Michael S Schiro

Mega-Fun Math Games and Puzzles for the Elementary Grades

Over 125 Activities That Teach Math Facts, Concepts, and Thinking Skills

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Produktbeschreibung

Mega-Fun Math Games and Puzzles for the Elementary Grades 125 Ready-to-Use Activities That Teach Math Facts, Concepts, and Thinking Skills This hands-on resource is an educational and fun-filled collection of games and puzzles that help teach basic math skills to students in grades 1-5. Correlated to the national math standards, the games and puzzles will help even the most reluctant students become comfortable with addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, place value, fractions, inequalities, multiples, and factors. Using nothing more than paper and pencil, playing cards, coins, dice, and other easy to find items, parents and teachers can help kids learn and practice math the fun way. Mega-Fun Math Games and Puzzles for the Elementary Grades is designed to help * Build basic math skills * Engage students with different learning styles * Hone problem-solving skills * Develop coordination, memory, communication, and social skills * Meet standards requirements in math * Fill down time in the classroom In addition the book is filled with illustrative examples and contains easily reproducible pages. Now any child can become a math fan, playing the book's dynamic games and solving the challenging puzzles. PRAISE FOR MEGA-FUN MATH GAMES AND PUZZLES FOR THE ELEMENTARY GRADES > --SUSAN BIGHAM, first grade teacher, James Fitzgerald School, Waltham, Massachusetts > --PAMELA A. HALPERN, PhD., Associate Professor, Salem State College, Salem, Massachusetts. "Michael Schiro's Megafun Math Games and Puzzles for the Elementary Grades stands apart in thanks to its unique pedagogical framework for game and puzzle use in the classroom! The "why" and the connections to the NCTM Standards are as important and useful as the print-ready classroom activities." --SUZANNE ALEJANDRE, Director of Professional Development, The Math Forum, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Februar 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 280mm x 216mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 828g
• ISBN-13: 9780470344750
• ISBN-10: 047034475X
• Artikelnr.: 24622681

Autorenporträt

MICHAEL S. SCHIRO, Ed.D. is an associate professor at the Lynch School of Education at Boston College. He's written numerous articles and many books on teaching and learning math and is a frequent presenter at regional and national math teacher conferences.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 01
Mathematics Games and Puzzles: Why Use Them? 01
Mathematics Content and Process Standards 07
Practical Considerations 11
Part One: Math Skill Development Games 23
1. Paper-and-Pencil Games 25
Count 25
Capture the Fort 26
Foreheaded 27
Googol 29
Number-Tac-Toe 30
Ask and Give 33
Hangmath 34
Factors 35
Get One 38
Write It 38
Coordinate Tic-Tac-Toe 39
2. Egg Carton Games 42
Egg-O 42
Egg Race 44
More or Less 46
Egg Bump 48
Egg-a-Round 49
Place-an-Egg Value 50
Bing-Egg-O 51
Three Hundred 53
Egg Throw 56
Divide and Move 58
Egg-Cala 59
3. Cube Games 62
Nines 62
Roll It 63
Cardinal-Ordinal 64
Product Shot 67
Rectangles 69
Off the Board 72
Number Grid 74
Try It 75
Numbers 77
What's Up? 78
Roll 'n Add 80
Roll Away 83
4. Tongue Depressor Games 86
Risk It 86
Pick 88
Right On 89
Flip 90
Slide 92
Togol 93
Guess It 94
Get Seven 95
Equato 96
Ladders 98
5. Card Games 100
Operations War 100
Bongo 101
Little Shot 103
Place-a-Bet 106
Running Sum 108
Slap It 109
Call It 110
What's Next? 111
Two Numbers 113
Mathino 115
Mathominoes 116
Pass It 119
Measure 120
Bluff 123
Geo 20 Questions 124
6. Board Games 130
The Great Trading Game 130
0 to 99 Guess 133
In the Basket 135
Race to the Nineties 137
Checker Math 140
Down the Tubes 142
Hit 144
Drop the Die on the Donkey 46
Divi 148
Race 151
Coordinate Submarine 153
Off the Grid 154
7. Physical Education Games 156
Jump the Answer 156
Math Ball 158
Simon Says Math 159
Number Calisthenics 160
Fingers 161
Hands In 162
Twist-'em 163
Math Rover 164
Operation Hopscotch 165
Bean Bag Toss 167
Math Jacks 168
Math Marbles 169
Bounce 171
Number Race 172
Part Two: Problem-Solving Mathematics Puzzles 175
8. Number Puzzles 177
Magic Circles and Squares 177
Hundreds Chart Problems and Puzzles 178
Magic Circles 180
Magic Squares 182
Hundreds Chart Explorations 184
Discoveries 187
9. Algebra and Logic Puzzles 191
Mystery Monsters 191
Penny-in-Pocket Puzzles 192
Mathematical Magic Tricks 193
Mystery Monsters 197
Pockets Full of Pennies 200
More Pockets, More Pennies 202
Magical Math! 204
More Magical Math! 208
10. Geometry Puzzles 212
Visual Estimation 212
Line Designs and Shape Designs 213
Triangle Trouble and the Magic Tile 214
Visual Estimation 217
Line Designs: From Straight to Curved 221
Shape Designs: From Straight to Curved 225
Triangle Trouble! 231
The Magic Tile 234
11. Transformational Geometry 238
Crayon Digits and Crayon Constructions 239
Coin Challenges 240
Mirror Puzzlers 240
Crayon Digits 242
Crayon Constructions 245
Coin Challenges 248
Mirror Puzzlers 251
12. Modular Arithmetic Games 254
Mathematical Structure and Strategy 255
Instructional Considerations 258
Modular Arithmetic Games for Two Players 260
Count Up 260
Dicey Count Up 260
Fill Up 261
Pick Up 261
Run the Track 262
Calculator Countdown 262
Odds 263
13. Network Puzzles 264
History of Network Theory 264
The Isomorphism 266
Instructional Considerations 269
I'll Cross That Bridge When I Get to It 271
More Bridge Crossing Puzzles 274
Bug Problems 276
Tracing Puzzles 280
Geometric Travels 282
Line Crossing Puzzles 284
14. Topology Puzzles 286
Puzzle Structure 286
Solutions and Issues Relate to Solving Problems 288
Puzzle Construction 292
People Puzzles 294
Scissors Puzzles 297
Household Puzzles 299
Selected Solutions 303
References 309