Flash Card Fitness: Addition PE activity or BRAIN BREAK!
From PE with Coach Smith
11 min1st2nd3rdMathBrain Breaks
Summary
A math-and-movement activity from PE with Coach Smith. A flash card shows an addition or subtraction problem; students solve it, then do the matching exercise — reinforcing math fact fluency while they get moving.
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Discussion questions
Discussion
This PE with Coach Smith activity mixes math practice with movement.
- Which math facts did you practice while you were moving?
- Did moving help you remember the answers? Why or why not?
- Can you make up a problem and a matching exercise for a partner?
Quick work-a-long
Vocabulary: addition, subtraction, fact fluency, odd, even.
Try it: Do the workout and solve each problem as it appears. Then make one flash card of your own with a matching exercise.