Items to teach: time, ranks, age, days, money
Activity:
Have students form a line with January birthdays in front and
December birthdays at the end.
Activity: Play "Bingo" with them. That involves many numbers,
takes a while, holds attention, and can be quite fun.
Activity: Play "concentration." On one side of the card is a
number, on the other side is a vocab word.
The student tell you the number in order to see the other
side of the card. If the student gets two matching vocab words he/she
keeps the cards and goes again. The person with the most cards
wins a small prize or extra credit.
Activity:
Buzz - students sit in circle and sign numbers. Whenever
they hit 7s or multiples of 7 they FS buzz. If they screw
up they are out and it starts again at 1 until there is a single
winner.
Activity: Suitcase game- number of items in suitcase.
Students
take turns (first person says 3 glasses, next person repeats the
first person's item then adds 5 books
and so on)
Activity: Who am I talking about?
What I see the person has -A student stands and describes one of
the people in class. For example, "This person has 4 buttons."
The other students try to identify the person being described.
Discussion:
Think about the old classic TV Game Shows. Then consider how you can use their format to help
teach numbers.