Math Lesson Plan
Theme: Mental Math With Cards


Math Concepts: Subtration and Addition


Objective: Children will practice and master quick subtraction and addition facts


Grade Level: Third Grade


Materials: A deck of cards for every group of three students.


Activity:
    1. Students should be placed in groups of three.

    2. Students in each group should sit in the shape of a triangle with the deck of cards in the middle.

    3. Student 1 and student 2 are the guessers.  They each take the top card of the deck without looking at at.

    4.  Student 3 then calls "salute", which is the guessers signal to place there card facing out at there forhead.  

    5.  Student three quickly adds the two guessers cards together and tell says the total out loud.

    6.  Students 1 and 2 then race to say the value of their card by subtracting there opponents card from the total of the two cards.

    7.  Sutdents then rotate roles around the cirlcle so everone has a chance to do everything.  

Links To Other Math Lesson Plans:
Math War
Math Skeeball
Easter Egg Hunt
Math Scramble
Bingo Blitz

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