Boggle Warm-Up

I found this idea on pinterest and knew my kiddos would love it! Surprisingly, most of them had never played boggle before, but they have all caught on quick. For those of you who have never played, it is basically a word search with more liberal rules.

I usually set the timer for 5 minutes, and let the kids list as many words as they can find using dry erase markers on their desk (did you know they could do that?? they love the novelty of writing on their desks; and the markers wipe away easily!). I usually give a prize for the most words and longest word found. My students beg to do this!

Even better, cost: a little over $1 (magnetic letters $1 at Dollar Tree & painters tape)

~Mrs. Scott

Math Warm-Up: Guess Who

My 8th graders love this game for a warm-up! It basically works like the game Guess Who, or 20 Questions.

I print copies of the above image and put them in sheet protectors with a dry erase marker for each student. Students take turn asking yes/no questions to try to figure out which number I chose while marking out numbers that it can't be. The first student who correctly guesses my number wins a prize.

This is great for teaching number sense and vocabulary for my tutoring groups. Some example questions the students could ask are:
- Is it even/odd?
- Is it prime/composite?
- Is it a multiple of ...?
- Is it a factor of...?
- Is it less/greater than...?

I am going to make a decimal and fraction version of this as well, and maybe even try the periodic table.
~Mrs. Scott