Estimation Jar Slips
Above are the two estimation jars we used at a recent family math night event. Below are the estimation slips students filled out. Click on the image to print a copy.
Family Math Night – Estimation Jars
A great activity to include during a family math night event is the estimation jar. Kids love to make predictions and they get so excited in the hopeful anticipation of being the winner. Including an estimation jar is also a great marketing tool. Kids will want to come to the event so they have the opportunity to make a guess, so be sure to advertise it. I like to include a jar for K-2 and another one for 3-5/6. The…
Family Math Night Ambassadors: Promoting Your Event Using Students!
Here’s a great way to promote your Family Math Night event. Use students! They love the responsibility of going into classrooms to share the event and the younger ones soak up what they have to say. And I love that it’s a great leadership opportunity for them. I call them my Family Math Night Ambassadors and tell them that they are official representatives of our Family Math Night event. Training Students Training your Ambassadors is super easy. I usually use…
Family Math Night Table Covers
I was at one of our Math Medley Family Math Night events recently and was in awe of how the family math night coordinator had set up the room. It looked like fun party was about to take place! One of the things Suzy, the coordinator, did was to use colorful plastic table covers. I thought it was a brilliant idea. I’ve always covered my tables with colored butcher paper and it takes a time to tape down all the…
A Yummy Way to Practice Number Facts
How yummy is this activity! Oh yeah…and it’s a fun way to practice beginning number facts. I use the double six dominoes, but it’s easy to diferentiate by providing only dominoes that represent the facts you want students to work on. In other words, if you have a student who is still struggling with adding one to a given number, then use only the dominoes that have one dot (pip) on one side. For example, five dots on one side…