Math Improvisations Activity

Math Improvisation Activity

Your participants work together for this group-based activity.  These teams create story improvisations based on mathematical statements.  We provide some ideas for these mathematical stories.  Use this activity to practice problem solving and imagination.  Groups can also be encouraged to connect to prior statements in an improvisation way.

Grade Level

  • 2nd Grade
  • 3rd Grade
  • 4th Grade
  • 5th Grade

CONCEPT/SKILL

  • Collaboration
  • Conflict
  • Imagination
  • Improvisation
  • Planning
  • Plot
  • Practicing
  • Problem Solving
  • Process
  • Sequencing
  • Teamwork
  • Text
  • Voice

INTEGRATION IDEAS

  • Language Arts
  • Mathematics

ROOM SETUP

  • Circle
  • Open