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Add & Subtract
| Subtraction Rhyme (lesson plan) - Rhyme for doing subtraction with regrouping from tens to ones from ERIC. |
| Crazy Computation - from Georgia Learning Connections; incorporates manipulatives to increase student understanding of regrouping. |
| Who Has More or Less? - "practice adding and subtracting mentally as well as attach the words 'more' and 'less' to adding and subtracting." |
| Addition and Subtraction Game - "group activity that provides review and drill in the format of a game for learning facts in subtraction and addition." |
| Four Squares - "Students cut and try to piece together 16 squares to form one larger square. Squares with matching problems and answers are pieced together." |
| Mental Math Cards - mental math game that is excellent practice for basic facts. |
Multiply & Divide
| Snake (lesson plan) - fun game for proficiency in facts using number cubes |
| Table Talk (lesson plan) - from ERIC developing strategies for learning multiplication facts. |
| Multiplication That Is Fun - from Georgia Learning Connections; investigate the concept of multiplication and then practice basic multiplication facts in a fun way in your Internet-connected computer lab. |
Multiply 3-digit by 1-digit
| Array for Multiplication - use arrays to learn about multiplying whole numbers by one- and two-digit numbers; from Georgia Learning Connections. |
| Match to Multiply - multiplying whole numbers by one- and two-digit numbers using a fun game; from Georgia Learning Connections. |
| Multiplication Basketball - "discuss ways multiplication is used in real life in many different occupations. Students will play multiplication basketball;" from Georgia Learning Connections. |
| Rolling for a Hundred - from Georgia Learning Connections; use manipulatives to find the products of two-digit by one-digit problems. Students play a game using one die to multiply digits until a designated score is reached. |
Computation with Money
| Change-O - from Georgia Learning Connections; work with a familiar game (BINGO) to practice counting change. |
| Money Machine - from Georgia Learning Connections; determine the change given in a situation. |
| Trading Up to $5 - from Georgia Learning Connections; learn to count money using pennies, dimes, and five dollar bills. They will practice this skill with a game called The Great Trading Game. |
Estimation
| Collecting Data & Graphing (lesson plan) - collect, organize, and arrange information in a pictograph, create a survey and administer it to the class, find the range, mode, median, and mean of a set of data, create a pie, bar, and line graph on a computer |
| Finding It Faster - from Georgia Learning Connections; use estimating and then actual computation to determine the best method for solving various problems. |
| Front-End Estimation - from Georgia Learning Connections; practice using front-end estimation in simple addition and subtraction examples. |
| M&M Math - uses M&Ms to teach estimation; from Georgia Learning Connections. |
Estimation with Money
| Fun with Estimation (lesson plan) - This activity is a timed game that allows students to practice their estimation skills while shopping for groceries. |
| Shopping on the Web - practice working with money as they window shop at one of these online emporiums. |
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