20 Strategies for Teaching Math

1. Videos- play fun videos explaining what the students are learning in math that day.

2. Manipulatives- physical objects that are used as teaching tools to engage students in
the hands-on learning of mathematics.

3. Flash cards- place math terms for the week on flash cards. The students can refer to
them to study the terms.

4. Reading articles- the students can read articles or books about the math content they
are learning that day.

5. Math puzzles- crosswords and word searches allow students to see the frequency of
their math vocabulary. They may also complete math riddles to get their brain
working hard before the day starts.

6. Learning centers- tools, materials, and other programs combined into a center to
enable students to discover and develop their mathematical confidence and ability.

7. Dice games (using the numbers)- the numbers on the dice can be used to incorporate
numbers for anything. The simplest thing would be to use the numbers and apply them
to problems that are based on the lesson the students are learning that day.

8. Math apps- math apps allow students to practice math on their own. They can be
downloaded to computers, ipads, phones etc. They allow students to practice math
skills on their own. They can practice their facts, fractions, clocks, vocab, etc.

9. Math bingo- the caller will have a pre-made list of math questions related to whatever
math topic the bingo game is covering. The caller reads off one question at a time and
allow the players to put their markers on one of the squares on their card if the answer
matches.
10. Math concentration game- there could be numbers, math problems, both, etc. The
students take turns and flip over two cars. They try to match the cards by remembering
where they are.

11. Math scavenger hunt- challenge your students to see who can find the most items from
the list. In this case the list contains mathematical concepts such as counting, shapes,
or fractions, as seen in everyday components of the real world.

12. Board games into math games- Bobble Jr, Mathopoly, sum swamp, pizza fractions,
etc. Board games can be turned into a math theme. These makes learning math fun to
learn.

13. Math War or Top-It- students split a deck of cards evenly. They will both flip a card
over, the person with the highest number gets the cards.

14. Math problems on bottle caps when flipped over- students will pick a bottle cap.
When they flip it over, they will have to solve the problem.

15. Baseball or football math- students will draw a math problem from the pile of cards on
the table. When the student gets the problem right, they will move so many yards on
the football field.

16. Dominoes math- students aim to be the first to play all of their dominoes by matching
the number of dots on one end to an open end of the board.

17. Fact family triangles- are sets of three numbers that can be divided, multiplied, added,
or subtracted together and they help develop the understanding of the relationship
between multiplication and division or addition and subtraction.

18. Math power towers- any type of cup that you write the equation on the inside and the
answer on the outside (bottom) and then have students take the cups, look inside and
solve, check outside and if correct they add the cup to a structure they are building.

19. Math songs- songs about the math content they are learning can be played to help
engage students in the content or summarize the lesson.

20. Password- give the students name tags that have a math problem on it. Students

cannot talk to them unless they call them by the answer of their math problem.