Math in My Classroom: Super Bowl Style!

How often do you have volunteer Dads in your classroom? One of my mothers told me a couple of years ago that her husband would love to come in but that he didn’t really know how he could help. That same year I had 18 boys and 6 girls. I spent a lot of time wrangling my boys and finding ways to keep them engaged! It dawned on me that I needed to find something that my Dads would enjoy and feel comfortable with and at the same time would harness all of my boys’ energy! I wanted to share what I came up

with and has since become a huge hit in my classroom: Our yearly Super Bowl math centers party!

Here’s how we do math centers Super Bowl style! First, I invite all of my Dads to volunteer and everyone wears their favorite team jersey! We make “official” student play books for all of the “players” to keep their activities in. It has an MVP writing activity inside where students write about their favorite player and why he/she chose them to be the MVP.

I choose the Friday afternoon before the big game, decorate the classroom room with all sorts of football party decorations from Dollar Tree and the party store.

I set up football math centers all around the room and spruce them up with football themed party items like snack trays and party favors. Students then rotate around in any order they like.

The only rules are that they must be either in the process of choosing a center or working at one. Each table has a basket of football party favors and students can choose a prize after they’ve completed each activity.

It’s been a huge hit! My Dads and my kiddos LOVE it!

These are the centers we’ll be using:

Students “Take a Time Out” and solve elapsed time word problems. Next, they’ll head over to the concession stand and practice adding money!

We also practice subtraction with 2, 3, or 4 digit numbers, depending on your kiddos’ ability level, and measurement.

These centers are super easy to differentiate because students either turn over cards or roll a die to create numbers to work with. They can turn over or roll to create 2, 3 or 4 digit numbers.

We also practice place value football style! All of the centers come with title cards (which double as table signs for your party) direction cards, printable game pieces and recording sheets. My dads really appreciated those direction cards!