| Return to Teachers to Teachers.com Dice Cards(TM) For teachers and students For information, contact Mr. McCrea (954) 646 8246 LOOK FOR MATH WITH PLAYING CARDS at the bottom of the page... TOLL FREE in USA 1- 877-SMCCREA Dice Cards for Math (TM) Turn any board game into a math practice Dice Cards for English (TM) Turn any board game into practice of English grammar and vocabulary Dice Cards for ESOL (TM) Turn any board game into practice of ESOL lessons Dice Cards for Chemistry(TM) Turn any board game into practice Dice Cards for Physics(TM) Turn any board game into practice What do students love to play? Cards and board games. Backgammon is a form of probability analysis. Students need to evaluate the possibility of being able to avoid being hit. Monopoly, Parcheesi, Risk and other games use DICE to provide variety and chance. Why not ask the students to turn up two cards, one for each die, to see what the number is? The result of each card is between 1 and 6. For example 4 x 5 - 19 = (and the answer is NOT given on the card) (Square Root of 49) - 1 A sample from the Chemistry Dice Card >>> The number of missing letters is typically the roll of the die. If students can't figure it out, they set the card aside and pick another one. The cards that are set aside become the homework or classwork, where students help each other learn the answers to the cards. You can turn any game into an educational experience if you have enough cards! So purchase the Dice Cards from Stephan McCrea Marketing. Mail your check to S McCrea PO Box 30555 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33303-0555 Sample of English Die Card >>> Answers a) 1 b) 6 Also Available: World's Largest Multiplication Table From 12 to 20 and 2 to 21 12 feet tall, 9 feet wide Also included: World's Second Largest Multiplcation Table (6 feet tall by 5 feet wide) The pages of the table are removed or photocopied from the book Each page has a marker in case the numbers get out of sequence. OR the teacher can hide the code for keeping the numbers in order and mix the numbers ... then ask the students to put the numbers in order. A good activity for a gym or other large space. Minimum space needed for the largest table: 18 feet x 12 feet, to allow space for walking around and speace between the columns. It's okay to leave out a row or column and ask students to estimate the numbers that should appear in that missing column or row .....................>>>>>>> Write with your suggestions: englishlesson@mail.com www.teacherxpress.com www.teacherexpress.com www.whatdoyaknow.com www.creatingthefuture.org MATH RAP!......................................................by MIC.........>>> Cool Art by GC Figueroa ----------------------------------->>> GYM MATH Mathematical Dicecards Dice for Education -- Educational Dicecards (TM) Dice for Classroom Use -- Classroom Dicecards (TM) Make your own dicecards (TM) a) if you don't call them dicecards, then you will avoid the trademark issue! b) cut cards that are 2 inches by 4 inches (5 cm by 10 cm) and write formulas or questions. MATH: write a formula that gives 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, or 6 as the answer VERBAL: The number of spaces in the answers are the number of spaces that the die card shows. Example: The author of Huckleberry Finn is Mark T___n WAI is missing, so the Dicecard(TM) total is 3. |
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| Math With Playing Cards Level 1: Addition Level 2: Subtraction Level 3 Subtraction and Addition Level 4: Multiplication of pairs Level 5: Mixed Multiplication, Addition and Subtraction Level 6: exponent (choose one card and make it the base for an expoent such as Squared or Raised to the Third Power (cubed). Example: If the cards are 2, 5, 7 and 9, the answer is “2 squared x 5 + 7 – 9 = 10 +7 minus 9 = 10 – 2 = 8. Level 7: Square roots: 2 x 5 - 7 + Square Root of 9 Level 8: Each level can be made INTERMEDIATE by giving face cards the following values J = 11, Q = 12 and K = 13 plus A = 14 Each level can be made ADVANCED by giving face cards any of the following values J = 14 or 15, Q = 16 or 17 and K = 18, 19 or 20 A= 21 or 22. To aid the students (especially the students who depend on visual cues (like me!)), I create a playing board, 8.5" x 11" to guide students. You can print it HERE Statement of Authenticity and Copyright Protection All of these ideas are copyright Steve McCrea. I haven’t seen these any place that encourages the playing of cards. This visual math procedure brings card playing into the classroom as a legitimate LMITED USE passive learning device. Card playing will be limited to 15 minutes at the end of the class. [card] x [card] + [card] - [card] Example 2,5, 8, 9 2 x 5 + 8 - 9 = 10 + 8 - 9 = 10 -1 = 9 9 x 8 + 5 - 2 = THREE OR TWO-HAND GAMES Four-Hand card playing students. IF a three-hand is being played, the students decide which operation will be ignored. For examplke, in level 4, multipliation of pairs can be turned into multiply 2 cards in three ways, if a 2 5 and 7 are played, then 2x7, 2x5 and 5x7 are calculated. Variations These are activities that don’t require any props, just the teacher’s reminding and drilling. Carol Zimmerman’s Rules Every student should be skilled at giving change from a $20 bill. Every student should be able to tell time from a Circular clock, not a digital clock Every student should be able to do multiplication and subtration without a calculator for all numbers between 2 and 12. Even 11 x 12= 12 plus 120… or 110 plus 22. How to prctice with a digital clock. If the time reads 11:18, then the student must give change from a $20: $20 – 11.18 = 82 cents… 19 – 11 = 8… so $8.82. |