Math Game Assignment
Choose a math game (or make your own) and write a lesson plan for teachers – include grade level(s), materials, learning goals, NCTM standards^ correlation, preparation, directions for playing the game, student activity sheet w/ kid-friendly directions and questions to encourage students to engage in mathematical thinking, answers (for teachers), wrap-up debrief questions and/or teaching points. Work in groups of 2.
Ultimately, the goal is to produce something that is useful for math teachers. The lesson plans will be “published” on a webpage and linked to a few popular websites frequented by math teachers looking for lesson plan ideas.
^National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) published a set of standards for K-12 education in 2000. Many state standards, including Massachusetts, are based on the NCTM standards. The organization recently published Focal Points, which identifies the most important math topics by grade, for K-8 math education. For more information, check out website www.nctm.org.
There are basically five content standards, and five process standards.Content Standards: Number and Operations, Algebra, Geometry, Measurement, Data Analysis and Probability. Process Standards:Problem Solving, Reasoning and Proof, Communication, Connections, Representation
Due November 24; Test run in class on Nov 17**
**The presentation day will function to “test”the games and student activity sheets before you submit the final writtenversion on Nov 24.**