Week 6

This week I found an online game that I really liked to us with my students at school. It was called Timez Attack. This is an awesome game that practices multiplication facts with students. It is great for beginner students as well as a review and practice for experienced students that may need a little extra support. The game is an arcade style game that provides concrete representation of multiples and strengthens understanding on multiplication as repeated addition or skip counting. The students are able to work through it at their own speed and challenge levels that they feel confident with. I tried this game with my fourth graders and they love it. The students liked it so much that the computer lab teacher downloaded the free version on all of the lab computers for students in third, fourth, and fifth graders. They are so determined to bet the ogre in the game that they forget that they are practicing their multiplication facts. That is awesome!!!