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Math Center | File Folder Games In the Math Center, there should be a supply of different types of manipulatives, such as counters, clocks, rulers, calculators, etc. Here are some activities for the Math Center. Dice Game: (Materials: two dice, pad, pencil) This activity should have at least two players. One student is appointed point keeper. Students take turns rolling the dice and adding, subtracting, or multiplying the numbers that appear on the dice. The players get points for each correct answer. The player with the most points wins! Card Game: (Materials: a deck of cards, pad, pencil) This activity is similar to the dice game. Usually, I like to have four students play this game. This activity is good when you need higher numbers (since it can go up to 10, 11, 12). The joker is 11, the queen is 12, the king is a "wild" card, and the ace is 1. Memory Time Game: (Materials: index cards, markers, clock stamp) You will need two sets of index cards. One set will have digital time and the second set will have clock time. Place the cards face down into rows and columns (just like the old Memory game). Students need to match the digital time to the clock time. Word Problem Books: (Materials: Student created word problems, dry erase marker, eraser/wipes) Students create word problems based on a holiday, subject, or theme. They must draw a picture to accompany the word problem. Laminate the pages and bind the pages into a book. Place in a basket/container/bag with dry eraser marker and eraser/wipes. Students choose a book and complete the problems. Then, the student uses answer key to correct their work.
File folder games are a fun and easy way for students to practice skills in different subject areas. Teacher stores sell books on file folder games. Here is how to create them: Photocopy the pages you want to use. Color the pictures and cut out the pieces that are to be glued on the file folder. The pieces that are left off the folder should not be cut. Laminate the folder and the remaining pieces of the games. Now you can cut the remaining pieces. Use velcro so the pieces can be attached to the folder. Use a sandwich bag that is glued or taped to the back of the folder to store the game pieces. And that's it. Many of the file folder books did not have activities that I was looking for. So, what I did was, I would choose a game I liked, whited-out the words from the pieces, wrote or typed my own words/sentences/etc. and photocopied them. Then I colored them and laminated them like any other file folder game. And that is how I created some of my own games. Here are some other file folder games that I created on my own: Handwriting File Folder: Using the green handwriting paper, I wrote the alphabet in manuscript/cursive handwriting (whichever one I was teaching at the time). That sheet was glued to the top half of the folder. Then a second blank green paper was glued to the bottom half of the folder. The front of the folder was decorated and labeled. The folder was then laminated. Students practiced handwriting by using a dry erase marker to write on the blank green paper or by tracing the letters written by me. Predicate File Folder: On the computer, several subjects (or sentence starters) are written followed by a line. This sheet was glued to the file folder. Then a second sheet with optional predicates was glued on the other half of the folder. Students use a dry eraser marker to finish the sentence by writing the correct predicate on the line. My dog Sammy ______________________. Worksheet File Folders: There have been times when I have been unable to make worksheets for the whole class due to problems with the copy machine, or insufficient supplies of paper, etc. Here's a way to introduce worksheets without having to make copies for the whole class. Either make 1 or several copies of a worksheet, paste it to a folder, and laminate. These folders can then be used to practice skills being learned or can be sent home for homework. You can buy File Folder Games here at Busy Teacher's Cafe!
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