Whether you’re teaching addition, subtraction, multiplication, division or algebra, nothing is better on a Monday morning than getting your kids out of their seat to do math problems. I call this game Math O’clock.
Step 1: Have 12 students form a circle like a clock with each student representing an hour, like so.
Step 2: Have the rest of the class form a line
Step 3: Using index cards with pre-chosen problems that yield answers between (0,12], hand each student in line a problem in the index card for them to solve.
Step 4: Students must demonstrate their solution by lying on the ground inside the circle-clock using their feet as the hour hand and their arms as the minute hand to demonstrate the solution to their index card, like so.
Step 5: Make sure you have a rotation schedule so that all your students get to play.
Steps:
Step 1: Have 12 students form a circle like a clock with each student representing an hour, like so.
Step 2: Have the rest of the class form a line
Step 3: Using index cards with pre-chosen problems that yield answers between (0,12], hand each student in line a problem in the index card for them to solve.
Step 4: Students must demonstrate their solution by lying on the ground inside the circle-clock using their feet as the hour hand and their arms as the minute hand to demonstrate the solution to their index card, like so.
Step 5: Make sure you have a rotation schedule so that all your students get to play.
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