10 tips and tricks to use engagement and formative assessment in the elementary math classroom
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This document provides 5 math activities and 5 formative assessment strategies that can be used in the classroom. The math activities are designed to engage students and help develop basic math skills, and include games like card games and number puzzles. The formative assessments are quick ways to check understanding of all students, such as thumbs up/down, holding up fingers to indicate level of understanding, and anonymous exit interviews. The goal is to integrate these activities before, during and after math lessons.
10 tips and tricks to use engagement and formative assessment in the elementary math classroom
- 1. Gary Johnston Saigon South International School April 18th, 2012
- 2. Overview-What you will Learn You will be presented with and have the opportunity to practice: 5 Math “activities” that you can use in your classroom to engage students, foster community relationships and help develop basic computational skills 5 Ways of assessing math “formatively” in a quick way that shows understanding of every single person in the classroom.
- 3. When to use these Before class or as a warm up During transitions As an energizer After a lesson As a math center
- 4. 1. Dangerous Digits 2. Metacognitive Coaching 3. Card Sharks 4. Calendar Operations 5. I have ______ who has _________?
- 5. Math Activity #1-Dangerous Digits Timed Activity Indicate that students are going to have to find the +, -, X, of a number. Put class in two lines and tell them a number. If they get it wrong, remediate. Struggling learners: easier problems.
- 6. Math Activity #2-Metacognitive Coaching One person is the “student” who solves the problem, one is the teacher who “coaches”. Student: Must vocalize their thinking out loud Teacher: Cannot tell them if they’re right or wrong. Can ask questions such as: What strategy did you use? How do you know you’re correct?
- 7. Question Brenda’s father has five daughters. The names of four of them are Cha-cha, Cheche, Chi-chi and and Chocho. What is the name of the fifth daughter? a. Chuchu b. Chychy c. Chu-chu d. None of the above
- 8. Question: What is five days after two days ago?
- 9. Math Activity #3-Card Sharks Divide students into groups of 3-4 people. Maybe 5 in higher ability groups. Cards are worth face value, face cards may be worth 11, 12, or 13. All students put a card on their head without looking. “Dealer” tells the sum and the other members use deduction and subtraction to find value of their card. Whoever guesses correct is the new dealer!
- 10. Math Activity #4-Calender Operations Start with the digits of the calendar and then make an equation that includes all the digits using whatever operations you can think of!
- 11. Math Activity #5-I have_____ who has______? Need to have enough “cards” for exactly the correct number of people in the room. Teaches listening skills, focusing skills, group cooperation
- 12. 1. Thumbs Up 2. Fist to Finger 3. Numbered Responses 4. Geoboards 5. Exit Interviews
- 13. Formative Assessment #1-Thumbs Up Used to check for understanding. Thumb Up-Yes, or “I agree” Thumb Down-No or “I don’t agree” Thumb to the Side-Not sure
- 14. Formative Assessment #2-Fist to Finger Shows understanding over a “spectrum” 5 Fingers=Yes, A lot, Very much 0 Fingers=No, I don’t agree, not very much
- 15. Formative Assessment #3-Numbered Responses Students can use to give an answer to a problem. Can be used for activity: “Calender Operations” Great for whole numbers, estimation, decimals All students hold up their answer
- 16. Formative Assessment #4-Geoboards Great for Geometry, Symmetry, Angle measures, art Each student “holds up” their answer to demonstrate their response to the question.
- 17. Formative Assessment #5-Exit Interviews Used at the end of a lesson to debrief understanding, share insights. Can be anonymous, or named Can be collected and read aloud or saved to be read at the beginning of the next lesson.