Wednesday, October 31, 2012
Happy Halloween!
Thursday, October 25, 2012
Free Math Apps
I wanted to let you know about several Everyday Math apps that are free today and tomorrow. These are iPhone/iPad versions of some of the games that your daughter can access through the Everyday Math online website at home on your computer. Free Everyday Math Apps
Wednesday, October 17, 2012
Fun 1st and 2nd grade Math Night!
I had such a good time at Math Night last night! Here is the link to the Everyday Math website - Everyday Math website. On this website you can find the Everyday Math online games, Free Family Resources and a copy of the Interactive Student Reference book. The online games provide detailed instructions so your daughter should be able to play games at home that she may not have played yet at school. The Free Family Resources include parent information sheets and videos about the strategies used in Everyday Math (see the Algorithms Handbook section). The Family Letters section includes descriptions of Everyday Math and correlates it to the lessons as they progress through the program. We hope that you will find these resources helpful to you and your daughter and feel free to contact me or your homeroom teacher if you have any questions.
Monday, October 15, 2012
Math Night at SMS
Parents come join your 1st and 2nd grade teachers as we get together after school to share some of the fun math games that help us to learn as we play them. Most everyone enjoys playing games and in addition to some that you will learn tomorrow night in your classroom from 5-6pm (Tuesday, Oct. 16) here are some that you might want to try at home.
Family Math Night
Scholastic games
Also, here is an activity that you can do with your child on your next trip to the grocery store to make it a little more fun -
Practice Math with the "Guess the Groceries" Game
Most kids don’t think of grocery shopping as an exciting way to spend the
afternoon. But when grocery shopping involves a game and possible
prizes, you just might have your child begging to go with you! Not only is
this a fun diversion from worksheets (and a chance for you to get some
shopping done), but it's also a great chance to practice rounding,
estimation and addition with a hands-on method--one of the very best
ways to make sense of math.
What You Need:
Grocery list
Pencil
Calculator (optional)
What You Do:
1. Write your weekly grocery list, leaving space next to each item for a dollar amount to be written.
2. Ask your child to look over the list, think about what each item probably costs, and “guess” a total
price for all of the groceries.
3. Head to the grocery store with your child. On the way, explain that she will be rounding, adding and
estimating the total cost of the groceries as you shop. Surprise her by telling her that she will get a
prize if her estimate comes within $10.00 of the actual total.
4. As you begin shopping, hand over the shopping list to your child. Every time an item goes into the
cart, she should write the actual price and then round it to the nearest dollar (e.g. peas: $2.89 =
$3.00). When you finish shopping, ask your fourth-grader to add up her list of rounded amounts
and get an estimated total (bring a calculator or help her do mental math). Compare her estimated
total with her “guess” from home.
5. After checking out and paying for your groceries, give the receipt to your child and have her
compare her estimated total with the actual total. If she is within $10.00, offer her a small prize. If
she doesn’t “win”, offer a “participation prize” to keep her motivated.
Follow-up questions for the ride home are a great way to focus in on what was learned. Try these: What
items were least/most expensive? What patterns do you see in pricing? What types of food are more
expensive? How can rounding and estimating help you as a shopper?
If it's difficult to schedule a joint trip to the grocery store, try occasionally bringing home your grocery
receipt. Cut off the bottom sales total, then give the top portion to your child and ask her to round each
item and estimate the total. Compare to see how close she came to the actual total. You can offer a
small reward, or just simply praise her for a job well done – the best reward of all!
Estimating the grocery bill could even become your fourth-grader’s new job and a way to earn a small
allowance. Your child will enjoy the small rewards for completing an "adult" job, and she will look forward
to her weekly challenge of guessing the groceries!
© Copyright 2006-2012 Education.com All Rights Reserved.
Family Math Night
Scholastic games
Also, here is an activity that you can do with your child on your next trip to the grocery store to make it a little more fun -
Practice Math with the "Guess the Groceries" Game
Most kids don’t think of grocery shopping as an exciting way to spend the
afternoon. But when grocery shopping involves a game and possible
prizes, you just might have your child begging to go with you! Not only is
this a fun diversion from worksheets (and a chance for you to get some
shopping done), but it's also a great chance to practice rounding,
estimation and addition with a hands-on method--one of the very best
ways to make sense of math.
What You Need:
Grocery list
Pencil
Calculator (optional)
What You Do:
1. Write your weekly grocery list, leaving space next to each item for a dollar amount to be written.
2. Ask your child to look over the list, think about what each item probably costs, and “guess” a total
price for all of the groceries.
3. Head to the grocery store with your child. On the way, explain that she will be rounding, adding and
estimating the total cost of the groceries as you shop. Surprise her by telling her that she will get a
prize if her estimate comes within $10.00 of the actual total.
4. As you begin shopping, hand over the shopping list to your child. Every time an item goes into the
cart, she should write the actual price and then round it to the nearest dollar (e.g. peas: $2.89 =
$3.00). When you finish shopping, ask your fourth-grader to add up her list of rounded amounts
and get an estimated total (bring a calculator or help her do mental math). Compare her estimated
total with her “guess” from home.
5. After checking out and paying for your groceries, give the receipt to your child and have her
compare her estimated total with the actual total. If she is within $10.00, offer her a small prize. If
she doesn’t “win”, offer a “participation prize” to keep her motivated.
Follow-up questions for the ride home are a great way to focus in on what was learned. Try these: What
items were least/most expensive? What patterns do you see in pricing? What types of food are more
expensive? How can rounding and estimating help you as a shopper?
If it's difficult to schedule a joint trip to the grocery store, try occasionally bringing home your grocery
receipt. Cut off the bottom sales total, then give the top portion to your child and ask her to round each
item and estimate the total. Compare to see how close she came to the actual total. You can offer a
small reward, or just simply praise her for a job well done – the best reward of all!
Estimating the grocery bill could even become your fourth-grader’s new job and a way to earn a small
allowance. Your child will enjoy the small rewards for completing an "adult" job, and she will look forward
to her weekly challenge of guessing the groceries!
© Copyright 2006-2012 Education.com All Rights Reserved.
Orgill Speaker Series
I am so grateful that our school had the opportunity to learn from two wonderful individuals on Tuesday, Oct., 2nd - Ido Leftler and Ellen Gustofson. Our seed grant recipients from the ECC all the way up to the Upper School had lunch with our guests and were able to share the work that they had done with their grant monies. Thanks to Mrs. Schwartz for putting together the cute Smilebox below.
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