Interdisciplinary Teaching- This blog was started as a way of using journals and games in physical education class to enhance and connect the learning in math, language arts and science. Now that I am a science teacher I am finding ways to use physical activity to connect the learning in physical science.

Thursday, November 11, 2010

Math Games and Journaling

Count off to determine how many children are present.
Set up teams-even and odd

While dribbling balls call out number and have students group accordingly. Introduce concepts of multiplication.
While dribbling balls call out simple math problems(adding, subtracting, multiplication, division, factors) and students group accordingly. If students don't get answer the student does a determined amount of sit ups or push ups and then they return to game.

Have students shoot a basketball, soccer ball from predetermined spots. Each spot has a numerical value.  Have students add up. First student to predetermined number wins. Lower grades keep tally marks and add up makes only. Upper grades use multiplication (IE 5 times 10).

Students will write down in their journals how many push ups they complete in one minute. Students will add up how many push ups and sit ups they complete in the 2 minutes. they will enter it in their journals

  push ups 30 1/minute (have students keep in rows)
+push ups 30 1/minute
    pu 60 2/min     (use of abbreviations)

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