Thanks Ms. Campione for submitting this one!
Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference.
How much math can you do with this craft?
Mis-array of Chips
Thanks Ms. Byrne for submitting this one!
Do you see 3 rows of chips, 4 bags in each row, plus one extra in the third row. 4 + 4 + (4 + 1) or 3 x 4 + 1; 4 + 4 + 5 or 2 x 4 + 5 It’s hard not to eat that extra bag and go back to the original idea of arrays!!!
4-Year Old Enjoying Summer Math Fun
Even four year old Anna Claire can order stuffed animal friends by height. And when asked, she can create equivalent heights by finding just the right suitcases for her friends to sit on.
Family Fun Measuring Weights
Having two scales made it easy for Emerson to check how he ordered the weights of baking ingredients. Mom, Katie, couldn’t help but get involved. But the most fun was feeling those textures between your fingers.
More Summer Fun
Choose two or three table tops that are shaped very differently but are all close in size.
Make your best guess at which is the smallest, which is the largest, and which is the middle one if you chose three.
Cover the one you think is the smallest with post it notes. Feel free to cut them if necessary to cover the entire surface.
Now cover the next smallest one with those same post it notes. Do you need more? Yes and you’re right it’s larger. No, and you are now covering the smaller table.
Take pictures, especially of your faces if you guessed wrong, and send them to me at ellen@9QMath.com
Too easy, arrange every surface at home and then go about measuring them in the same way to see how good your guessing is getting.
Summer Fun
Want to do a little math this summer but need a break from the textbooks?
Try filling a pitcher with a one-cup measuring cup. Count how many cups it takes.
When you’re done write a sentence telling how many cups it took to fill you pitcher.
You’ve just written the “first sentence” of a typical word problem in a textbook!
Too easy?!? Fill the same pitcher with tablespoons instead of cups. Count those up.
Take pictures and send them to me at ellen@9QMath.com. I’m accumulating pics of
folks enjoying math!