Make a game

Now for a different type of activity. Everyone knows (or everyone should know by now) that games are a good way to review or to learn something. On the internet is a collection of games math teachers use to have students practice skills (like adding/subtracting, multiplying and stuff like that.) Your assignment is to read about one of the games and play it, either in class, at lunch or at home. Then invent your own review game. Your game should review some basic skill: adding, subtracting, multiplying or dividing. 

After we play the game in class, we will discuss it and then…..teach it to another class, either older kids or younger kids. You can decide, I'll do the asking of another teacher.

You must use a deck of cards (uno, regular cards, phase 10, skippo, etc). Anything else you want to add must be approved by your teacher.

Remember, your game must review a basic skill and be easy enough to be taught quickly.

You can find the games here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AnpqaAgek0pYdFdSbkRWNXZwUjYtU1gtd29tam05UWc#gid=0

but that’s way too long to type so go to carreramath.blogspot.com and click on the link on the side that says “math games for classrooms.”

TO TURN IN (compete sentences with grammar) TO ME:
game you played
(1) What game did you play?
(2) What did you think about the game? Easy/hard? Fun/boring? What else?

your game
(3) Name of your game
(4) Skill it reviews
(5) How do you play?

inspired by: https://twitter.com/jreulbach esp this tweet here: 

Google Doc of Math Games. Add a game today! https://t.co/VrrDzKSd1L #msMathChat #MTBoS
— Julie (@jreulbach) November 5, 2013