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iboard: Treasure Hunt

December 22, 2009December 22, 2009Kelly TenkelyLeave a Comment1839 views

What it is: Treasure Hunt is an interactive game where students practice following directions to coordinates on a grid. Students are given a set of directions that they must follow to find a hidden treasure. Directions are in the format of left, right, up, and down.

How to integrate Treasure Hunt into the classroom: Treasure Hunt gives students a platform to practice direction. Students are given directions such as take 3 steps right, take 1 step down, take 4 steps left, dig. If students have followed the directions correctly, they will reveal a hidden treasure. Use Treasure Hunt for a whole class game. Split students into two teams. Have each team form a line at the interactive whiteboard. Team one sends up their first player to follow the first direction, then the next player on team one takes a turn, etc. If they correctly follow directions and dig up a treasure their team receives a point. Repeat with team two. Students could also practice coordinates at a math center on the classroom computers.

Tips: iboard has a variety of activities for the interactive whiteboard that can be purchased. Treasure Hunt is one of their freebie samples.

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Splat Square

January 26, 2009Kelly Tenkely1 Comment13500 views

What it is: Splat Square is one of those very simple websites that you will end up using weekly in your math classroom. Splat Square is a 100 grid that starts out blank. There are different ‘splat’ colors on the right side of the screen. Choose a color and then click on the square, ‘splat’, the number is revealed with a splatter of colored paint. The interactive grid is wonderful for several applications in the math classroom.

How to integrate Splat Square into the classroom: Splat Square is perfect for use with an interactive whiteboard. Teach students to count by 2, 5, 10, etc. by ‘splatting’ those spaces as you count aloud as a class. Teach students the difference between odd and even numbers by color coding the 100 grid, prime numbers, skip counting, and ordinal counting can also be practiced with Splat Square. This is a great grid to use with the whole class with the students interacting with the grid on an interactive whiteboard. It can be used as a interactive math help center or individually in a lab setting. I like using the grid for whole class math games, I call out what rule I want the teams to follow and they can take turns at the board.

Tips: Share this one with parents, it can be a big help for your visual learners during math homework.

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