New Categories Search Submit


New Posts  |   Channels  |   Submit

Suggested Lesson Plans
Jan O'Brien South Lyon High School "South Lyon, Michigan"
literary persona writing; copies of Hardy's poem and Swift's essay if deired
Grade Level: Advanced,   Subject: Literature


Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware District of Columbia Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming
My Favorite Chatboards

Middle School
Science Teachers
My State
My Recent Chatboards

#1071. Subtraction War

Mathematics, level: 3-5
Posted Tue May 4 17:36:51 PDT 1999 by Phyllis Mosley (mmosley@netexas.net).

Materials Required: two decks of cards
Activity Time: 45 minutes
Concepts Taught: Subtraction Facts

1. Students should be in groups of 4 or 5 students
2. Each group should have a half of a deck of playing cards in a stack faced down
3. Each student draws two cards from the pile and subtracts the two cards.
4. The Ace is worth 18, Kings 17, Queens 16, and Jacks 15
5. Each student writes his or her problem down and the other students are to check the answer.
6. If the student gets the problem correct he or she gets to keep the cards and keeps a total of how many cards they have gotten.
7. The student that has the most pairs of cards is the winner, and may be rewarded if desired.

 
Click here
 

  Site Map: Home Search Teaching Jobs Classifieds Lesson Plans Contacts PR Advertise
  © 1996 - 2010. All Rights Reserved. Please review our Terms of Use, Mission Statement, and Privacy Policy.