Monday, January 19, 2009

Playing Cards in School

I would like to encourage every teacher to invest in a deck or two of cards. I find playing cards to be very cheep yet incredibly useful in the classroom. They can also be used effectively for any subject if you know how to get creative.

Math
  • Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication War - (you can do division, but it is harder due to decimals)(also, I like to call it peace not war, but that's just me) Each player throws down two cards instead of one and the winner is based off of the result of their two cards. (ex. if you are doing multiplication and person A has 2 and 6 (total of 12) and person B has 10 and 5 (total of 50) then person B wins) I usually have them do the person with the lowest total wins when doing subtraction
  • Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication Snap - (same division warning) All players throw down one card at the same time, the first person to correctly apply the chosen action (add, subtract, multiply) wins all of the cards. This can be done with several players, however I do not recommend more than 4. The game is won by getting the whole deck
  • 5 Card Opps - Each player gets 5 cards. they then have a set time (based on your students skill level) to come up with as many problems and their solutions with those cards. They must write down the problems using proper Order of Operations (PEMDAS) The winner is the person with the most correct problems at the end of the time. (ex. cards: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5: 1+2+3+4+5=15, (1+3)/4+2-5 = -2, and so on.)

I'll go into the details of how to use cards in other subjects next time and more math uses in the future as well.

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

count dracula

Anonymous said...

says thanks for getting me through the math praxis exam

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Anonymous said...

Another idea with playing cards is to hand each student a card as they walk into the room to divide them into groups based on the card they hold. For instance, you could have everyone make a straight and then once in their groups assign jobs based on the card. For example, all queens must be the recorder.

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