GAMEs Time Project (Lambert, Goldberg & Nguyen, under review). Core games for 3rd and 4th grade
| Game (Publisher) | Mathematics | Strengths and challenges |
| Shut the Box (or Canoga)(Figure 4 and 5) | Addition of numbers under 20, decomposition, number sense, strategic thinking | Easy for students to learn, both composition and decomposition of number, encourages fluency through repeated play |
| Jump (Melon Rind Games) | Skipcounting by various numbers (2-9) | Easy for students to learn, encourages fluency through repeated play |
| Clumsy Thief (Melon Rind Games) (Figure 8) | fluency with combinations to 100, addition of multiples of ten | Easy for students to learn, encourages fluency through repeated play |
| Money Bags (Lakeshore) | place value, number sense with money | Game forces students to exchange between different kinds of coins, development of place value and knowledge of coins |
| Allowance (Lakeshore)(Figure 3 and 4) | money, addition and subtraction | Similar to Monopoly but for kids, engaging to students but teachers dislike how long it takes to set up. |
| Multi (by Joyful Mathematics)(Figure 6) | Multiplication, array model, division, factors, strategic thinking | Mega Tic Tac Toe game play on board which includes arrays, strategic game, best played in 2 x 2 pairs to support discourse. Rich mathematical model. |
| Roll 2 Riches (Roll2Riches)(Figure 1) | addition of big numbers, probability, strategic thinking | Engaging game with lots of dice rolling. Students will think about probability and engage in adding up big numbers. |
| Prime Climb (Math for Love) | Number theory, number line, all operations, factorization, strategic thinking | Game includes both the number line and visual representations of prime factorization. Rich mathematical model. Game play takes longer to learn but satisfying to play. |
| Fraction Fortress (Junior Learning)(Figure 7) | developing understanding of fractions, equivalence | Students build a tower with fractional pie pieces which satisfyingly stack. Easy to learn. |
| Fractions War (Math Magic Games) | comparing fractions | Students play War with cards that include bar visual. Easy to learn. |
| Fractions Wild (Math Magic Games) equivalence of fractions | equivalence of fractions | Uno-based game which allows students to work with equivalence. Easy to learn. |
| Numbers Wild (Math Magic Games) equivalence of fractions, decimals and percents | equivalence of fractions, decimals and percents | Uno-based game which allows students to work with equivalence. Easy to learn. |
| Set (Set Enterprise) | logic, patterns, strategic thinking | Pattern recognition game which allows students to think about patterns and use language to support their claims. |
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