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9780470344750

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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  • ISBN13:

    9780470344750

  • ISBN10:

    047034475X

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2009-02-24
  • Publisher: Jossey-Bass

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Make developing basic math skills fun and painlessWith this great collection of over 125 easy-to-use games, puzzles, and activities, teachers and parents can help kids comprehend fundamental math concepts, including addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, place value, fractions, and more. All games and puzzles use easy-to-find household items such as paper and pencil, playing cards, coins, and dice. The activities also help children develop problem-solving skills, such as testing hypotheses, creating strategies, and organizing information, as well as spatial relations skills, part-to-whole skills, and memory.Michael Schiro, EdD (Chestnut Hill, MA), is an associate professor at the School of Education at Boston College. He is the author of several books on teaching and learning math and is a frequent presenter at local and national math conferences.

Author Biography

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.

Table of Contents

Introduction
Mathematics Games and Puzzles: Why Use Them?
Mathematics Content and Process Standards
Practical Considerations
Math Skill Development Games
Paper-and-Pencil Games
Count
Capture the Fort
Foreheaded
Googol
Number-Tac-Toe
Ask and Give
Hangmath
Factors
Get One
Write It
Coordinate Tic-Tac-Toe
Egg Carton Games
Egg-O
Egg Race
More or Less
Egg Bump
Egg-a-Round
Place-an-Egg Value
Bing-Egg-O
Three Hundred
Egg Throw
Divide and Move
Egg-Cala
Cube Games
Nines
Roll It
Cardinal-Ordinal
Product Shot
Rectangles
Off the Board
Number Grid
Try It
Numbers
WhatÆs Up?
Roll æn Add
Roll Away
Tongue Depressor Games
Risk It
Pick
Right On ...............................................89
Flip
Slide
Togol
Guess It
Get Seven
Equato
Ladders
Card Games
Operations War
Bongo
Little Shot
Place-a-Bet
Running Sum
Slap It
Call It
WhatÆs Next?
Two Numbers
Mathino
Mathominoes
Pass It
Measure
Bluff
Geo 20 Questions
Board Games
The Great Trading Game
to 99 Guess
In the Basket
Race to the Nineties
Checker Math
Down the Tubes
Hit
Drop the Die on the Donkey
Divi
Race
Coordinate Submarine
Off the Grid
Physical Education Games
Jump the Answer
Math Ball
Simon Says Math
Number Calisthenics
Fingers
Hands In
Twist-Æem
Math Rover
Operation Hopscotch
Bean Bag Toss
Math Jacks
Math Marbles
Bounce
Number Race
Problem- Solving Mathematics Puzzles
Number Puzzles
Magic Circles and Squares
Hundreds Chart Problems and Puzzles
Magic Circles
Magic Squares
Hundreds Chart Explorations
Discoveries
Algebra and Logic Puzzles
Mystery Monsters
Penny-in-Pocket Puzzles
Mathematical Magic Tricks
Mystery Monsters
Pockets Full of Pennies
More Pockets, More Pennies
Magical Math!
More Magical Math!
Geometry Puzzles
Visual Estimation
Line Designs and Shape Designs
Triangle Trouble and the Magic Tile
Visual Estimation
Line Designs: From Straight to Curved
Shape Designs: From Straight to Curved
Triangle Trouble!
The Magic Tile
Transformational Geometry
Crayon Digits and Crayon
Constructions
Coin Challenges
Mirror Puzzlers
Crayon Digits
Crayon Constructions
Coin Challenges
Mirror Puzzlers
Modular Arithmetic Games
Mathematical Structure and Strategy
Instructional Considerations
Modular Arithmetic Games for Two Players
Count Up
Dicey Count Up
Fill Up
Pick Up
Run the Track
Calculator Countdown
Odds
Network Puzzles
History of Network Theory
The Isomorphism
Instructional Considerations
IÆll Cross That Bridge When I Get to It
More Bridge Crossing Puzzles
Bug Problems
Tracing Puzzles
Geometric Travels
Line Crossing Puzzles
Topology Puzzles
Puzzle Structure
Solutions and Issues Related to Solving Problems
Puzzle Construction
People Puzzles
Scissors Puzzles
Household Puzzles
Selected Solutions
References
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