I created this game as a place value review for my students.  It supports sol 3.1a, read, write, and identify the place and value of each digit in a six-digit whole number.  In this 4-round game, students work in small groups cooperatively.  After each round is completed, the student takes the recording sheet to the teacher to be checked.  Students shoot a small ball into a trash can, laundry basket, or bucket from lines taped on the floor to earn points for their team.  This game is very engaging and helped my students practice place value and learn to work together as a team. 

This is a remix of Polygons from Illustrative Mathematics, https://tasks.illustrativemathematics.org/content-standards/tasks/1506.The purpose of this lesson is for students to define and practice identifying polygons to support sol 3.12a and 3.12b.  The lesson starts with a discussion about four polygons (triangles, quadrilaterals, pentagons, and hexagons).  Next, students play a game called 4 corners.  By incorporating movement games and activities in my classroom, the attention and behavior of my students have improved.    

 This lesson introduces 9-12 grade students to the Python random library. The program will choose a random number using functions from the Python random library in a set number range. The program will prompt the player to choose a number in the given range and keep track of the number of guesses the player makes. If the player guesses higher than the chosen number, it will give the player a message that their guess is too high. If the player guesses lower than the chosen number, it will give the player a message their guess is too low. The program will continue to prompt the player for guesses until they guess the correct number. 

This activity integrates telling time with dancing. Students have fun while dancing to some of their favorite music.  The students can build on their background knowledge of analog clocks.  Times indicated on the clocks show time to the hour, quarter past, half past, quarter to, 5 minutes).  This is a fun way to help students become masters at telling time.

A fun dice game to get students excited about figuring out addition and subtraction problems.  This activity will help children learn to build greater knowledge of addition/subtraction equations and sums/differences.  Studemts are able to exercise and to have fun while building fundamental skills.  This activity can also be adapted to multiply and division.

Counting money is an important life skill.  I created this game to give my students hands on practice with counting money.  This activity supports sol 3.6a, determine the value of a collection of bills and coins whose total value is $5.00 or less.  This game has three recording sheets so that you can differentiate based on the needs of your students.  Students play with a partner to roll a die, write the number under each column, and put coins on the work mat to count.  Before playing this game, we sorted coins and talked about their characteristics.  Students need to be able to recognize the coins and know their value to be able to count money.  While students play the game, I walk around to help students as needed and to assess their counting ability.  This helps to guide my instruction for future lessons.

This is a remix of Sort and Count II from Illustrative Mathematics, https://tasks.illustrativemathematics.org/content-standards/tasks/990 The lesson is about sorting and counting 20 or fewer objects to support sol K.1a.  The purpose of this task is for students to sort the same set of objects according to different attributes and to practice counting a given set of 20 or fewer objects.  Students will play this game with a partner in a Scoot style game.  My students love games or activities that get them out of their seats and moving.  Instead of scooting around desks, students will scoot around the room. 

This is a remix of Start-Stop Counting from Illustrative Mathematics, https://tasks.illustrativemathematics.org/content-standards/tasks/361.  The purpose of this activity is to give students practice on counting to 100 to support sol K.3a.  Counting skills are essential components of the development of number ideas.  For some Kindergarten students, it is a difficult skill that requires a lot of practice.  This counting activity is like the game Duck Duck Goose except there is no chasing to get a spot.  This fast-paced game will keep your students’ attention because it is so fun!  Also, I have added a 100-chart partner activity for counting to 100.  

 Subtraction with regrouping is a skill that we practice throughout the school year because my students need lots of practice.  This activity supports sol 3.3b, create and solve single-step and multi-step practical problems involving sums or differences of two whole numbers, each 9,999 or less.  The students make a big circle around the room and play a cakewalk style game.  When the teacher stops the music, they sit in front of the closest card and subtract the two numbers to find the difference.   Students use their knowledge of place value and estimation to determine if their answer is reasonable.  With this game, I was able to incorporate movement into my classroom.  I love seeing my students have fun while learning!   

An exciting game of fitness entices the students' interest in synoyms, antonyms, and homophones.  Fitnesss equipment is used to add excitment to a competitive game of "who can get there first".  In this activity, students will answer questions to get the chance to exercise on a piece of equipment.  The first team to get around the path first with the most correct answers wins the game. 

Lesson Length: 1-2 hoursGrade Level: 6-8Students will explore the carbon emission impacts of different lifestyle choices. The activity is grounded in engineering design thinking as it relates to a family's carbon footprint and options to shift that footprint to make change (trade offs). Students will understand carbon impacts, work in teams (families) to negotiate lifestyle adjustments, and brainstorm opportunities for engineered improvements to decrease carbon emissions.This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. 1657263. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.

 I created this game to give my students practice determining the value of a digit in a number.  It supports sol 3.1a, read, write, and identify the value of each digit in a six-digit whole number, with and without models.  Before playing the game, my students had opportunities to practice with base ten blocks and pictorial models to determine value.  This game is played in a small group of 3-5 students.  Students take turns flipping over a card and tell the value of the underlined digit.  If correct, he/she rolls a die and moves the game marker on the game board.  My students played this game during stations.  I love using games in my classroom because they are a great way to keep my lessons interesting and motivate my students to learn!