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Games

The Importance of Secondary Math Liaisons -- Sample Activities and Templates by Melissa Walker and Patricia Youman, Vigo County School Corporation

Middle School Math Games

Through the Indiana Mathematics Initiative, the secondary liaison teachers created math games based on games used in Everyday Mathematics. The games consisted either of Everyday Math games or ones modified to be more appropriate for secondary students. The purpose was two-fold. The first purpose was to assist in articulation by using familiar teaching strategies as students moved from the Everyday Mathematics curriculum in elementary school to middle school curriculum. The second purpose was to encourage teachers to use alternative teaching strategies to enrich instruction.

Introduction to Middle School Math Games

Table of Contents

Downloadable Math Games, in Word document format.

  1. Angle Golf -- Measurement of Angles

  2. Angle Memory -- Geometry - Complementary, Supplementary

  3. Animal Weight Top-it -- Computation - Addition, Order

  4. Build It -- Number sense, Comparing and ordering fractions

  5. Estimation Squeeze -- Square roots

  6. Exponent Ball -- Number sense, Computation

  7. Fishin' for Triangles -- Geometry - Sum of the interior angles of a triangle

  8. Fraction/Percent Concentration

  9. Fraction Spin Advanced -- Computation - Rational numbers

  10. Greedy -- Probability

  11. Grid Search -- Measurement

  12. Hidden Treasure -- Measurement, Algebra

  13. Integer Baseball Multiplication -- Computation - Rational numbers

  14. Landmark Shark -- Data analysis - Range, Median, Mode

  15. Less Than You - Integers -- Computation - Integer addition, Number sense - Order

  16. Math Bingo -- Computation

  17. Multiplication Draw Advanced -- Computation

  18. Multiplication Top-It Advanced -- Computation

  19. Computation, Order of operations, Algebra

  20. Scientific Notation Toss -- Number sense

  21. Slope Tac-Toe -- Algebra

Powerpoint Presentations

Power Point Presentations for Everyday Mathematics, by Donna McLeish

Professional Development by Donna McLeish, Board Member, Indiana Math Initiative
Sponsored by the Indiana University - Indiana Math Initiative Math-Science Partnership Grant

All of the power point presentations contained herein have been used during professional development activities for teachers, administrators, school boards, and citizenry. All of the presentation have been shared, via CD, with all members of the IMI Select Cadre, so that participating school corporations have access to modify and use them as needed.

The following are links to the downloadable powerpoint presentations.

  1. Algebra for All

    This presentation stresses the importance of algebra for all students, at all grade levels, and how algebra-based games can be an important teaching tool. It also demonstrates (through participant interaction) the value of the algebra-based games from Everyday Mathematics at elementary grade levels, and it lists the rules of some of the games. The resource for all the games is given.

  2. Alternate Algorithms

    Designed to help teachers learn the alternate algorithms in general, and for their grade level specifically, as well as to substantiate the claim that Everyday Mathematics is strong on computation skills, this is an introductory lesson followed by specific instructions for teacher participation.

  3. Assessment Assistant Entire Presentation

    The assessment CD that all teachers of Everyday Mathematics have access to is a valuable resource for remediation, enrichment, and ongoing assessment, This presentation can be broken into smaller segments, allowing teachers more time to practice on the different components of the program.

  4. Cooperative Learning in Everyday Mathematics

    The Everyday Mathematics Teacher's Guide has specific recommendations for group work. This presentation reiterates what is in the Guide so that participants can stop and discuss what they have just read on the screen, and can discuss how they plan to implement this in their own classrooms.

  5. Everyday Mathematics and the Special Needs Student

    From the outset of the grant, special education teachers were strongly encouraged to participate in all the professional development opportunities offered and to become teacher-leaders within their own districts. This presentation was made in several IMI districts to all special education teachers, such as Covered Bridge Special Education District in Vigo and surrounding counties. Its intent is to show the value of Everyday Mathematics to teachers of special needs students.

  6. Journaling in Math

    Using a journal is an important strategy in teaching students to read and write about math. The reading addresses Literal Comprehension, Inferential Comprehension, and Analytical Comprehension and how journaling, writing about math, can help improve each of these.

  7. Number and Operations Content -- Order of Operations and Alternate Algorithms

    Using audience participation, this presentation walks the teachers through the basis of order of operations and its importance. It introduces the vocabulary of alternate algorithms, but does not give specific examples of each The UCSMP website is given as a resource.

  8. Problem Solving EM K-3

    Stressing that solving problems is not exactly the same as problem solving, this presentation focuses on the four problem-solving representations: concrete, verbal, pictorial, and symbolic.

