Author: Labman

Math Day

All of the
activities for math day will be provided by and facilitated by Ellen Newman’s Block I math
students.

Sample question from the NYS test that goes along with our activity. During our activity students will have to fill in the blank to solve math equations by working together with classmates to solve the problems.

This Activity meets the requirements of the New York State Learning
Standard Problem Solving Strand for 4th, 5th, and 6th graders.

SUNY Cortland

Shannon Breslin
Kristin Basler
Jennifer Bamann

Card
Play

The purpose of our activity is to work on addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division with students. Students will have to quickly complete equations by pairing up with other classmates. We will give each child a playing card. We will then yell out an operation as well as the answer to the equation and students will have to pair up with someone with a number that will help them complete the equation. The problems are easily altered to meet the needs of students will all math abilities.

Purpose of this Brochure
We are sending you this brochure to make sure you feel involved in your child’s education. All of the topics that are being covered in the Math Day games are important skills your child will need to have for the NYS standardized tests. Now that you have seen many activities to help your child prepare for their testing, we want to suggest some ways you can help your children prepare for the tests at home.
There are many things you can do as a parent to help your child prepare for the New York State assessments.
~One easy topic to practice at home is fractions. You can have your child help cooking by looking at the measuring cups or splitting a recipe or something as simple as next time you have pie or order a pizza ask your child a series of questions using the pie or pizza as a whole. For example you can ask what fraction

they are going to eat? What fraction Mom and Dad or going to eat, etc.
~One game you can play is the traditional card game war. We found a website, http://letsplaymath.wordpress.com/2006/12/29/the-game-that-is-worth-1000-worksheets/
that has many different twists on war to help your child practice skills from addition, subtraction to improper fractions. ]
~A fun website for your child to explore and practice on their own is http://www.funbrain.com/ . This website has many different interactive fun games for all math topics and skill levels.