Hooda Math Blog

Two Week Shopping Street Challenge

Beth Esposito — Sun, 11 Apr 2010 21:51:34 +0000

The two week Shopping Street challenge just ended in my class after a largely successful competition. I’m pretty excited about many of the unexpected outcomes that occurred as a result of this challenge.

I have a set of girls who are very competitive, especially if I’m involved in the competition.

The goal was to pass all levels of the shopping street game. When we first started the competition my girls could pass all the levels of Houston, but none of my students could pass the first level of Chicago. By the end of the two week challenge we had three girls who passed all the levels of New York.

Even once the girls passed the more challenging levels they continued playing the game as they wanted to achieve the bonus at the end of each level. One thing that kept my girls motivated was to have them organize their choices and keep track of the resulting outcomes. My students quickly realized that they could keep better track of their data if they only change one variable at a time.

This is in alignment with the science standards for middle grades. I also appreciated how this challenge took place outside my class time, but the discussions about the challenge were taking place in class and in the hall during passing. I have noticed a new appreciation for problem solving and strategic planning with students. My girls now have their sights set for a new challenge and another opportunity to beat their teacher on one of the fun games on Hooda Math.

Chat Noir

Michael — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 14:53:44 +0000

Play Chat Noir! Play Chat Noir! Trapping a Noir (black) Chat (cat) has never been so hard. Make sure the Chat Noir doesn’t get away by clicking on the circles.

Flood Fill

Michael — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 14:42:09 +0000

Play Flood Fill! Play Flood Fill! Use logic to fill each area with 1 of 4 colors. Make sure your flood fill colors always differ from connecting flood fill colors.

Tug Team Tractor Multiplication

Michael — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 17:13:22 +0000

Play Tug Team Tractor Multiplication! A multi-player game that allows students from around the world join teams to play tug of war with tractors while practicing their multiplication facts.

Hide Caesar

Michael — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 17:05:53 +0000

Play Hide Caesar! Drop construction materials on Caesar the coin. Make sure you hide him well before the bricks start falling.

Princess Math

Michael — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 03:02:31 +0000

Princess Math is the newest game in our series of Math Dress-Up Games. We think it is our best. Unlike our past games, in Princess Math the player can choose which arithmetic operation they would like to work on. So don’t hesitate and try out or share Princess Math soon.

Dress Up Sale

Michael — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 22:22:25 +0000

The newest addition to Hooda Math.com is another Math Dress Up Game. This time the Math Dress Up game is including decimals and percents. Try it out for yourself. This game is quite difficult, so if you need to your students can play it in easy mode. In easy mode the player no longer has to worry about the percent off tags and focus on adding up the decimals. I hope you find this new math dress up game as a great way to solidify decimal and percent knowledge. Play Dress Up Sale today!

The Counting Game

Michael — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 13:48:59 +0000

Skip counting is often used as a tool to work towards mastery of the multiplication table. In search for a game that helps students practice skip counting in a fun way, I came across The Counting Game at LearningPlanet.com. I use the game as a warm-up in the computer lab. My students must complete level 6 and have at least 5,000 points at the chosen skip counting number of the day. The Counting Game is not perfect for the usual skip counting for multiplication mastery, but it also can be used for addition number sense. The Counting Game forces students to think about adding single digits starting at random numbers. I often find my students struggle with this basic skill (for example 36 + 7), and The Counting Game helps them practice this in a fun and challenging way.

Free Online Math Assessment Test

Michael — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 12:24:39 +0000

Hooda Math has created an invaluable tool for any math teachers classroom. Imagine if your students could go online take a multiplication timed test and the percent, time, and incorrect answers were all emailed directly to you, the teacher. Well it now exists, and Hooda Math is not going to charge you a dime for it: Math Timed Tests

Free Math Worksheets, get them while they are hot!

Michael — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 21:59:09 +0000

Hooda Math finally added a section of its site dedicated to Math Worksheets that can be used with the games on Hooda Math. I recently tested out the Dress Up Addition Worksheet and even the boys wanted to fill one out. There is something magical about the computer that makes students want to do school work .

Click Here for the Math Worksheets page.