Middle School Math Game!
Ian made up his own game this weekend and by the end of it I thought it was such a great self- guided math game that I thought I'd share.
After lunch Ian asked his father to play a Nerf gun game and the next thing I knew we were having a great time (and practicing a lot of math too!).
Ian drew a target on our French doors using the dry erase markers; assigning each circle of the target a value. We each took turns shooting all 6 bullets from his Nerf Gun. Ian would then add up our scores.
We kept track for 10 rounds, adding, carrying over and even subtracting at times. After 8 rounds Ian and I were tied for first. By the end I won by a mere 15 points and Ian ended up coming in third.
He added up our scores into the thousandths, happily and with lots of carrying over (and here I was thinking this morning that we've never added beyond three digit numbers). I think he was pretty bummed he lost but he took it well and was a good sport about it.
He wanted to play another game too!
Quick, easy, fun and a great review of multi- digit addition!
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After lunch Ian asked his father to play a Nerf gun game and the next thing I knew we were having a great time (and practicing a lot of math too!).
Ian drew a target on our French doors using the dry erase markers; assigning each circle of the target a value. We each took turns shooting all 6 bullets from his Nerf Gun. Ian would then add up our scores.
We kept track for 10 rounds, adding, carrying over and even subtracting at times. After 8 rounds Ian and I were tied for first. By the end I won by a mere 15 points and Ian ended up coming in third.
He added up our scores into the thousandths, happily and with lots of carrying over (and here I was thinking this morning that we've never added beyond three digit numbers). I think he was pretty bummed he lost but he took it well and was a good sport about it.
He wanted to play another game too!
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Clever! Thanks for sharing with Party in Your PJs!
ReplyDeleteThanks! My sons sure loved it.
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