Sometimes we switch it up and read the questions and have ...See MoreThe students write the questions and answers on index cards. I write the categories (there is a lot of flex with this) on the white board and I tape the questions on the board. I read the answers and the students can choose to work in groups or individually (lots of flex here too).
Sometimes we switch it up and read the questions and have the students answer without creating the "game board."
It can get loud and almost everyone participates. It is fun and has worked well for my MS and I used it in HS too.
I think the key is the flexibility of creating something that the students enjoy, take part in creating and get immediate feedback.
On the low tech side--before I got my Smart Board, I made a Jeopardy board out of two posterboards and 25 4" X 6" envelopes. I cut the flaps off of the envelopes and labeled them for their points values (100 to 500, times 5 columns) and glued them to the posterboards (which were taped together). Then, I just added questions which I would write on index cards. I would prop the board on the tray of my chalk/white board and write the categories on the chalk/white board above the game board. When not using, the board would fold where it was taped together and slide behind a bookcase.
On 6/05/11, judy5ca wrote: > Thanks, Kelly. I've always stayed away from Jeopardy in the > classroom because it seemed like such a load of work for > me--but the way you describe it with the kids writing the > questions and answers sounds super! My 5th graders could do this. > Thanks, > Judy > >
We love SNAKE. It's a multiplication game that keeps skills sharp. Previously I've used overhead dice, but since getting a smartboard I use the interactive dice. It's great!
JBOn 6/05/11, cam wrote: > We love SNAKE. It's a multiplication game that keeps skills > sharp. Previously I've used overhead dice, but since > getting a smartboard I use the interactive dice. It's great!
On 6/05/11, lg wrote: > My class (2nd grade) always enjoyed Slaps. I would make a > 5x5 grid that I project onto the board. Inside each box, I > write a math sum. Two kids go to the board - each with a > different color fly swatter (that's what we call them!) > When I call out a math fact, the first one to slap the > answer - wins. The winner stays at the board and waits for > the next challenger. > > We have also played this game with vocabulary words.
On 6/06/11, VET wrote: > Love it! Would be great for subtraction, multiplication and > division, too. > > On 6/05/11, lg wrote: >> My class (2nd grade) always enjoyed Slaps. I would make a >> 5x5 grid that I project onto the board. Inside each box, I >> write a math sum. Two kids go to the board - each with a >> different color fly swatter (that's what we call them!) >> When I call out a math fact, the first one to slap the >> answer - wins. The winner stays at the board and waits for >> the next challenger. >> >> We have also played this game with vocabulary words.
On 6/05/11, Becki1st wrote: > I've found using any gameboard, markers and question cards > made a delightful learning center for students. Question > cards can be math facts, sight words, comprehension > questions from a story, spelling words, math word problems, > just about anything. A file folder open with a game path, > start and finish spot and stickers to decorate will make a > game board to go with any theme.
My students love playing Password for vocabulary and Jeopardy for review of content areas such as science and social studies. They also enjoy the games from Everyday Math.
We do not have access to Every Day Math. Does anyone have recommendations for online games that truly do have students use math and possibly assess them as well?
I love for my students to play Jeopardy. In this case, competition is a good thing. I put questions up on the SMARTboard and and have students answer them in teams. They love this game. This is also a great way to conduct a test review.
I like the Jeopardy also, but have been using Quizdom ...See MoreOn 6/06/11, Donna wrote: > I love for my students to play Jeopardy. In this case, > competition is a good thing. I put questions up on the > SMARTboard and and have students answer them in teams. They > love this game. This is also a great way to conduct a test > review.
I like the Jeopardy also, but have been using Quizdom for the past several years - each student has a remote for answering so everyone is engaged and participating all the time - I use it primarily for math and would love to use it for other core areas - particularly reading.
I would take a few sheets of typing/unlined paper stacked together and cut them into squares and rectangles. If I had the chance, I cut with the cutter in the supply room, or I just cut them with scissors.
It was impt. only that each student got a piece of paper that was the same size.
On the square, (maybe 3 to 5 inches) I would use a marker or pen to make a mark or figure. On one set(all kids had same mark or figure)I might make a squiggle mark, a line segment, a triangle, a circle, a numeral, whatever.
Then, the kids and I would make a picture using the "mark/figure" and give it a title.
The paper could be turned any way the student wanted(square/diamond, rectangles/sideways/long side at top or side).
It was amazing how different the drawings would be. There could be no "wrong" drawings. My little divergent thinkers came up with some very creative drawings and titles. I was a divergent thinker, too, so I absolutely loved their uniqueness and creativity.
We ooohed and ahhhed at all the different/creative ways we could see things while all starting with the same simple mark. No one HAD to show and tell about their artwork, but all always wanted to. My kids begged to do our "Torrance Creative Artwork" often.
I think I may have read about this in one of Dr. E. Paul Torrance's works on creativity.
i like this site for my preschoolers. i would like each of my students to create their own games and after they play it with their classmates, then they can take the game home and play it with their parents, also sisters and brothers.
I found that the teacher before me had lost pieces to a reinforcement game. As the VPK students answered correctly they were able to put a picture onto a picture scene. I had my students color new ones and then had them laminated. The students were so thrilled to use their own pictures they colored onto the board.