Card Games
Card games are one of the easiest ways to personalize your curriculum to meet the needs fo your students.
Card games have proven to...
-increase student engagement
-allow students applicable practice
-encourage a relaxed and fun setting that allows students to retain important practices and information
To level up each game, have students work in pairs where they have to justify their reasoning after creating each number.
Here are my top card game recommendations - created and played with students.
Game 1
Grab a greater than/less than and equal to symbol, or better yet, two popsicle sticks. This game can be played with single or multi-digit numbers.
Game 2
Students draw 2 or more cards. Then they create the largest (or smallest) number possible. Students then have to have to explain to their partner why their number is the largest on they could make. This activity engages place value and trial and error and reasoning skills.
Teaching fractions? Start by having students build a basic fraction. Then, each student should build a second, equivalent fraction. This can be done to compare fractions as well such as in Game 1.
