By: Mary Kienstra on: February 5, 2015 in: coordinate grid, Engagement, games
Keeping with my recent theme of the coordinate plane, (See these posts for more information), I was looking to find more ways to use the ordered pairs in daily life. This time, I decided to combine my students’ favorite games, SET, with the coordinate plane. The purpose, of course, is to use the SET game to […] Read more
By: Mary Kienstra on: November 17, 2014 in: Engagement, feedback, games
Games are always a good way to boost student engagement in math. There’s something about adding a bit of friendly competition to motivate students to work hard. I use many different games and variations of games in my math classroom. One of my favorites for teaching factors and multiples is on the website, Calculation Nation, a game site affiliated with […] Read more
By: Mary Kienstra on: May 12, 2014 in: data, Engagement, games, Greg Tang math, Kakooma, Math
Do you have lessons that give you a set of data for the kids to analyze? The text we use has data sets about the length of last names and the percent of cats that have bad breath. For some reason, my students don’t seem to care much about these lessons. This data has no […] Read more
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