Teach your third grader about fractions with this Family Feud-inspired game. Students will be playing individually and not in teams. Write fractions on one side of blank 4-by-6 index cards. Deal out the fraction cards face down so that each player gets the same number of cards. The players should never look at their own cards. Have each person flip over the top card in his hand; whoever has the largest fraction wins that hand and will collect all cards for that round. Repeat this for each round. Now, if two or more fractions are the same, it is time for the feud. Have the two players with the same fraction face each other as they turn the next cards in their piles face up. The largest one wins. Use fraction flash cards if you do not want to make your own.
Paper and writing utensils are all you need for this game. Make a tic-tac-toe board on a piece of paper. Beneath the board, write the numbers from one to 10. In one list, write the even numbers, and in another, write the odd numbers. Assign each child either the evens or the odds. Instead of using X's and O's, players will use their numbers to get a tic-tac-toe that equals 15. Each number can only be used once. This game will improve your child's mental math skills.
Cut 21 squares from construction paper. Use only one color of construction paper. Number the squares zero through 20. Shuffle the squares. Have each student playing select one number. Players cannot show the cards to anyone. Each player should give the other players a clue by setting up one addition, subtraction or multiplication problem, leaving the card from the number out of the equation. The other players should write down what number they think is missing from the equation. The first person to guess the number earns one point. This will teach your students math reasoning skills.
On pieces of paper, write numbers zero through 30. You may add more numbers to make the game longer. Shuffle the cards and separate them into two stacks. In addition, draw a "greater than," "less than" and "equals" sign. Place these sign cards face up within reach of the players, who will be playing individually and not on teams. Next, flip over the top card on each stack at the same time for the players. The first player to correctly identify the relations of the numbers (namely, less than, greater than, or equal to) wins. Have the players point or slap the sign they believe is the correct answer. When you reach the bottom of the stack of cards, shuffle and play again.