To play show down, you just need a set of questions or task cards. Have students get into groups of 4 and give each student a whiteboard. The group turns over one question and all students do the work. When everyone is done with the problem, you flip the card over to reveal the answer. Everyone with the right answer gets a point. Also, students can talk about their answers before or after they have seen the answer.
This game works as a way to get students talking about math. We play knockout games a lot in my classroom throughout the year. I love them for a review game because everyone is engaged and I can work through problems with them in a game environment. Between the competition and the fun graphics, students are more keyed into solving math problems and understanding the explanations. A student chooses one of them. Then, a question in shown and all the students work it out on their paper or whiteboard.
I use whiteboards a lot, so when students finish they show me their work. Next, the answer is revealed in the screen and students who got it right get the points. There are some bonuses and students really like that part because the bonuses can be good or bad. This game is a great way to review. Your students will love it. To read more about this game, and see a video walk-through, check out this post. Plus, check out all our Knockout games for middle school math here. I use Jeopardy games in my class a couple times a year.
With Jeopardy the questions are organized into different categories, and I like that aspect of it. Instead, we all play the same questions and students either work in partners or individually. Then, students keep track of their points. Jeopardy is a classic review game that can help mix things up in the math classroom. You can find tons of pre-made Jeopardy math game over on Jeopardy Labs. Task cards have so many different uses for the math classroom. I love playing this target game with the class because it is so easy.
To start, I display a task card on the projector for the whole class. Students work on it on their whiteboards. We go over the answer and then I choose a student to throw a suction cup ball at the target I have drawn on the board to find out how many points the questions is worth to the class. After a few rounds, we play double or nothing. The students can throw it a second time to try and get double points. All the students who got the answer right get the points that the student who threw the ball landed on.
They really get into it and it gives us a chance to practice sportsmanship skills, as well. You can check out even more ideas for using task cards in the middle school math classroom here.
And read more about the target game here. Kahoot is a whole class, web-based game. You make an account and then you can either find games that others have created or you can make your own games. Students each need their own electronic device and they can play along. They just go to the website and enter the game code. After each question students see a leader board and can see how they are doing. To play SCOOT, place a task card on each desk and then give students 1 minute or so to finish the card.
Then, everyone scoots to the next seat. But it does get the kids moving. The movement and small time frames encourage everyone to complete the problems. Also, I have the answers on the back of the task cards so students can check and see how they did. If they got a problem wrong, I ask them to look back and figure out their mistake.
Focusing on learning from mistakes is a way to encourage growth mindset and help students own their learning. This classic game shares a lot of the same characteristics with the other whole class games that I have shared here. Usually, I have some type of little prize like Jolly Ranchers or cute erasers for the winners.
Students appreciate these little tokens and some of them get really excited to win. What I love about these review games is that most of them are low prep. You can find free versions of these games, make your own version, adapt a resource you already have into a game, or find them on Teachers Pay Teachers.
These games are some great ways to spice up your review and get away from just doing boring review worksheets. I challenge you to try one of them and see how your students respond. I promise that more kids will be engaged and review the concepts at the same time. Let us know which game you tried and how it worked out in the comments below.
Thanks for reading! Until next time. Sorting Pockets Sorting pockets are activities where students put little cards into categories. Students begin at one station, and when the buzzer goes off, students get up and move to the next station in the room. Directions: Write a series of problems on transparency sheets and cut them up into little pieces. Pull a problem transparency piece, put it on the overhead, and ask students to solve the problem on their individual answer sheets.
If they get a correct answer, they are able to cross off a square any one they choose on their BINGO cards. Feel free to work out a problem together if you feel like students need it. Directions: Use the same format as regular Jeopardy, except with your own problems and answers. Students LOVE this game. To ensure everyone participates, try Whiteboard-style Jeopardy. Put students in groups of four again, make sure you pre-plan these groups to form teams, and have them write numbers on their whiteboards—one student writes the number 1, one student writes the number 2, etc.
Put the Jeopardy answers on a projector or whiteboard. Then call out one number to provide the answer. All students must solve the problem because they do not know which number you are going to choose.
This game is great for encouraging peer support. Redefine the future for students at Teach For America. At Teach For America, we know lasting change can happen: All children will get the excellent education they deserve. What other math games do you use to increase class engagement and understanding? Thanks for signing up! You'll find great content in your inbox soon. Take the next step and join the corps today.
Join The Corps. Games help foster excitement about math and build a love of math in our students. Games are fun and engaging for students. The greatest learning happens when our students are having fun and are engaged in the learning process. Elementary students need to see that math is more than a series of problems in a workbook. Allowing them to get excited about math through games will help them to build a lifelong love of math. Do you use math games in your classroom? I encourage you to give math games a try and see how your students can benefit from playing math games in the classroom!
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