CECmath.46 TITLE: Math Jeopardy AUTHOR: Stephanie Bennett, Big Lake Elementary; Big Lake, Alaska GRADE LEVEL: Appropriate for grades 4-12 OVERVIEW: When teaching subjects which require practice to better comprehend concepts and principles, I use this game which can be adapted to any subject to keep students actively involved in the learning process. I will be explaining the game using Math as the subject taught/reinforced. OBJECTIVE(s): Students will be able to: 1. Work independently as well as a team to solve math problems presented on the game board. 2. Student will be able to stand in front of group to solve the problem given by explaining steps necessary to solve problem. 3. Students will gain a better understanding of the concepts by seeing how others solve problems. 4. Students will be actively involved in learning. RESOURCES/MATERIALS: One game sheet for each student, chalkboard, chalk, and pencils. ACTIVITIES AND PROCEDURES: 1. Copying the format of the game sheet, draw a large game sheet on the chalk board. Leave space on one side of the game board to place the team group numbers( A,B,C,...) of the number of groups that will participate in the game. Leave a space large enough for a person to perform the math problem so that the entire group can see the work. 2. On your game sheet, there are six spaces( categories) at the top of the sheet. Depending on the skills that you wish to use, fill in the top category spaces with pertinent categories. (ex. adding 4 digit numbers, multiplication of 3 digit numbers, and so on ). I usually use recent skills and loop past skills which have been taught to reinforce concepts. 3. Finish filling in your master game sheet so that under the category headings you have varying levels of difficulty of the skill. For example, if your category heading for #1 is "addition" next to the space marked "10" you would place the easiest problem until you reach "50" where that would be the most difficult level problem in that category. Do the same for the other categories on the board. ACTIVITIES: 1. Divide students into teams of equal numbers and try to vary the abilities of the students for the first time. Assign a team name/number. 2. Distribute a game sheet to each student. Place name on sheet to be collected later by teacher for assessment. 3. Have students decide who will be the scorekeeper for their group. The scorekeeper will go to the board with he person whose turn it is for their group. Their job is to be silent, but to write the point amounts in the proper space and to write the problem given in the correct category box on the board. 4. One person from the first team goes to board and selects a category and a point amount. At this time, all students write the problem on their sheets and solve. They will not know exactly which problem they will get until then. They must show all work and when asked what the answer is by the teacher, if the answer is correct, then they must explain how they accomplished the correct answer. Their scorekeeper places the points gained under the proper team number and writes the correct problem on the large game board and places an 'x' through the problem. 5. The game continues in this way until every person on the team has a turn. Then tally points to determine the winner. for variety, you can secretly place double Jeopardy points in selected boxes, but don't let them know until they ask for that specific box during their turn. JEOPARDY ANSWER SHEET - SUBJECT Dates Played: * - needs review Category> l#1 l#2 l#3 l#4 l#5 l#6 l Question l l l l l l l VALUE l l l l l l l ------------------------------------------ l l l l l l l 10 l l l l l l l l l l l l l l ------------------------------------------ l l l l l l l 20 l l l l l l l l l l l l l l ------------------------------------------ l l l l l l l 30 l l l l l l l l l l l l l l ------------------------------------------ l l l l l l l 40 l l l l l l l l l l l l l l ------------------------------------------ l l l l l l l 50 l l l l l l l l l l l l l l ------------------------------------------ FINAL JEOPARDY - Category: FINAL JEOPARDY - Question: FINAL JEOPARDY - Answer: