Running Away With the Answer!
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Name of Activity: Running Away With the Answer!
Academic content: math
Purpose of Activity: This activity allows for children to see all the different combination of numbers that can be used to equal a sum.
Prerequisites: knowledge of simple addition problems and the skill of jumping jacks, sit-ups, push-ups, and jumping rope
Suggested Grade Level: 3-5
Materials Needed: index cards (8 Sets of cards 1-20), chalkboard/wipe-off board, 8 hula hoops, jump ropes (1 for each student), scratch paper and pencil, a cone for each group
Physical activity: various locomotor skills & fitness activities
Description of Idea The students will be assigned to groups of 3-4 and will perform an activity in which they will collect a certain number of cards that total a specific number. The students, one at a time, will place those cards in a hula hoop from a larger number to a smaller number. (i.e., 15, 11, 5, 4). A physical activity will be performed upon completion of this task. Student groups will be standing behind an assigned cone - around the perimeter of the room. The teacher will scatter the index cards in the center of the gym. Before the teacher gives the "goal number," (s)he will tell the students how many cards they have to collect to form the "goal number" and their ending activity. For example, the teacher will tell the students each group will need to collect four cards and they will be performing push-ups. (The physical activity task would be four push-ups.) The teacher will announce the goal number of 35 and they will have to collect 4 cards that total a sum of 35 (i.e, 15, 11, 5, 4 is one possible solution). Upon direction from the teacher, each team member, one at a time, will run to the middle to collect a card. When the group has collected the assigned number of cards which total the goal number, they place those cards in the hula hoop from largest to smallest and perform the physical activity task. When the teacher observes a group performing a task, (s)he goes to that group, and upon completion of the task, assigns them a new problem to perform. Additionally, (s)he takes the group's index cards and places them in the middle of the room. This is a continuous activity.
Possible Problems:
Goal Number: 34 / 5 Cards / /Ending Activity:5 Push-ups / Possible Answer: 15, 10, 4, 3, 2 25 / 6 / Cards / Ending Activity:6 Sit-ups / Possible Answer: 10, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 40 / 6 Cards / Ending Activity:6 Jumping Jacks / Possible Answer: 20, 7, 5, 4, 3, 1 20 / 5 Cards / Ending Activity:5x's Jumping Rope / Possible Answer: 9, 5, 3, 2, 1
Variations: For younger children, make the number smaller.
Adaptations for Students with Disabilities: The ending activity can be modified for a student with a physical disability.
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