Why
use them?
To
get the students' attention.
To
maximaize instructional time and minimize time
wasted during transitions.
To review important math vocabulary and
concepts.
ExamplesUse this list as a springboard to get started. This list is not grade level specific, but it is leveled from easier to harder examples.
Start each one by saying, "If you can hear my voice, please..."
• Clap the # of sides on a ___(geometric shape).• Show me on your fingers (SMOYF) the # of ___(sides, vertices, edges, faces, angles) on a ___(geometric figure).
• SMOYF the # of cents in a ___(penny, nickel, dime).
• SMOYF ___ (1 more, 1 less, 2 more, 2 less) than ___(any #).
• SMOYF ___ (1,2,3...) more / less than the # I'm showing you (you hold up a # on your fingers).
• SMOYF the ___(sum, difference, product) of ___ and ___ (include negative #'s for grades 4-6).
• Make a ___(right, acute, obtuse) angle with your arm.
• When I count to 3, please tell me the # of degrees in a right angle.
• Make a polygon with your fingers.
• SMOYF the ___(1st, 2nd, 3rd...) odd number.
• SMOYF the ___(1st, 2nd, 3rd...) even number.
• SMOYF the digit in the ___ place in the # written on the board.
• SMOYF the # of feet in a yard.
• SMOYF the # inches in half a foot.
• Tell me the # of ___(in., ft., mm., cm.) in a ___(ft., yd., cm., m.).
• SMOYF ___(1/2, 1/3, 2/3, 3/6, etc) of ___(any #).
• Show me a ___(horizontal, vertical) line with your arm.
• Show me parallel lines with your arms.
• Show me intersecting lines with your arms.
• Show me the direction of the ___(x or y) axis with your arm.
• Show me the square root of ___ (4, 9, 16, 25, 36. 49. 64. 81, 100) on your fingers.
• SMOYF the # of factors a prime # has.
• SMOYF the ___(1st, 2nd, etc) prime #.
• SMOYF ___10%, 20%, etc.) of ___(any #)
• (Have data on the board or overhead.) SMOYF the ___(range, mode, median, mean) of the data.