Great Function Machine Game! Great Partner Center Activity

Posted on June 1, 2011. Filed under: Assessment, Digital Learners, During the Guided Math Lesson, Elementary math, Guided math, Math Centers, virtual manipulatives | Tags: accountable talk, Assessment, function machine, Guided math, Math Centers, math talk, mathematical thinking, patterns, virtual manipulatives |

Here is a great game that can be used in a variety of ways.  First, I would use this with a small guided math group so that I could work with students about thinking about the input and output.  I would facilitate the discussion as the students took turns operating the machine.  Next, I would have students play this game with a partner at the computer center.  One partner would do the input and the other would have to explain what happened in the output.  Finally, I would have this as an individual center where students played by themselves.

Happy Mathing,

Dr. Nicki