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New (School) Year’s Resolutions

New (School) Year’s Resolutions

The beginning of the school year is similar to the beginning of the New Year.  It’s an opportunity to create goals with the intent of making positive changes.  We call them our resolutions and now is a perfect time to think about resolutions for the 2014-15 school year. For example, maybe this school year you’d like to work on sending out a monthly class newsletter.  Or perhaps you’d like to integrate more collaborative math projects into your curriculum.  Or, if you’re a…

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Family Math Night Raffle Table

Family Math Night Raffle Table

Who wouldn’t want to win one of these awesome items!  Here is the raffle basket we had at our last Family Math Night event.  It’s filled with fun math-y things. As families signed in, kids wrote their name and class on a raffle ticket and put it in the jar (see photo below).  Kids who wrote an answer for our What Do You Notice? poster got to put another ticket in the jar. Several times throughout the evening names from…

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Family Math Night Sign-In Sheet

Family Math Night Sign-In Sheet

Last night was our annual Family Math Night at Alamo Elementary School in Vacaville, CA. I used activities for our upcoming Gellin’ with Geometry kit.  When I entered the room, Suzy, the awesome mom who helps get everything organized for me before I arrive, had set up the sign in table using this year’s theme of geometry.  How cute are these geometric sign-in sheets?! Suzy, you’re amazing!

Family Math Night Station Set-Up

Family Math Night Station Set-Up

There are 8 stations in each of our family math night kits.  All the materials and manipulatives for each of the 24 activities (8 stations x 3 activity levels) is included in the kits.  The photo above reflects how I get ready for event night.  I have 8 handled bags for easy carrying.  Each bag reflects one of the stations.  Shown above are the bags for our Gellin’ with Geometry kit. In the bags are all the materials, activity sheets,…

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