A great game with 3 variations and 20 problem and answer cards!
This game is a fun game that reinforces evaluating order of operations with various grouping symbols. Designed for 5th grade, the game contains 20 problem cards, 20 answers cards. and directions for 3 different ways to play. Students can choose which game they would like to play or a teacher can vary the game based on needs of students.
May play with 2 – 4 players. I printed the cards off on card stock and laminated them to make them more durable to use year after year.
4 of the cards from the Order of Operations game
It is currently on my store at the following site. A great review for 6th grade and works as a homeschool game, a whole class game or a math center file folder game.
Place Value and Large Numbers – both give some of my students anxiety at the beginning of the year. We usually spend a couple of days reviewing previous knowledge of large numbers to the thousands place, while moving that knowledge along to the millions, billions and trillions.
This game was designed for my students to play while in small groups. The goal is a fun way for them to review and practice reading and comparing large numbers.
In this game, students take turns rolling dice. Each dice roll, gives the students a number to be placed in one of their empty place value positions. They can then put this number anywhere they want while also trying to figure out where it would give them the smallest or largest value, depending on the variation of the game.
Included in this game are directions for three different variations; partners competing to see who builds the largest number, smallest number or reads it correctly. There is also a score sheet at the end.
In round 1, student each roll the dice 4 times, trading turns between each roll, to build a number to the thousands place. If the teacher tells the students to get the largest number, the student whose number has the largest value will win the round and receive 1 point while their partner earns 0 points. As an added bonus, I tell my students they must also read their number out loud correctly to their partner. This helps my students build up their fluency of reading large numbers.
The rounds are designed to increase in difficulty as the game progresses. In round 1 students are playing to the thousands place, however rounds 4-10 they are playing to the millions place. My 5th graders loved it this year and it provided a great way to review those place value skills.
This is a free game on my teachers pay teachers store. All you need to do… Add dice!
Perfect for 4th & 5th Grade and that extra challenge to the those 3rd graders who need it! Enjoy!
Zelda was another major game in my son’s life. We have played all of them and have spent many hours and days enjoying this game. Of course, we had to throw some Zelda decorations in!
My friend is quite talented and pulled the picture of the “Will Cut Grass for Rupees” sign from another birthday party. I believe she may have gotten the idea from here. (Zelda Birthday Party) She used poster board and markers to make the sign below. I made the green, red and blue jello cups to represent the Chu Jellies and my husband made the cool label below.
Since we were in an arcade and it was a gaming theme, the small cups on the side held chocolate quarters which represented the tokens for the games. Each kid got a chocolate token cup to eat or take home.
Zelda Themed Chu Jellies
We served Hawaiian Punch for drinks. To add some Zelda to it, my husband made these labels to represent the Health & Mana. The canister set was bought at Wal-Mart (Pioneer Woman – but any will do)
Health & Mana Juice made from Hawaiian Punch in a Pioneer Woman Canister Set!
Special thanks to this amazing blog for giving me the following idea. To make this banner, I googled images of 8-bit Zelda heart containers. Using Microsoft Publisher, I made the heart large and sent the image to Office Depot. They printed the image out on card stock so all I had to do was cut out the hearts, and glue some twine onto the back. I used a wii remote to estimate how far between each heart. The result is below.
Zelda banner made on card stock and twine
With a Zelda throw in complete, it was time for some Pac-Man decorations! What gaming party would be complete without Pac-Man?? My son and I played this quite a bit when he was younger. So our cake and table was set up using white cupcakes as the pellets, and yellow cupcakes as the power pellets. We put a yellow cupcake on the corner of the tables. The cake was set up as Pac-Man eating the pellets. We even put 18 candles inside the 18 cupcakes so he had to blow them all out around the table!
To make the cake, I just baked a circle cake and cut a triangle out of it. I used chocolate cake mix and frosted the outside yellow. The result is below.
Pac-Man cake eating the pellet cupcakes!
The rest of the table
With some Nerdy Nummies Gameboy Ice Cream Sandwiches (I forgot to get a picture, they were gone so fast, however I am attaching her link here) and some Hershey wrapped Super Nintendo candy bars, the decorations and food were complete. (The Hershey bars were made with a Super Nintendo image printed out large and taped around a Hershey bar)
The kids loved seeing all of the games that they grew up with and my 18 year old son was super happy.
