Ms. Jhanson's Class

2days until
Winter Concert

Math Game Directions

Build It
Materials:
ten-frame
deck of cards (without face cards)
counters (at least 10)

Play
1.  Turn over a card.
2.  Identify the number on the card.
3.  Count out the same number of counters as were on the card.
4.  Lay the counters on the ten frame - one counter in each box.
5.  Remove the counters from the ten frame.
6.  Turn over another card and play again.


Double Compare
Materials:
deck of cards without face cards

Play with a partner:
1.  Deal the cards facedown.
2. Both players turn over their top two cards.
3. The player with the larger total says "Me!" and takes the cards.  If the totals are the same, both players turn over tow more cards. 
4. Keep turning over two cards.  Each time, the player with the larger total says, "Me!" and takes the cards.
5.  The game is over when there are no more cards to turn over.

More ways to play:
  • The player with the smaller total says, "Me!"
  • Play with 3 players

Heads and Tails
Materials:
8-12 pennies
recording sheet

Play alone:
1.  Decide how many pennies to play with.  Record the number on the recording sheet.
2.  Drop the pennies.
3.  Count how many pennies are heads and how many pennies are tails.
4.  Record the two numbers on the recording sheet.
5.  Keep dropping the pennies and recording how  they land.
6.  The game is over when the grid is full.


How Many Am I Hiding?
Materials:
8-12 cubes
recording sheet

Play with a partner:
1.  Decide how many cubes to play with.  Both players write this number on their recording sheets.
2.  Make a tower with that many cubes.
3.  Player 1 hides some of the cubes.
4.  Player 2 tells how many cubes are hidden.
5.  Player 1 shows the hidden cubes.
6.  Both players count how many were hidden and then record that number on their recording sheets.
7.  Keep playing with the same tower.  Take turns being Player 1 and Player 2.
8.  The game is over when the grid is full.

More Ways to Play:
  • Play with 5 cubes of one color and 5 cubes of another color.
Roll and Record
Materials:
2 dot cubes (dice)
recording sheet

Play alone:
1.  Roll 2 cubes (dice).
2.  Add the numbers.
3.  Write the sum on the recording sheet.
4.  The game is over when one column is full.

More ways to play:
  • Play with 1 dot cube and 1 number cube.
  • Play with 2 number cubes.
  • Play with only 1 dot cube (youngers)