3. Three Ways to Improve Engagement
• Make math social: include collaboration and
discussion in every lesson
• Make practice fun: change the way students
practice the skills they need
• Let students create: change the way students
show their understanding
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4. Make Math Social
Two Keys:
• Collaboration: Students work together
• Discussion: Students talk to understand
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6. Leave the Worksheet Behind
• Apps and online games for practice
– Students work together
– 2:1 students : device works very well
• Transform the practice problems
– Use the problems from the worksheets or the text
for more engaging practice
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7. My Favorite Web Site
• www.gregtangmath.com
• Kakooma – weekly challenge
• Satis-fraction
• Funny Numbers
• Expresso
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9. My Favorite App
• Math Doodles
• Everything from ten frames to fractions
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10. Make it a game!
• www.getkahoot.com
– Use the problems from the text
– work in groups to collaborate and discuss
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11. Lanyard Math
• Use the problems from the text
• Every student wears a lanyard
with a math problem and
becomes the “expert” on that
problem
• Kids move around the room to
solve each others’ problems
and check the answers with the
“expert.”
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12. Use Dice or a Deck of Cards
• Practice skill with dice or cards
• Toss dice or pick cards:
– multiply or divide
– Add or subtract
– Create fractions
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13. Student as Creators
• Anything that students could do in writing, they
can do on a video
• Write scripts, not explanations!
• My favorite Apps:
– Explain Everything
– Tellagami
– iMovie video
– Smart Notebook (laptop, not iPad)
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18. Take some time to “play”
• Which of these ideas go with your curriculum?
• How can you use these with small groups?
• How can you extend your lessons?
• How can you provide extra practice?
• How can you use these ideas to engage your
students?
• How can these ideas provide more
collaboration and discussion?
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19. What questions do you have?
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