Description
Are your students struggling to master order of operations? Incorporate these 4 PEMDAS or GEMS math games into your unit plans to help your students practice order of operations. Each game has a recording sheet to hold student accountable. Students will solve over 100 order of operation problems with these four math centers.
This PEMDAS Math Game Bundle Includes:
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Teacher Tips
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Direction Pages
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2 Order of Operations Board Game
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Order of Operations Matching Game
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PEMDAS or Order of Operations Leveled Shape Activity
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Student Recording Sheets
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Answer Keys
Standard Covered: 5.OA.A.1 Use parentheses, brackets, or braces in numerical expressions, and evaluate expressions with these symbols.
What’s the best way to use these board game?
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Math Centers or Stations
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Whole Group Practice
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Morning Work
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Early Finisher Activities
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Substitutes
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Send home to engage students’ families
Tips for Playing these Math Games:
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Read the directions to the students and model how to play.
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Be prepared with dice/spinner and game pieces for each player (paperclips, pencil top erasers, pieces from another game, etc.)
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Every student should solve every problem – not just the person who rolls.
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Create groups of 2-4 students. The lower number of students means the more focused students are while playing.
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Remind students that the focus is not playing the game but that’s just an added bonus! The focus should be on practicing math skills.
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Show students how to compare and discuss answers. Did you both get the same answer? If students get different answers, ask them to solve the problem using a different strategy or help coach each other through the problem.
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Do your students need math practice? Students will be playing a game and will often forget that they are even practicing math skills! Research shows that challenge-based gamification in the classroom leads to an increase of 34.755% in student performance (ScienceDirect, 2020).
The best part? Your students will quickly learn the instructions to play the board game and will get right to work on playing (and practicing) their math skills. This resource is easy to use and requires very little prep. It’s also printer friendly so you’ll only use black ink!
★ Printer Friendly Resource! All pages are in black ink ONLY. If you are looking to add color, feel free to print on colorful cardstock.
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