I have been hearing about Krypto for a couple of years now. Our Asst. Principal, now Principal, was all about it. At first I felt she was just being pushy because she was a math person. Now, I get it! Krypto is a game of mental math. You deal 5 cards and the 6th card it what you are trying to equal up to. You can add, subtract, multiply and/or divide. After learning about it, of course I ran back to my class and taught them immediately. To make it grade level appropriate I took out all the cards except 1 - 10. In hind sight, I should have done 1 - 10(which I can still do). We have been very basic with it begin, but now I think they are ready to get into teams and compete a little more. That's one of the best parts of Krypto, there is a team competition in May!
Our after-school program is going to start a Krypto club to get ready hoping that I can hand pick students will be competitive and good at it!
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