  9. Problem Solving EM 4-6

    Stressing that solving problems is not exactly the same as problem solving, this presentation focuses on the four problem-solving representations: concrete, verbal, pictorial, and symbolic. The activity then extends into reading a section and an essay in the Everyday Mathematics Teacher's Guide and discussing what is read.

  10. Welcome to EM

    This presentation can be used to introduce teachers to the components of the Everyday Mathematics program.

  11. Welcome to EM -- Resources

    This presentation can be used to introduce teachers to the internet and print sources where they can find information and help about Everyday Mathematics.

Mathematical Content Training, by Siana Allen, Janis Kluesner, Sharon Kramer, and Sandy McFarland

These Power Point presentations on Content Training are highly interactive, calling for teachers to really dig in to the materials provided in the Everyday Mathematics curriculum on content. While there are presentations that focus on one grade level, an effort has been made to tie that particular grade level to those before and after, so that teachers can see the continuity and the spiraling of the lessons. Content areas of Operations and Computation; Geometry; Measurement; Numeration and Number Sense; Patterns, Functions, and Algebra; and Data Analysis and Probability are all addressed.

Introduction to the powerpoint presentations, Be Content with Your Mathematical Content: Content Training in Vigo County School Corporation - Diana Allen, Janis Kluesner, Sharon Kramer, and Sandy McFarland; Elementary Math Liaisons

  1. Kindergarten Content Training

  2. First Grade Content Training

  3. Second Grade Content Training

  4. Third Grade Content Training

  5. Fourth Grade Content Training

  6. Fifth Grade Content Training

Other Resources

The Importance of Secondary Mathematics Liaisons by Melissa Walker and Patricia Youman, Vigo County School Corporation

Indiana Department of Education

The Indiana Department of Education Web Site Home Page
Indiana Academic Standards Home Page, with Resources to align classroom instruction with the standards.

ISTEP+ Info Center

ISTEP+ Info Center with ISTEP+/GQE Results and Publications including Scoring Guides and Applied Skills Assessments These are items that were used on the test in previous years and WILL NOT be used again. They are provided so schools, teachers and parents may have examples of ISTEP+ applied skills test items.)

U.S. Department of Education

Home Page with special sections for Teachers, Students, and Administrators, and Teaching Resources like the Survival Guide for New Teachers and Helping Your Child Learn Mathematics - a free booklet, also available online, made up of fun activities that parents can use with children from preschool age through grade 5 to strengthen their math skills and build strong positive attitudes toward math.

National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM)

The NCTM Web site and the e-Resources section. Sample E-example Gr 3-5: Understanding Distance, Speed, and Time Relationships Using Simulation Software

Illuminations

The innovative Illuminations Web Site with 95 online interactive activities for preK through Grade 12 plus 525 lesson plans.

Also see articles by grade level in ON-Math - The Online Journal of School Mathematics to learn how teachers have used online interactive resources such as those found on the Illuminations Web Site.

The National Library of Virtual Manipulatives for Interactive Mathematics

Interactive, web-based virtual manipulatives or concept tutorials for K-12 addressing these content strands:

  • numbers & operations
  • geometry
  • algebra
  • measurement
  • data analysis
  • probability.
Click on the grid on that page to select categories appropriate for your grade level.
Sample from Gr 3-5 Number & Operations:

The Balanced Assessment in Mathematics Project

Over 300 math assessment tasks with scoring rubrics free to use in your classroom. This library also describes the project's scoring system and their approach to assessment as a catalyst for meeting students' needs. Categories by grade level:

Mathematica

The Home Site for Mathematica, www.wolframresearch.com has a Demonstration Area containing 1476 interactive demonstrations from elementary education to front-line research.

Examples:

The Utah Education Network

The Utah Education Network houses lesson plans for K-12 in math and other subjects.

Math Forum

The Math Forum provides a Teacher Exchange, a forum to discuss and find grade-level web-based Math Tools, the Internet Mathematics Library, and much more.

FunBrain

FunBrain.com has games for math and other subjects at these grade-levels:

SELECT

The SELECT Web Site (Supporting Engaged Learning by Enhancing Curriculum with Technology) has a list of resources to find excellent online interactive tools.

Cynthia Lanius

Cynthia Lanius'Fun Mathematics Lessons

Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments' Web Site provides a wealth of classroom activities incorporating handheld technology. You can also order a free Classroom Activities CD of over 350 activities by clicking HERE.

GeoGebra

The GeoGebra Web Site is a dynamic mathematics software for education that joins geometry, algebra and calculus. The GeoGebraWiki is a free pool of teaching materials using GeoGebra< for elementary, middle, and high school teachers.