Flash Cards

• Cards with a term on one and a definition on the other could be used for:– Inside/outside circle– Hedbandz– Bingo– Jeopardy– Classify the cards into groups based on

characteristics of the word.– What is my shape (word)?– Word Toss

Inside-Outside Circle

• Pass out cards to every student, duplicate cards can be used

• Number off students by 1 or 2• 1’s form the outside circle, 2 form inside

circle• match up so that each person is paired up• Outside circle shares their word and

definition, inside circle does the same• SWITCH CARDS, outside circle rotate left

I Have… Who Has

• I have a right triangle who has an angle that is less than 90 degrees.

• Student created cards from words selected from student list.

• Students practice pronouncing words, speaking clearly and learning the definitions.

Hedbandz

Bingo

Create a 3 by 3 grid

• Pentagon

• Octagon

• Square

• Obtuse angle

• Hypotenuse

• Perimeter

• Perpendicular line

• Right triangle

• Obtuse angle

• diameter

Play Bingo

• Have students put the words on a bingo sheet.

• Teacher reads the definition

• Students place beans on the words that match the definition read by the teacher

• Winner says back the word and the definition or ..

• Students use the words in a sentence.

Classifying

• Provide students with vocabulary cards– Picture of shapes (concrete and visual)– Vocabulary words– Definitions– Any combination of the above

• Have the students place cards into categories– label the categories– see how other groups classified their cards or

regroup cards using a different criteria

Sort and Label the Words

Yard Quart Feet Ounce

Inch Scale Ruler Measuring cup

Pint Degree Mile Thermometer

Cup Pounds Gallon Ton

Create a Jeopardy Board

• Power Point Jeopardy

What’s My Shape (Word)?

• Place names of geometric shapes on a piece of paper. – Square, rhombus, parallelogram, rectangle, triangle,

trapezoid, quadrilateral, hexagon

• Each student has one piece of paper taped on their back.

• They move around the room, meet someone, they ask one yes or no question about properties of their shape

• Students may not ask is my shape a square.

Students Keep a Record

• My first question will be….

• I am asking this because…

• The answer to my question is …… 

• My next question will be …….

• Get an answer to the student’s question and answer a question from their partner.

• Continue until each student has their shape identified.

• Have students record– The question asked and answer– Why they asked the question– How does this effect the next question

• My shape is ______ because

What is My Number?

FractionDecimalPercent

• Handout one Word Toss game board, a die, and a set of vocabulary cards to each partner set or each small group.

• First player draws a card and rolls the dice.

• That player performs the task that corresponds to the die. The other partner/players coach and praise.

• Rotate play clockwise.

Non-Example

-1-

Sentence

(in context)

-2-

Synonym

(same)

-3-

Draw it

-4-

Description

(meaning)

-5-

Demonstrate it

-6-

Sing it

(word and your

description)

-1-

Act it out

-2-

Sculpt it

-3-

Draw it

-4-

Describe it

(meaning)

-5-

Fact or Fiction

-6-

Flash Cards

• This is a spreadsheet that will create cards that can be used for– Flash cards

• Could have term on one side, picture on the other

– Inside/outside circle– I have…who has….– Bingo– Jeopardy– Classify the cards into groups based on

characteristics of the word.