I found another great game to practice adding and subtracting integers. The game really forces students to be flexible in how they think of number combinations. I know that is an area that my kiddos struggle at times and they need to be much more flexible than they are. So, when I found
123 Switch! on Tom DeRosa's blog, I Want to Teach Forever, I was thrilled!
Tom has a hand made template that students drew in their notebooks. I see the value in that and would prefer that, but I know my kiddos and they need a game board. So I made a template for addition and subtraction. I am going to print them out on some fun colored paper and then glue them back to back. With some quick lamination, they should be ready for the next school year!