I am interested in creative ideas on math games that I could make for my students. I created a “Multiplication Math Bingo” with the answers on bingo cards and I would call out the times tables for the kids to look for the answers on the cards. When they get BINGO, I rewarded them with a treat. Does anyone have any other neat ways to learn multiplication, division or fracations through fun games? I teach 7th Exceptional Education Mild Varying Exceptionalities. Thanks for your help.
Linda
Re: Math Games
I have used a strategy that help students have success with their 2’s, 3’s 4, and 5’s. The students can use blends,digraphs, or words.
The student will think of one of the reading skills listed above. The first number in the multiplication problem will represent the number of letters in the multiplication problem. Then you write that reading skill that number of times. For example, 2x4= I would use the blend, bl. I would have the child write bl four times( this represents the second number in the multiplication problem). Therefore, the student will write bl,bl bl,bl. After they write the blend, the student will count the number of letters. The answer is 8. You could mix this up with other reading skills by using words, blends, word family,and diagraphs. You just need to make sure the first number in the multiplication fact represents the number of letters in the reading skill. For example: 2x4= to, fr, et, ch This is a great review for students that need practice with alphabet recognition, phonics, and word recognition.The students can write their responses on a sheet of paper .If the student gets the answer correct, he or she can move their chip on the gameboard.
Please email me with your response if you use this strategy.Ms. Earnest, I realize that you are an author. It is my desire to be an author too. I have other creative ideas that I would love to have published, please share with me who publishes your ideas.
I live on the west coast and one of the math gurus who uses lots of games is Marcy Cook. She has a website I believe but her program uses a set of number tiles and puzzles where the children have to use reason to get the answers. Kids love the tiles and they are fun becuase they are learning more about math that way.
Also you may want to check out Times Tables the Fun Way! by City creek.com I subbed at my kids old elementary school yesterday and one of my daughter’s old RSP teachers told me about this new program for teaching kids to memorize their math facts and it was called Times tables the fun way! I had to laugh because I have been using this program for YEARS in addition to Marcy Cook’s Tiling program.