Our game for Family Math Night is called "Make it, Take it."
The materials that are needed for this game include:
-cent values: We use tiny cards that have values on them like "5 cents, 37 cents" etc. You can also use dice, but usually students have more fun with the cards
-Money: We got the suggestion to use 4 quarters, 6 dimes, 6 nickles, and 10 pennies. This was good for an introduction round but we often found that the money ran out quickly and we almost always ended using much more coins.
-(optional) Paper: when we added different cards that had simple equations like "45-20 cents" we found that students need to work out the math on paper.
The game is pretty simple. Rachel and I start by introducing ourselves to the students and have them introduce themselves to us as well. This is a good way to break the ice with the students and allow them to get comfortable enough to give the game a shot.
Next, we explain the students that this game is all about making money. They usually get really excited and think that we are going to let them keep the giant pile of coins that is in front of them. After that we tell them that that all the cards in front of them had all kinds of different values of money that they got to pick up from the pile. Some were very small, like 1 cent. Some were big like 50 cents. We explained the one with the highest value of money in there pile when all of the money in the big pile was gone, won that particular round.
Almost all of the students grasped on to the game pretty easily. As to be expected we found that some students needed more support than others but that was OK.
Like i stated earlier, we usually started out the game with the suggested coin amount. Rachel and I felt like this would be a good idea because it would offer a shorter game to serve as an introduction and we could let the students get their feet wet. Once the first game was over we allowed the students to take a vote on whether they wanted to added more coins or play in teams.
The game was a big success. I feel like the suggestions went really well and the game allowed the students to really get into it. The students enjoyed the addition, subtraction, suspense of the value they were going to draw, and the satisfaction of winning when they did.
I really enjoyed this game and i think it would be a really good one to incorporate to my classroom.
The materials that are needed for this game include:
-cent values: We use tiny cards that have values on them like "5 cents, 37 cents" etc. You can also use dice, but usually students have more fun with the cards
-Money: We got the suggestion to use 4 quarters, 6 dimes, 6 nickles, and 10 pennies. This was good for an introduction round but we often found that the money ran out quickly and we almost always ended using much more coins.
-(optional) Paper: when we added different cards that had simple equations like "45-20 cents" we found that students need to work out the math on paper.
The game is pretty simple. Rachel and I start by introducing ourselves to the students and have them introduce themselves to us as well. This is a good way to break the ice with the students and allow them to get comfortable enough to give the game a shot.
Next, we explain the students that this game is all about making money. They usually get really excited and think that we are going to let them keep the giant pile of coins that is in front of them. After that we tell them that that all the cards in front of them had all kinds of different values of money that they got to pick up from the pile. Some were very small, like 1 cent. Some were big like 50 cents. We explained the one with the highest value of money in there pile when all of the money in the big pile was gone, won that particular round.
Almost all of the students grasped on to the game pretty easily. As to be expected we found that some students needed more support than others but that was OK.
Like i stated earlier, we usually started out the game with the suggested coin amount. Rachel and I felt like this would be a good idea because it would offer a shorter game to serve as an introduction and we could let the students get their feet wet. Once the first game was over we allowed the students to take a vote on whether they wanted to added more coins or play in teams.
The game was a big success. I feel like the suggestions went really well and the game allowed the students to really get into it. The students enjoyed the addition, subtraction, suspense of the value they were going to draw, and the satisfaction of winning when they did.
I really enjoyed this game and i think it would be a really good one to incorporate to my classroom.