Freeze Tag Multiplication

Title: Freeze Tag Multiplication

Authors: April Harvey and Katie Law

Grade: 2^nd - 3^rd

Integrated disciplines: Physical Education

NE Standards:

4.2.1 By the end of fourth grade, students will estimate, add, subtract, multiply,

and divide whole numbers without and with calculators and solve word problems.

Objectives:

	To successfully answer multiplication facts up to 9.
	To play the freeze tag game with control and structure.

Assessment:

	When they get tagged by the person who is “it” they will answer a multiplication problem in order to get unfrozen.
	The game will have set rules and an objective to it and the girls will make that up and follow it.

Provision for special needs:

We will help any students who have trouble with running or with their multiplication facts.

Materials:

Wide open space outside

Flashcards

Procedures:

Springboard (Anticipatory Set): Students will set rules for the game of Freeze Tag Multiplication. They will start off by standing in a line side by side each other. We will hold up a flashcard and the person who answers it the fastest is it that time.

Activities:

T: Hold up flashcard and the person who answers it the fastest is “it.”

S: Answer the flashcard and run while the person who is “it” counts to 20.

S: The student who is “it” tags other students and they freeze.

T: While students are frozen we will walk around and give them flashcards to answer until they are all unfrozen. Then they go back to the game.

T: The last person who gets tagged is the next one who is “it.”

Closure:

The students will hopefully get along with each other while they play this game and complete the objectives they set in the beginning of the game. They will also review their multiplication facts and get exercise while they are doing it.

References: None