Games in Math Expressions
A note from Dr. Karen Fuson, the author of Math Expressions
I completed a 5-year longitudinal study of Everyday Math. I found that
many teachers did not use the Everyday Math Games – which was
troublesome since most of the practice opportunities required for fluency
were located there. I did not want to repeat that mistake with Math
Expressions. Our fluency practice is embedded in the daily Quick Practice
Activities, the Daily Activities and accompanying Student Activity Book
pages, and in Homework and Remembering. There are game sin Math
Expressions – and they are completely integrated into the Teacher’s Guide
and Student Activity Book. With Math Expressions, there is nothing extra
to buy if you want to incorporate games into your instruction.
Games in Math Expressions
Kindergarten
Game Title
Location in
Goal/Objective
Teacher’s
Guide
The Unknown Partner Game
Volume 1, page Identifying partners for
323
2—6
Mother May I
Volume 1, page
Using ordinal numbers to
340
describe position
The Hiding Zero Game
Volume 2, page Seeing tens in teen
526
numbers
The 10-Partners Game
Volume 2, page Showing 10 partners
525
Game Title
7 Partners Game
The Bead Game
Equivalent Equation Game
Match Game
Melon Monster
Number Detective
Number Grabber
Number Quilt Game
One Hundred Ants
The Sandwich Game
Cuckoo Clock Game
Double Trouble
Pile the Bricks
What’s in the Box
1st Grade
Location in
Teacher’s
Guide
Volume 1, page
61
Volume 1, page
378
Volume 1, page
323
Volume 1, page
309
Volume 1, page
71
Volume 1, page
3
Volume 1, page
83
Volume 1, page
161
Volume 1, page
339
Volume 1, page
373
Volume 2, page
650
Volume 2, page
582
Volume 2, page
767
Volume 2, page
762
Goal/Objective
Identifying partners for
the number seven
Understanding the
relationship between tens
and ones
Practice finding two-digit
sums
Representing two-digit
numbers
Identifying missing
partners
Introducing single-digit
numbers
Identifying missing
numbers in a series
Identifying correct sums
Counting on to add one and
two-digit numbers
Counting into the next set
of 100 (decade)
Practice telling time
Writing addition equations
Classifying object and
developing story problems
Solving student-generated
story problems
Game Title
Addition Tic Tac Toe
Count Those Counters
Count on Me Game
Empty the Bowl Game
Equation Word Match
Get Five Dimes
Greatest or Different
Group Loop
Less or Greater
Match Amounts
Match the Coins
Making Totals
New Groups
Number Path Race
Partners of 100
Race the Calculator
Race to 100
Roll and Match
10 partner Match Game
2nd Grade
Location in
Teacher’s
Guide
Volume 1, page
369
Volume 1, page
19
Volume 1, page
99
Volume 1, page
57
Volume 1, page
35
Volume 1, page
324
Volume 1, page
147
Volume 1, page
212
Volume 1, page
147
Volume 1, page
25
Volume 1, page
393
Volume 1, page
48
Volume 1, page
365
Volume 1, page
358
Volume 1, page
335
Volume 1, page
94
Volume 1, page
311
Volume 1, page
57
Volume 1, page
43
Goal/Objective
Solving two-digit addition
Practice adding and
subtracting single-digit
numbers
Finding totals and partners
Practice single-digit
addition
Identifying missing sums
and writing equations
Using models to add twodigit numbers
Number and operations
Categorize and recognize
classifications
Number and operations
Identifying equalities
Finding equivalencies with
monies
Using the guess and check
addition strategy
Practice two-digit addition
Practice addition with
totals to 100
Rounding two-digit numbers
Practice addition and
subtraction
Adding tens and ones to
make new hundreds
Finding missing variables in
equations
Identifying partners of 10
Tic-Tac-Add
Volume 1, page
327
Two Digit Addition Spin
Volume 1, page
375
Volume 1, page
319
Volume 2, page
673
Volume 2, page
590
Volume 2, page
723
Volume 2, page
651
Volume 2, page
567
Volume 2, page
567
Volume 2, page
793
Volume 2, page
645
Volume 2, page
857
Volume 2, page
857
Volume 2, page
939
Volume 2, page
865
Volume 2, page
673
Volume 2, page
930
Volume 2, page
939
Volume 2, page
635
What’s My Name
Congruent Shapes
Dive the Deep
Estimate Cubes
Find Unknown Amounts
Fewest Coins
Going Shopping
Greatest Difference
Group and Score
The Jumping Game
Penny Toss Game
Matching Fractions with
Pictures
Metric Match
Similar Shapes
Symmetrical Student
Race Time
Regroup to Win
Work Back to the Beginning
Volume 2, page
749
Solving addition exercises
with one and two-digit
numbers
Practice two-digit addition
Writing and identifying
numbers in word form
Identifying congruent
shapes
Teen subtraction
Estimation in addition and
subtraction
