Hands-On Math!: Ready-To-Use Games and Activities For Grades 4-8

Description

Here's a super treasury of 279 exciting math games and activities that help students learn by engaging both their minds and their bodies. Dispensing with tired "rote" learning and memorization, Hands-On Math! uses fun-filled exercises that encourage your students to think and reason mathematically. Illustrated, hands-on activities organized in natural concrete-to-abstract progressions give your students the tools they need to solve math problems, while encouraging them to think independently and apply math to their own lives. In line with the latest NCTM guidelines, this invaluable teacher's aid develops basic and advanced math skills through an effective combination of concrete exercises (manipulatives), pictorial models and cooperative learning experiences. For easy use, this handy resource is organized into the following eight sections, each covering concepts from a different area of mathematics. Review: Great book for hands on activities that are engaging - Great book for hands on activities that are engaging. It is also good for group activities and differentiating. There is a teacher guide page (examples and visuals) and student recording pages where necessary. The materials needed for each activity are basic. Review: great suppliment for your core curriculum - If you are looking for ideas for hands on lessons to help reinforce math, this is the book you want. ESL learners and special education students will benifit from the great visuals these ideas provide.