Math games upper elementary

Games are a great way to reinforce learning in the classroom. In this post by The Teacher Next Door, you'll learn about seven math games using playing cards that are free and easy too! These math games are perfect for 3rd - 5th graders and will help them master a number of math concepts.

Division can be a tough math concept for elementary students to tackle. Check out this blog post for some of my favorite math games for division. Your upper elementary students will love these 7 division games to master this math skill. Some of these division games for kids includes math knockout, jeopardy, division bingo, division dice, and more. You can even grab a free math game here. Make sure you don’t miss all of these math games for upper elementary for division practice.

Games are an important part of math class, in my opinion. Not only are kids able to practice the skills that we have been focusing on (over and over repeatedly), but they are also doing it in a format that they find fun…and anything that adds fun to learning is a plus in my book! […]

There are so many ways to use math task cards in upper elementary and middle school. This game uses math task cards with a bit of a twist!

Math games are such a GREAT way to increase engagement while providing your kiddos with endless differentiated math fact and skill practice in your classroom! I LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE teaching ma…

I love finding common items around the house and making games with them. I recently came across a tin of dominoes and put those babies to work! My students LOVE the idea of playing with dominoes even if they are sharpening their math skills while doing so! These games can be played alone or with partners. Partners tend to make them even more fun! Ordering Products Students choose five dominoes, turn them over, and multiply each side together. Order the products from least to greatest or…

Playing cards are a great way to reinforce math concepts in upper elementary. In this post you'll find 7 FREE math game ideas you can use to help your 3rd - 6th grade students practice math skills. The games work well for whole-class activities, for math centers, or for one on one. The playing card games are easy to use for differentiation and can be tweaked up or down for the needs of your students.

Use these quick math fillers when you have 5 to 10 minutes

Every teacher knows the reality of the summer slide. This post shares some ways to prevent summer slide for upper elementary students.

Tweet Last spring when I was doing the Mathematical Mindsets book study, I wrote a lot about rich mathematical tasks that all students can access but that also keep going or growing for students who need more challenge. Since then, I have been on a quest to add more tasks like this to my repertoire and recently I cam across one that I just have to share with the world. I first heard about Yohaku in this month's issue of Teaching Children Mathematics. I was sitting in a waiting room while…