Web Site Review - The Ruler Game

Web Site Review – The Ruler Game

http://www.rickyspears.com/rulergame

By R.S. Innovative and Ricky D. Spears.

This is a site that I used while teaching measurement to several small math groups. Prior to using this site for practice these fourth grade children worked on seeing the fractional parts of a unit and then of a one inch line. They would write 1/8, 2/8, 3/8, and so forth under each part of that inch line. We spent about an hour practicing on the computer with the ruler game. All of the children enjoyed this game activity and got a lot of practice with measuring with the standard unit of an inch.

Directions:
1. They can first of all select the timer or not.
2. They can select the increment level that they wish to start on. Since it is a four inch ruler, they can start on a whole increments, halfs, quarters, eighths, or finally sixteenth increments.
3. Then they click start a new game. With this game, it is three strikes or X’s and you are out. Then you can start a new game again.
4. Points are awarded.
5. They can change the increment level and set it for timed when they are feeling confident about measuring correctly.

The children looked forward to this activity and really were focused while performing it.

Ida M. Rounds