Putting it all together!
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My oldest son decided on a gaming theme for his birthday this year. Since he was turning 18, I decided to do a throwback to all the games he liked to play as a kid. Pokemon was huge in his life and he still loves it. So it made sense to do a few party favors Pikachu style!
The following treats were made using yellow bunny Peeps, a red edible marker, and black icing for the ears. Sucker sticks were inserted inside each Peep and then into a foam block. I used red, white and black paint to paint the foam block to look like a Pokeball. The middle “button” was made from a small piece of paper with black tape around it.
Birthday Pikachu Peeps!
Mario is another huge game that he played while growing up. So I began searching for ideas to make something Mario themed. Nerdy Nummies is one of our favorite channels to watch on YouTube. My youngest son even bought me the cookbook for Mother’s Day. The chef on that show is absolutely amazing! I have nowhere near her talent but thought I would try and copy her recipe for Mario Rice Krispy Treat Stars. Mine didn’t turn out as nearly as good as hers, but we did have fun attempting to make them and then painting the foam block to mimic dirt. The boys loved them!
If you want to check out the original stars, I am adding the link below.
This year, instead of making our cake, we ordered one from our local bakery. Since our troops are multi-level, we wanted something to represent everyone. Harps, the bakery that made the cake, had made a similar cake for another troop in town. We took the picture in and they went to work. The finished product was amazing! The full sheet, 1/2 chocolate, 1/2 white, was enough to give everyone a piece that they could enjoy.
Since we meet at a local school, we usually use the stage to bridge our girls. A co-leader decided to hand make a bridge that the girls could actually walk across. The result turned out amazing and our girls loved it! We even bridged our first group of seniors!
Bridging Bridge!
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The girls decorated their table with diamonds, gold nuggets and shells
Once the hut and flag were created, it was time to decorate our table. The girls used table cloths that represented each color of the flag. In their research, they found out that Ghana was a major producer of diamonds and gold. So… how do we make decorations with gold nuggets and diamonds?
Diamonds – easy! A bag of party decorations from Hobby Lobby fixed this or from Amazon.
Facts were next! The girls wrote their facts that they discovered on colored pieces of paper and glued them on their board. This board sat directly behind the diamonds, nuggets and shells.
Ghana Fact Board
Next…. On to our food treat!
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Our Cadettes wanted to create a version of a mud hut to represent Ghana at our World Thinking Day.
Traveling Girl Scouts could walk into the back of the hut and get their picture made in the window. There was a small ladder inside so smaller girls could look out the window.
There was room for about 3 girls inside.
Our girls created their version of a mud hut – made out of paper mache, cardboard, expanding foam and mud.
We started this process with a large cardboard box. To make it thicker and sturdier, the girls used paper mache and added two layers.
Using paper mache to add two additional layers to the box.
While the paper mache was wet, we used lent and expanding foam to make it look like clumpy mud and give it texture.
Adding the lent to the box
Once the layers began to dry, the paint came next. We painted a coat of white primer to the outside and then added some brown and black mixed. We used spray paint to cover parts of the expanding foam.
For the finishing touches, sticks were added to frame the window and the straw roof was made by cutting up a Hawaiian skirt. Adding a drum that the girls made and used in their entertainment piece along with the flag completed the hut. The girls loved it and were quite proud of how it turned out.
Currently the hut is in our garage, but we are thinking about reusing and making into a Gingerbread House for our Christmas parade float.
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This was another small set from Target with 43 pieces. It comes with a mini figure and a battle mech robot. Unfortunately since this post has been published, I haven’t been able to find it at Target but it is still available through Amazon. LEGO, Ninjago, Anacondrai Battle Mech (30291) Bagged – It was an easy build for my son and looks perfect in his Lego collection.
This elephant came from the Classic Lego Creator Set. My son received instructions in the 1500 piece box set – Click here to see or purchase it from Amazon. He turned out super cute!
I am going to try and put pictures of the directions below.
This particular microfighters set was a nice addition to our Lego Star Wars collection. As my son pretends battle on Hoth, the legs of the AT-AT actually bend down to collapse as they are pretend shot or walking. With only 88 pieces, it was a quick build for him but super fun to play with. Comes with a mini figure fighter.
– It was an easy build for my son and looks perfect in his Lego collection.
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