Teacher's tips

Level of Education: Elementary School

Subject: Mathematics

Theme: Addition and subtraction operations

Age 05 to 07 years old

The online game “Pirate Operation 2” is very dynamic and awakens the student to a fun universe in which it is possible to perform and redo operations of addition and subtraction in order to advance stages and assimilate the content being studied.

Online educational games are a very good teaching tool because they are practical, versatile and evolved. Children have fun while learning. As these games explore the ludic side, they contribute to a less traditional and tiring teaching.

In the game under study, the student works on his motor and cognitive skills. This game also favors competition since there is overcoming stages. This encourages the student to reach the end and also gives the opportunity to carry out a new calculation when he makes a mistake in adding or subtracting. It is important to realize that we are not always going to get it right and it is necessary to rethink our thinking to reach a common denominator.

The context of this game takes us to a fantastic scenario of the pirate universe. Students can extrapolate and research the protagonist and create puppets for a role-play. As pirates value nature, the Science teacher can propose a research regarding nature in the sense of preserving the environment and the planet. In Portuguese and Literature classes, it would be interesting to work with stories about domestic animals, such as the parrot, for example, since he is the favorite of pirates. Next, create puppets and put together stories with these little animals. This type of work awakens in the student a love for animals. Compassion for animals is one of the noblest virtues of human nature. "Before having loved an animal, part of our soul remains unconscious", Anatole France. [FIM-DICA]

Learner outcomes

Solve mathematical problems involving addition and subtraction through online educational games;

Participate in events that promote class interaction;

Carry out research that favors their knowledge and evolution within the teaching-learning process;

Be able to produce verbal and non-verbal texts within the proposed themes,

Build collective values ​​in order to socialize.

Teachers' goals

Turn boring math classes into something pleasurable;

Provide socialization, creativity, coordination, memorization, vocabulary and many others;

Hold events involving two or more disciplines;

Use the ludic to streamline the classes;

Enable the production of verbal and non-verbal text;

Promote the development of cognitive and emotional skills;

Develop a multidisciplinary project;

Sensitize the individual about the needs of others, so that it is possible to build collective values ​​such as respect, a sense of justice, empathy and citizenship.

Suggestions of approaches for the teacher

Starting classes motivating for the online game is the way to several other activities. The teacher should ask everyone if they have ever seen pirate movies or pictures. Ask them to comment on their characteristics. Talking about the parrot that is always on the side of the pirate giving him support, but commenting that at the time it was a valuable little animal and the pirate likes to conquer riches.

After exploring this protagonist, the educator needs to encourage the game and say that they will go through several phases and perform addition and subtraction operations.

The Portuguese and Literature teachers will pick up a hook and come up with stories within this context, in addition to proposing productions of verbal and non-verbal texts. The themes will therefore be varied: pets, preservation of fauna and flora, the bottom of the sea, etc.

Now it's time to hold an art workshop. Students will build puppets with recyclable material that correspond to the suggested themes. An exhibition can be held with them or go for staging.

More about the content

To complement the content worked on in all disciplines, teachers can organize a costume party in which the pirate will be the main character. They must decorate the classroom as if it were a ship where the party will take place. Students will find the proposal very encouraging, after all, dressing up is something very pleasurable. It will be a moment of great interaction. Students will be able to enjoy various songs within the studied context. It will be a very fun time. Before the event, it would be helpful to divide the class into two groups to determine who will bring snacks and who will contribute drinks.