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Clothesline Equations – A Family Math Night Activity

Clothesline Equations – A Family Math Night Activity

Back in August I signed up for a Thinking Summit put on by Christina Tondevold, founder of Build Math Minds. It was three days of amazing presenters sharing their expertise in K-8 math. One of the presenters, Kristen Acosta, mentioned she did an activity with her sixth graders that she called Clothesline Math. Hmmm…I thought. That’s a really cool idea. Wouldn’t it be fun to do something like that at a Family Math Night event? So that’s what I did….

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Family Math Night What Do You Notice? Poster

Family Math Night What Do You Notice? Poster

The Common Core State Standards in Mathematics is really emphasizing number lines in student work with numbers.  So I thought I’d include one on a What Do You Notice? Poster at last night’s Family Math Night event.  But in order to reflect both the primary and intermediate grades, not only did I include the counting numbers, but I marked the fourths, as well. Some students noticed the color pattern I used – even numbers are blue and odd are red….

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