Think "Summer Games" While Developing Crucial Multiplication Fact Fluency!
Fun, Engaging, Competition for individual students and groups who need to master their MULTIPLICATION FACTS, all in a game-like format!
Michael Thurman, M.Ed.
Average rating:
5.0
Number of reviews:(215)
What's included
1 live meeting
45 mins in-class hours per weekHomework
1 hour per week. Students will be encouraged to spend time memorizing their facts by traditional means, such as flashcards, drill and practice, or by finding digital games online to play, and then, bring those skills to class to LET THE GAMES BEGIN!Assessment
The more "money" earned in a time period, determined by the teacher, means the more fluent a student is becoming. The quicker their recall, the greater the reward! Students love it! Players can shop and "buy" additional strategies, such as "Power Ups," "Multipliers" and "Insurance" allowing them to increase the worth of each answer and the accumulation of "money!" Fluency is being developed!!!Class Experience
US Grade 4 - 5
In all of my years as a math teacher of intermediate students, NOTHING creates, or hampers, math success more than multiplication fact fluency. It is key. It is crucial for ages 9-12. As phonics is to reading, so is fact fluency to math. Join this affordably priced, ongoing, game-like class that can be played over and over with other students, and watch the boredom and dread of fact memorization be replaced with excitement and a desire to become fluent. Students see how much "money" they can earn as they compete against themselves and others. My games are fast-paced and exciting. We will discuss strategies for recalling a fact and properties of multiplication to help. If you know half of them, you know all of them, thanks to the Commutative Property! Grab your friends and join the fun! Become fluent with quick recall and reduce the amount of time spent on homework, and in addition, build accuracy and speed into your computation! So crucial for success with multiplication and division! Students will become fluent in their facts: 0's through 12's over time. Depending on the week, selected fact families will be targeted.
Learning Goals
Students will learn their multiplication facts and have quicker recall impacting almost all they do in Intermediate math classes.
Other Details
Supply List
The games will be played on a digital platform provided by me through the purchase of my yearly teacher subscription. The questions for the games have been created by me, the teacher. The students will be directed to www.gimkit.com/live to play. I will provide the code to enter the game. There is no cost for the student. Let the Games Begin!
External Resources
In addition to the Outschool classroom, this class uses:
Joined May, 2020
5.0
215reviews
Teacher expertise and credentials
Kentucky Teaching Certificate in Elementary Education
2 Degrees
Master's Degree in Education from University of Minnesota Minneapolis
Bachelor's Degree in Music or Theatre or Arts from Western Kentucky University
Hi, there! My name is Mr. Thurman and I enjoy teaching math. And, at “Math You Can Do” we’re always cooking up some good “recipes” for a tasty math experience! I was a public and private school educator for 36 years, and have experience teaching 3rd through 6th grade math. I was a principal for 5 years too, but I must say, it is much more fun and rewarding to teach. I have undergraduate degrees in music and in elementary education from Western Kentucky University. As well, I have a master's degree in Educational Leadership from the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, and a theology degree from Bethany Global University. I am offering math classes for 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th graders because, for the last 20 years of my career, I have been doing just that, working as a math specialist for intermediate students. We will be using a fun math program which allows me to teach you, and then monitor your work when we're not in class together, enabling me to see just where I can best help you until we meet again. I can even communicate with you while you are working between our online classes. And yes, you can and WILL excel in math!! You might even learn to love it! (Conceptual Math producing Efficiency and Accuracy)
If you had asked me when I was your age, students, if I wanted to be a math teacher when I grew up, I would have said, "NO!" I had to work hard at math when I was young, and, to be quite honest, I don't think some of my teachers really knew how best to teach the subject. Here's the big idea I share with my students: LEARNING TAKES PLACE OVER TIME! It can't be rushed...especially with math. Our class motto will be," Learning takes place over time AND it's all about the effort!"
My wife is a music teacher and we have 3 grown daughters. We played music together as a family for many years and performed 45 concerts in 5 countries in Europe. Now, we have 9 grandchildren, 4 boys and 5 girls. I have been a professional musician for many years now and play french horn in Orchestra Kentucky of Bowling Green and we perform lots of concerts. We have a little Yorkie named Sir James Paul McCartney Thurman. We call him Paul and I don't think he knows he's a dog! 😃Reviews
Live Group Class
$10
weekly1x per week
45 min
Completed by 64 learners
Live video meetings
Ages: 9-11
3-18 learners per class
