Sign-in Sheets at a Family Math Night

For this event, students signed in on large pattern blocks to create a Tessellation Quilt. Click here for details on how to make the quilt and to see how to extend mathematical thinking through Thought Questions.

I thought it would be fun (and good practice!) to have students sign in using tally marks.

I decided to include some 'thinking questions' to get the math talk started.

Which season do you prefer? We usually see bar graphs displayed vertically so I wanted to create a horizontal bar graph. Should I be surprised that summer was the favorite season?

Here's another example of a horizontal bar graph. As students walked in they wrote their name on a post-it and added it to the graph. I used colored yarn and listed the multiples of 5 to make it easier for students to count. Next time, I would reverse the grade level categories so the younger students don't have to reach as far.

Kids had a lot of fun adding their name to the scrabble board. I had 6 boards, one for each grade level K-5. The goal was to see which grade level could score the most points.Free PDF Scrabble Sheets and How-To Video

What’s more fun than to have participants Sign-In on larger than life numbers? I used these at a Nifty Numbers event. Colorful pens make it fun for kids to sign in!

Kids love it when it’s all about them! I used two large hula hoops to create a Venn Diagram as the sign-in sheet. The categories I had here were I Like Math and I Like Reading.

Birthdays are a big deal for kids. So why not have them create a Birthday graph out of their special day?

It totally made sense to have participants sign-in on large polygons for our Gellin‘ with Geometry event.

Students signed in by writing their name on a post-it and adding it to our 10-frames. Next to the 10-frames I posted a 0-120 number chart (not pictured) for the students who needed help skip counting by tens. Next time I will use only 2 post-it colors so that students can see different combinations of 10.