If you’re like me then you’re always looking for
ways to fun up a math lesson for your kids. Unfortunately, students often feel
intimidated or overwhelmed with challenging math concepts. It’s not uncommon
for my students to zone out, get distracted, or even shut down completely
during math and the funny thing is that I was the exact same way with math when
I was growing up. I loathed sitting in math class and I dreaded being called on
for fear of having the wrong answer. These days, it’s one of my absolute
favorite subjects to teach because unlike so many other subjects, there are
definitive answers. There’s something to be said for the formulaic, systematic,
black and white side of life. So many things need interpretation and are
subjective that it’s nice to teach with the left-brain throughout the day. I
digress.
Anyway, so I’m constantly perusing Pinterest and
other wonderful blogs for ways to bring life and fun into math and here are a
couple of the things I’ve found that I’ve been using for task board just to
reinforce some of the more difficult concepts we’ve been learning:
Math
Jenga
I’m sure most of you have played Jenga in day
and guess what? It’s still fun even after all of these years! This game is not
the quietest of activities, but it’s great for those task boards where you can
play some music and have a little fun. All you need for this station is a Jenga
set and some math problem cards. Now, there’s a couple ways to do this; a) you
can tape the problems onto the blocks or b) you can have them draw a card for
every block they successfully remove/replace. Here’s a picture for reference
and I’ve attached my decimal division strips below if you want to use them.
Enjoy!
Math
Memory
Who doesn’t love a good game of memory, right?
Ok, I have to admit that this one isn’t the fan favorite in class, but it beats
me droning on at the front of the board for an hour. If you asked my kids, they’d
say just about anything beats thatJ
For this one, I simply created a table in a word
document where I imported problems and answers (in different boxes, of course),
printed it out, then put a colored piece of cardstock behind it before
laminating and BAM- you’re done. I generally use a different colored cardstock
for each concept so they don’t get all mixed up together. I’ve made a couple of
sets so far and they’re a really great review before a test. Feel free to snag
the template below or leave a comment if you’ve got an easier way of doing it.
Thanks and have a lovely night.
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