Number operations
Addition and subtraction
with coins
Addition and subtraction
with coins
Multi-digit subtraction
Solving multi-digit
subtraction problems
Using metric lengths
Using metric lengths
Identifying fractions
Using centimeters and
meters
Identifying geometric
shapes
Identifying geometric
shapes
Time measures
Estimate solutions to
addition and subtraction
problems
Practice multi-digit
subtraction
Game Title
Addition Shuffle
Build Five
Count It Up
Drawing for Dollars
Money Match
More or Fewer Fishing
Multi-digit Addition Race
Pass the Number
Race to 100
Race to Two Digits
The Banking Game
The Greatest Sum
What’s the Sum
2,5, 9, 10 Multiplication Spin
Connecting Equations
Count by Cross Out
Divide by 2s and 5s
Division Race
Division Tic-Tac-Toe
3rd Grade
Location in
Teacher’s
Guide
Volume 1, page
43
Volume 1, page
35
Volume 1, page
301
Volume 1, page
301
Volume 1, page
19
Volume 1, page
199
Volume 1, page
215
Volume 1, page
9
Volume 1, page
9
Volume 1, page
97
Volume 1, page
295
Volume 1, page
51
Volume 1, page
50
Volume 2, page
493
Volume 2, page
555
Volume 2, page
427
Volume 2, page
467
Volume 2, page
548
Volume 2, page
861
Goal/Objective
Practice multi-digit
addition
Place value with three-digit
numbers
3-digit addition with money
3-digit addition with money
Addition using money
Making more and fewer
matches
Practice multi-digit
addition
Using words to write threedigit numbers
Addition with three-digit
numbers
Applying methods of
subtracting three digit
numbers
Writing and solving word
problems with coins
Practice multi-digit
addition
Practice multi-digit
addition
Practice multiplication of
one and two-digit numbers
Solving equations
Practice multiplication using
count-bys
Practice division
Practice division with multidigit numbers
Practice solving division
problems
Equivalent Fractions Match
Up
Guess My Number
What’s My Rule
Four Problems Rotate
Fractional Parts
Hex a Product
Multiplication and Division
Game
Who’s Product is Higher
Two-digit Predictor
Take the Tens
Square Number Cube Toss
Volume 2, page
787
Volume 2, page
691
Volume 2, page
690
Volume 2, page
671
Volume 2, page
767
Volume 2, page
533
Volume 2, page
532
Volume 2, page
555
Volume 2, page
691
Volume 2, page
629
Volume 2, page
655
Identifying equivalent
fractions
Using inverse operations to
solve division problems
Identifying rules using a
function table
Number and operations
Identifying fractions
Number and operations
Using inverse operations
Estimation with
multiplication
Estimation with
multiplication
Practice multiplication
Solving multiplication
equations with the correct
product
Game Title
Black Out
Draw Models
Five in a Line
Go Fish
High Card Wins
Multiplication Match Up
Quotient Match
Round, Round, Round
Temperature Pairs
Decimal Number Scramble
Estimation Game
Four Decimal Numbers Game
How Close Can You Get
Make Large Fractions
Match the Decimals and
Descriptions
Decimal Number Scramble
Timed Fractions
Who Has the Larger Decimal
Number
4th Grade
Location in
Teacher’s
Guide
Volume 1, page
109
Volume 1, page
545
Volume 1, page
155
Volume 1, page
489
Volume 1, page
53-54
Volume 1, page
459
Volume 1, page
24
Volume 1, page
299
Volume 1, page
597
Volume 2, page
915
Volume 2, page
959
Volume 2, page
883
Volume 2, page
815
Volume 2, page
771
Volume 2, page
915
Volume 2, page
915
Volume 2, page
781
Volume 2, page
897
Goal/Objective
Practice multiplication and
division
Solving two-digit
multiplication problems
Practice multiplication and
division
Estimating products
Practice multiplication and
division
Solve multiplication and
area problems
Solving division problems
Rounding four-digit
numbers
Using metric measures
Comparing values of
decimals
Estimation with area and
volume
Writing decimals to
hundredths
Estimation with decimals
Identifying fractions
Writing sentences to
describe decimals
Making decimals to the
thousandths
Identifying fractions
Writing decimals and
identifying value of
decimals
Game Title
Comparing Game
Cover the Field
Factor the Footprints
Fraction Match-up
Greatest Product Game
Simpler Fraction
The Factor Field
The Predict and Verify Game
5th Grade
Location in
Teacher’s
Guide
Volume 1, page
361
Volume 1, page
67
Volume 1, page
94
Volume 1, page
423
Volume 1, page
62
Volume 1, page
439
Volume 1, page
64
Volume 1, page
121
Goal/Objective
Comparing fractions
Practice division
Identifying factors
Comparing fractions
Estimation with
multiplication and division
Identifying equivalent
fractions
Identifying factors of twodigit numbers
Predicting the area of a
rectangle