I blogged about using
"How Close to 100?" with 4th graders last week. Today, I introduced the multipurpose
game to two 3rd grade classes. The repeated practice yielded valuable information...
I noticed several times, in both classes, that the two-digit addition with multiple addends was not accurate when calculating the player's total score. The addition was not an obvious concern in the 4th grade classroom. The activity is such a wonderful formative assessment opportunity as several students made errors in computation. The partner format lead to dynamic and productive discourse. The teacher has data to inform her instructional next steps.
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| Oops! The red player needs to take another look... |
I used the same closure technique that I used in the previous
lessons. I simply asked the students what math skills were needed to play this game. I was thrilled by the academic vocabulary generated by the two minute quick write. Students orally justified skills like sportsmanship, area...
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| addition, base-ten blocks |
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| skip counting, addition, multiplication, and arrays |
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| addition, multiplication, arrays |
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| multiplication and brainstorming... :)) |
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