Fun Math: Games Club

Students will begin class with a fun, short game, such as the numeric problem solving game 24.  In 24, each card has four numbers, and students must use each of the four numbers in any order with any operation to get to the number 24.

Once our math brains are warmed up, we will play that day's game!  We will have a rotating schedule of games:

Last week of August:  SET, a visual logic game

First week of September:  Bowl-A-Fact--get out your dice, and get ready to roll a strike!  In this game, students will roll a die three times to get their numbers.  They will then use those numbers to "strike" down their bowling pins, 1-10.  This game may be played in break-out rooms.

Second week of September: Digit-Place, a clue-based, logical problem game.  This game is so popular, I made it its own club, due to  students requests!

Third week of September:  Dice Games--get out your bucket of dice for this one!  In this game, students will roll ten dice, then group dice into groups that equal ten.  They will roll again with remianing dice until all dice are grouped.  This game leads to fun discussion about if we want to modify the rules or how we get points.

Fourth week of September:  Closest to 100--This game may be played in break out rooms.  Students will use a hundreds grid (which I will post on the classroom page), something to color with, and dice.  Students will use two dice to roll the coordinates of a grid.  They will then color that rectangle or square on their hundreds grid.  Students will take turns in pairs.  The goal is to be able to most closely fill your board without losing turns.

I will gauge student interest in games—we may repeat some, or we may begin all new in October.  I will update the schedule here.