- We reviewed our addition facts. I discovered that I needed to make it more of a game for K. I tried a few different things, and finally found this solution.
- I lay out a set of the facts
- As she matches the answers to the problems
- I write out the equations and answers
- Whoever finishes first, with all answers correct, WINS!
- Match your speed of writing to your child's speed of matching, in other words, write slowly enough that your child can win MOST of the time.
- For prizes, I bought a bag of trail mix (nuts and dried fruit). I put a very small amount (about 20 pieces) in a bowl. Whoever one the set got to pick and eat 1 piece. The person who won the most times got to eat the extra pieces. I have put the trail mix away, so it isn't for common consumption, and (1) will be a special treat when we do math facts and (2) will last a LONG time.
- We also practiced adding money.
- I pulled out my bag of coins
- K. took out a hand full
- I had her separate them into their kinds
- Then she counted the total value
- We did it 3 times. The values were $1.13, $1.12, and 14¢
- Game: Fast Track from Games for Math -- the purpose of this game is memorization of math facts.
- You'll Need: game board, math fact cards, a marker for each player, counters to help solve problems (when needed)
- Game Board
- I opened up a notebook folder for the game board.
- Draw a track around the folder.
- Divide the track into at least 37 compartments (squares)
- Label 3 squares "START" and 3 "WIN"
- Label every square with directions such as: double move, lose a turn, go ahead 2 spaces, go back 3 spaces, move to Start, draw again, stay put, go ahead 3 spaces,
- I let K. decorate the middle of the game board.
- Math Fact Cards
- Cut up index cards or manila folders
- Write one math fact you are working on memorizing on each card
- On most of the cards leave the answer blank, such as: 2 + 3 = [ ]
- On some of the cards leave the second number blank, such as: 2 + [ ] = 5
- How to Play:
- Each player puts their marker on one of the starts (every one can pick a different start)
- First player picks up a Math Fact Card and supplies the missing number
- Player moves that number of spaces and does what the square they stop on says to do
- Next player picks us a Math Fact Card . . .
- You win by landing on a "WIN" square.
- K. likes this game so much that we keep playing even after someone wins. The last time we played, she won twice and I won once before we stopped
- She is having difficulty figuring out the missing number second number. If the equation was 2 + [ ] = 4, then we put out 2 shells, and I had her add shells until there were 4. How many did you have to add? (2) So 2 + 2 = 4
- You can see this example at the top left in the picture below.
Wednesday
- We practiced our Math Facts
- Game: What Did I Do? -- See Math, Week 26 for instructions
Thursday
- Game: Fast Track -- See above for instructions
Friday
- We practiced our Math Facts
- Game: Uno Math -- I'm sure this game isn't original with me, but I don't know where it came from
- You'll Need: deck of Uno cards
- How to Play:
- Remove all the non-number cards from the deck and put them in a pile
- Divide all the number cards evenly among the players
- Pick a number (until you teach subtraction, the number should be 9 or higher) we used the number 10, so for this example I'll use 10
- Players take turns putting down 2 (or more) cards that equal 10
- For example: a 9 card and a 1 card, or a 7 card and a 3 card. On one of K.'s plays she put down one 5, three 1's and one 2.
- When the cards a player is holding can not be used to make the number, they take one of the set aside non-number cards and tell what number it would need to be. For instance, if a player has a 6 card, but no 4 card, they pick up a non-number card and say it is a 4.
- The first person with all their cards gone wins.
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