Printable Gameboard for Traffic Lights

Activities Beginning of School Year game Julie Morgan NRICH printable Rainbow Logic SMART Board

Printable Gameboard for Traffic Lights

As schoolhouse starts this week, I'm looking forwards to didactics my novel ninth graders (yes, I am didactics ninth graders for 5 of half dozen periods over again this year) to play Traffic Lights. As I wrote inward my giant 21 Ideas for the First Week of School post, I learned of this game from Rainbow Logic to play this game. This year, I decided it deserved its ain laid upward of game boards. :)

Here's what I came upward with:

I printed the game boards 2 to a page in addition to laminated them in addition to then my students volition live on able to play alongside red/yellow/green bingo chips. 

Another means I'm changing things upward this twelvemonth is demonstrating how to play the game using my SMARTBoard instead of my document camera. I made an interactive version of the game using i of my favorite SMARTNotebook tools - Infinite cloner! I volition permit the class operate together to drive in addition to musical rhythm out me earlier they e'er initiative of all playing their ain partners.

You tin download the file for the gameboards in addition to the SMARTNotebook file for the drag in addition to driblet version here.

Make a Million Dry Erase Template

Activities Algebra 1 Beginning of School Year Dry Erase Pockets game Julie Morgan lessons Math Concepts printable

Make a Million Dry Erase Template

Last year, I learned nearly an activity called "21 Ideas for the First Week of School post. 

I'll allow Julie explicate the game! 

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This summer, I decided that I would brand a dry out erase template for my students to purpose every bit nosotros played. Drawing the 12 boxes to house numbers inwards ever took my students FOREVER.


My students' operate was but a picayune every bit good messy for my liking.



Plus, but about kids would desire to redraw the boxes EVERY SINGLE TIME.

Here's the template I came upwards with:

 I printed off a degree laid upwards together with slid them into our dry erase pockets (affiliate link).

We tried them out Wed inwards both Algebra 1 together with Math Concepts. This activity went smoother than it ever has before. And, I reach the credit to the template. We were able to get-go playing correct away!  My kids were super competitive, together with I gave a tootsie curlicue to the educatee whose amount was closest to ane one thou 1000 each turn. 

 Want the template to purpose amongst your ain students? You tin download a re-create here.