if it’s friday, it must be kakooma mk
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If It’s Friday, It Must Be Kakooma
If It’s Friday, It Must Be Kakooma
True Confessions
• I’m a math nerd
• I believe that collaboration and discussion are key to learning math
• I love math games
How it all started
Kakooma! My favorite math game
Kakooma
• Web-based OR iPad app: access on laptop, SmartBoard, iPads
• Play alone or with partner OR whole class
• Choose operation and level of difficulty = differentiation
• Motivates kids to learn basic facts
How it evolved
• Perfect Friday activity • Students in random teams• Play the game at the Smart Board• Record the team’s time - a little friendly competition
is very engaging• Great leadership for kids – they run the show! (I sit back and relax)
And then….
Add MORE MATH
This is where the magic happens –
The Discussion!!!
Even more math
• Ask important questions: – “Is there an outlier?” – “How do you know?”
• Find the class mean• Find the class median
• Record on the Scoreboard
LIVING Math
• Practicing addition and multiplication skills
• Line plots• Vocabulary: –Mean–Median– Range– Outlier
Friendly Competitions with other
classes
#Kakoomachallenge
Skype and Google Hang
Out
Complete Engagement
They think they are playing a game!
Greg Tang Math Games
Engaging, fun, thinking games
For any math content and any level
Web-based – use on laptop, SmartBoard, iPad
Alone or with a partner; friendly competition
Math Doodles
• Engaging and fun ways to practice many kinds of math thinking
• Alone or with a partner• iPad app
Solve Me
• Web-based: can be accessed on laptop, SmartBoard, or iPad
• Algebra thinking for many levels• Concrete examples using mobiles
• http://solveme.edc.org/
Simple ways to represent unknowns
More complex representations
Even More Complex
NCTM Calculation Nation
• Web-based: access on laptops or SmartBoard (not easily compatible with iPads)
• Play against the computer• Games to support many different
areas of the curriculum: factors, fractions,
• Most appropriate for grades 3-5
• https://calculationnation.nctm.org/
KEN KEN
• Web- based: access with laptop, SmartBoard, or iPad
• Play alone or together• Choose operations and level of
difficulty
• http://www.kenkenpuzzle.com/#
Estimation Station
• Whole group activity to promote number sense
• Estimating and adjusting estimates – always thinking about WHAT MAKES SENSE
• May connect to curriculum or stand alone
• Accessible to all kids and all levels
• http://www.estimation180.com/ a website developed by Mr. Stadel @estimation180
Student Recording Sheet
Examples for Estimation
• The Hot Chocolate Example
• The Coins Example
• The Pie Example
So Many Games, So Little Time
• Try these games and see what might connect to your curriculum– How can you differentiate with games?– How can games improve student
discussion and collaboration?
• Don’t be afraid to go outside the box to give your students a different kind of learning experience
