity, 7th graders work in groups to solve 2 math puzzles requiring logic and problem solving skills.
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Multiplication Bingo
While just a game to review multiplication facts, this activity could be a useful tool in the classroom. After pupils have been introduced to the concept of multiplication, they could use this game to cement their knowledge.
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Design a Spinner
Spinners are usually used in board games not for math, right? Develop your class's understanding of ratios and probabilities with a spinner activity sheet that will require them to draw spinners according to specifications.
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Christmas Cover-it
A Christmas-themed math game prompts partners to find a multiplication fact on the board, say the fact, and cover it with chips. The last person to cover the last multiplication fact wins!
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Fraction Bingo
Bingo! Call out fractions to discover which scholar can accurately identify the fraction shape, and get five in a row first. Halves, thirds, fourths, fifths, sixths, sevenths, eighths, ninths, and tenths are the identifiable fractions on...
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Chances Are
Upper graders examine the concept of probability. They collect data and create a bar graph. They must interpret the data as well. Everyone engages in hands-on games and activities which lead them to predict possible outcomes for a...
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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.
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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.