Odd & Even lesson

In Math we are exploring odd and even numbers. Before we got into the mathematical definition of odd and even numbers, I had the students explore this concept with colored tiles. Each student selected a handful of tiles and they tried to build partners. I followed a lesson from the Virginia Department of Education and it was really helpful. Afterwards we listed which numbers gave us "partners" and which ones gave us tiles that were "left over". The students enjoyed sharing and exploring with the tiles.

After that discussion, we came up with some common "rules" for odds and evens.

Today we got to go play some review games for odds and evens in the Computer Lab.

This game is a monkey driving game, where the students drive a monkey in a car either marked ODD or EVEN. They have to collect the bananas by driving into the ones that are correctly marked depending on the label on the car. The students enjoyed playing this game.

http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/mathgames/monkeydrive/numbers/MDOddEven.htm

The Math Nook has a whole list of odd/even games that the students can play to practice. My students played many of these games and they were very interested in them. This site is awesome!

http://www.mathnook.com/search/search.php?q=evo

I hope you are able to take some of these ideas back to your classroom.