190 Ready-to-Use Activities That Make Math Fun! - Softcover

Watson, George

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0787965855 ISBN 13: 9780787965853

Publisher: Jossey-Bass, 2003

Synopsis

This unique resource provides 190 high-interest, ready-to-use activities to help students master basic math skills― including whole numbers, decimals, fractions, percentages, money concepts, geometry and measurement, charts and graphs, and pre-algebra― for use with students of varying ability levels.

All activities are classroom-tested and presented in a variety of entertaining formats, such as puzzles, crosswords, matching, word/number searches, number substitutions, and more. Plus, many activities include "Quick Access Information" flags providing helpful information on key concepts.

About this title

About the Author

George Watson has taught almost every elementary and junior high school subject during his 28 years of teaching. He most recently taught special education classes for grades 8 and 9 at Alexander Junior High School in the North Battleford (Saskatchewan) Public School Division. Mr. Watson also conducts inservice programs for teachers, and parent-teacher organizations and speaks at local conventions. He is the author of Teacher Smart: 125 Tested Techniques for Classroom Management and Control and The Classroom Discipline Problem Solver, both from Jossey-Bass.

All activities are classroom-tested and presented in a variety of entertaining formats, such as puzzles, crosswords, matching, word/number searches, number substitutions, and more. Plus, many activities include "Quick Access Information" flags providing helpful information on key concepts.

For quick access and easy use, the activities are printed in a big 8 1/2 X 11 lay-flat format for photocopying and are organized into nine sections.

ESSENTIAL STRATEGIES FOR WHOLE NUMBER SKILLS features 33 activities, including "The Wonderful Multiplication Puzzle" . . . "Shady Division" . . . and . . . "Math Puzzle Boxes."

GETTING TO THE POINT WITH DECIMALS provides 25 activities, such as "Double-Up Decimals" . . . "Cruising Route 66 with Math" . . . and "Pirate Math."

FRACTIONS IN THE LEARING PROCESS gives you 26 exercises, including "The Eight-Piece Fraction Puzzle" . . . . "The Fraction Name Game" . . . and . . . "Bubble-Bath Math" (mixed numbers).

UNDERSTANDING PERCENT FOR SKILL DEVELOPMENT offers 14 activities, such as "Percent Stew" . . . "Presidential Percentage" . . . and "Percent of a Hot Rod by Weight."

MONEY CONCEPTS FOR THE MODERN CLASSROOM is packed with 22 activities, including "The Monthly Budget" . . . "The Cost of a Tiger" . . . and "Dividing Your Good Fortune."

GEOMETRY AND MEASUREMENTFACTS AND INSIGHTS features 22 exercises, such as "Measure Math Match" . . . "The Area of Old MacDonald's Farm . . . and . . . "Measuring Angles"

CHARTS AND GRAPHS TO STIMULATE AND ENRICH provides 11 activities, including "A Cool Bar Graph" . . . "The Line Graph in Action" . . . and . . . "Reading a Chart on Snowboarding."

HOOKED ON RATIO, PROBABILITY AND AVERAGE offers 11 activities, such as "Probability: Reading Story Problems" . . . "Ratio Word Problems" . . . and "Proportions Explained."

PRE-ALGEBRA AND EARLY ALGEBRA SKILL BUILDERS gives you 18 exercises, including "Understanding 'N' and 'X' in Math" . . . "Balance in Algebra" . . . and . . . "Translating from Words to Numbers."

This volume is one of three books in the HOOKED ON LEARNING LIBRARY, a time- and worksaving series that provides math, English, and science teachers with over 500 stimulating, high-interest activity sheets to teach and reinforce fundamental skills across the curriculum. Other volumes available from the publisher include 190 Ready-to-Use Activities That Make English Fun! And 190 Ready-to-Use Activities That Make Science Fun!

All activities are classroom-tested and presented in a variety of entertaining formats, such as puzzles, crosswords, matching, word/number searches, number substitutions, and more. Plus, many activities include Quick Access Information flags providing helpful information on key concepts.

For quick access and easy use, the activities are printed in a big 8 1/2 X 11 lay-flat format for photocopying and are organized into nine sections.

ESSENTIAL STRATEGIES FOR WHOLE NUMBER SKILLS features 33 activities, including The Wonderful Multiplication Puzzle . . . Shady Division . . . and . . . Math Puzzle Boxes.

GETTING TO THE POINT WITH DECIMALS provides 25 activities, such as Double-Up Decimals . . . Cruising Route 66 with Math . . . and Pirate Math.

FRACTIONS IN THE LEARING PROCESS gives you 26 exercises, including The Eight-Piece Fraction Puzzle . . . . The Fraction Name Game . . . and . . . Bubble-Bath Math (mixed numbers).

UNDERSTANDING PERCENT FOR SKILL DEVELOPMENT offers 14 activities, such as Percent Stew . . . Presidential Percentage . . . and Percent of a Hot Rod by Weight.

MONEY CONCEPTS FOR THE MODERN CLASSROOM is packed with 22 activities, including The Monthly Budget . . . The Cost of a Tiger . . . and Dividing Your Good Fortune.

GEOMETRY AND MEASUREMENTFACTS AND INSIGHTS features 22 exercises, such as Measure Math Match . . . The Area of Old MacDonald's Farm . . . and . . . Measuring Angles

CHARTS AND GRAPHS TO STIMULATE AND ENRICH provides 11 activities, including A Cool Bar Graph . . . The Line Graph in Action . . . and . . . Reading a Chart on Snowboarding.

HOOKED ON RATIO, PROBABILITY AND AVERAGE offers 11 activities, such as Probability: Reading Story Problems . . . Ratio Word Problems . . . and Proportions Explained.

PRE-ALGEBRA AND EARLY ALGEBRA SKILL BUILDERS gives you 18 exercises, including Understanding 'N' and 'X' in Math . . . Balance in Algebra . . . and . . . Translating from Words to Numbers.

This volume is one of three books in the HOOKED ON LEARNING LIBRARY, a time- and worksaving series that provides math, English, and science teachers with over 500 stimulating, high-interest activity sheets to teach and reinforce fundamental skills across the curriculum. Other volumes available from the publisher include 190 Ready-to-Use Activities That Make English Fun! And 190 Ready-to-Use Activities That Make Science Fun!

Edition details

• Publisher: Jossey-Bass
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0787965855
• ISBN 13: 9780787965853
• Binding: Paperback
• Illustrator: Anthony Alan
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 288