Is it a Positive Day or is it a Negative Day

Is it a Positive Day or is it a Negative Day is a Grade 7 whole-class integer activity built around everyday events. Students help assign positive and negative values to situations, then listen to a sequence of events and combine the values to decide whether the day ends positive, negative, or at zero. The context gives signed numbers a natural meaning instead of treating them as abstract symbols.

Use it for whole-class mental math and discussion when students are learning to add integers. Because the event values can be adjusted and combined in different ways, the activity scales easily from a few simple terms to longer running totals. Create a free Find a Math Game account to generate lesson support for Is it a Positive Day or is it a Negative Day. No credit card, with 3 lifetime lesson generations.