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I created The Great Quadrant Guessing Game several years ago to give my Pre-Calculus students some extra practice determining which quadrant of the coordinate plane was represented by two trigonometric facts. The Great Quadrant Guessing Game For example, in which quadrant is the sine of an angle positive while the cosine of the same angle …

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Sadly, I’m finding that a lot of my go-to review games from the past six years at my old school just aren’t working for my new school. Having 30 students in a class is very different from having 10-16 students in each class. One game that has been working well this year has been ZAP. …

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I used this balloon pop review game to help engage my math concepts class in some much-needed equation solving review. I like this review game because it is low-prep and can be used with virtually any topic that you are looking to review! My Math Concepts class is a class for 9th graders who have …

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I created this predicting products review game to give my physical science students some much needed practice predicting the products of chemical reactions. We combined this review with a bit of basketball to make a fun review game. My physical science students have been working on predicting products of reactions.  For our first day of …

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[Today’s guest post is by Lisa Winer.  She has been blogging about teaching math at Eat Play Math since 2014!  Her blog posts are always so enjoyable to read, and I love how personal and vulnerable she allows herself to be in her writing.  I definitely recommend that you check out her blog.  You can …

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This leap frog review game is fast-paced and fun. It works great for any math topic where students have a limited choice of possible answers. I learned about this review game while attending a session titled “Taking the Practice Out of the Worksheet” by Judy Schwarz of Moore Public Schools at the Oklahoma Council of …

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This Four in a Row Review Game was inspired by Fawn Nguyen. There are the days when I spend hours crafting an awesome practice activity for my students.  Then, there are the days where I show up to school and need to figure out what all 3 preps are doing for the day during my …

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This Risk Review Game was inspired by Julie Morgan. She calls the game “Risk It All.” I’ve done a paper-based version of RISK before, but this was my first time using it with dry erase boards.  I played this with 5/6 of my classes on Wednesday.  Each class proclaimed that the game was fun and …

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Place Your Bets is a review game I created to spice up our end-of-year review for our state end-of-instruction exam.  I have a gambling problem. No, it’s not what you think.  I’m actually not a gambler.  I’ve never set foot in a casino in my life.  Though, my student council kids certainly tried to get …

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