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“What we want from children who play games is
for them to construct insights into the games,
create mathematical strategies for winning the
games, explain those insights and strategies to in
their own words, have good reasons for believing
in their insights and that their strategies work, and
respond appropriately to challenges to the
adequacy of those reasons and strategies. These
are important skill to acquire not only for
mathematics but also in life in general.”
-Michael S. Schiro, Associate Professor, Boston
College and author of numerous games articles.
Math Games
for 3-5
Presented by Cynthia
Santosuosso
Agenda

Background – 10 minutes

Fact Fluency Games-20 minutes

Grade specific games-45 minutes

Common Core Connection – 15 minutes

Wrap up – 10 minutes
Objectives
 Participants
workshop.
 Participants
will gather resources for their math
will compare math games across the
Common Core strands and connect each game
with a strand.
Effective Classrooms
 Engagement
 Motivation
 Collaboration
 Meaningful
talk
 Thinking and Metacognition
Math games…
 Support
both skill proficiency and
conceptual understanding.
 Are naturally interesting to students, and
are highly engaging.
 Assist students in developing thinking,
reasoning, and understanding.
 Support mathematical practices.
In Your Classroom
 Supplement
your math workshop (EnVision)
game centers
 Can
be introduced and played during small
group instruction
 Can
be played independently at centers
 Accountability-leads
to higher engagement
Remember…
 Keep
in mind when using these games in your
classroom, you should:
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
Connect: relate the game to students’ ongoing
work.
Teach: Introduce and model the game to
students.
Active Engagement: Engage students to ensure
they understand how to play the game.
Link: Students play the game independently.
Fact Fluency
Grade
Required Fluency
Kindergarten
Add/subtract within 5
1
Add/subtract within 10
2
Add/subtract within 20
Add/subtract within 100
(pencil/paper)
3
Multiply/divide within 100
Add/subtract within 1,000
4
Add/subtract within
1,000,000
5
Multi-digit multiplication
Fact Fluency Games
Skill Based
 Two


games:
Pathways (Multiplication)
Close to….
0
(Subtraction of three digit numbers)
 20 (Addition of three single digit addends)
 100 (Addition of double digit numbers)
 1,000 (Addition of three digit numbers)
Grade Level Games
Concept based
 Sit
in grade level teams.
 Play
 You
the game according to directions.
will receive a new game every ten
minutes.
Collect Materials
Turn and Talk: How do these
games connect to the
mathematical practices?
Common Core Connection
 Which
domain do the games fall under?
 Work
with your grade level team to
discuss which domains your games fall
into.
 List
your games under the appropriate
domain on the board.
Wrap Up…
 Which
game are you most likely to use
right away?
 What
are your next steps with games?
Resources
 Math
Games for Independent Practice by
Jamee Petersen
 Math
Games: Getting to the Core of
Conceptual Understanding by Shell Education.
 All
resources posted to the Melrose Curriculum
Wiki