Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
An
SOL Math Review Game
Note: One of the
presenters gave out this CD-ROM with SOL review for math in grades 3 and
5. You can save the PowerPoint to your
computer. It is adaptable! You can
change the questions to relate to English, Math, Science, or Social
Studies. You can play with a small group
or project it onto a TV, Activboard, or video screen
for the whole class. It is a great way
to get the students interested. There is
a Jeopardy PowerPoint also attached. I
got ideas for this lesson from Lisa Eggleston’s packet entitled
“Mathematics: Strategies for Teaching
Limited English Proficient Students” that was released from the state in April
of this year.
Date: 7-18-04
Grade: 3, 4, or 5
Materials: Who
Wants to Be a Millionaire? Power Points (available under principle 6-Communication
and technology in this website)
LCD projector or Computer to TV hook-up
5 colored note cards for each student
in your class
1 small
wipe board or chalkboard for every other student
dry erase markers or chalk
Objectives: The student will be able to associate math
symbols with words in a math text.
The student will be able to write a numeric sentence from a
word problem.
The student will be able to share their findings in a small
group or classroom setting.
The student will be able to add, subtract, multiply, and
divide problems on grade level.
VA LEP Standards of Learning:
LEP
1.1 The student will demonstrate growth in the understanding and use of oral
language.
A. Understand a few words, phrases, and/or sentences with basic English grammatical forms.
B. Speak with a few words, phrases, and/or sentences with basic English grammatical forms.
E. Respond to simple directions.
LEP 1.4 The student will demonstrate an understanding that
print and signs convey meaning.
A. Identify common signs and logos.
F. Use prior knowledge to interpret pictures.
Warm-up:
1. Give
each student five colored note cards.
Divide the class into pairs or into small groups, depending on the
amount of non-native speakers in your class.
You will probably want to put one English native speaker in each
group.
2. Write
the addition, subtraction, division, multiplication, and equal symbols in clear
view for the class. Instruct each student to put one symbol on each card.
3. Give
students two minutes for each symbol to write as many words that they can think
of that indicate that symbol in a sentence.
Examples: addition-add, plus, combine, sum, total of, more than,
increased by, greater than
Subtraction-subtract, minus, less, less than, fewer than,
decreased by, difference, lower, take away, from, shorter
Multiplication- multiply, times, product, as a factor,
twice, double, triple groups of
Division: divide, divided by, quotient, separated into equal
groups, shard equally, over, into, how many groups
Equal- is, are, result, make
4. Students
will share results within the class.
Students should add class list to their own cards. The teacher may choose to give each student a
4-square to record their results in.
Procedure:
Let students choose
a partner in their class. One person
will be the reader/speaker. One person
will be the writer. Give each pair a
small chalkboard or wipe board. Load the
Who Wants to be Millionaire game for the appropriate grade level. Try to hook the computer to a projector or TV
where it can be easily viewed. As each
question is displayed, students will convert each word problem into a
mathematical number sentence. The pair
that receives the answer first will raise their hand to answer the
question. The teacher may want to record
the amount of money each teams receives for a winner.
Next choose one brave volunteer to sit in
the “hot seat.” Prizes may be awarded for receiving millionaire status.
Follow-up/assessment: Each student will submit a question that will
be used to make a new millionaire game.
Also, you can play Jeopardy with your class in a similar fashion that
the previous game was played.
This idea was used at our PTA meeting. They had a parents vs. students competition. 3/23/08