Family+Math+Night

Carole Bagoly / RFT || Patti Kline / RFT || Pat Frederick / LTS || Terry Fidler / JWD || Fran Daniels / JWD || Marie Clark / JWD || Amy Wright / JWD || Deb Jarsocrak / JWD || Monica Burkholder / RFT || Derek Wolfe / JWD || Ben Fidler / RFT || Gina Burniski / RFT || Patty Biffen / JWD || Patty Biffen / JWD Jayne McHugh / JWD || Joe Fidler / RFT || Count animal legs ||  || Lori Bignotti / RFT Anna Zielinski / RFT || fractions to decimals ||  || Sara Prout / RFT || Primary || N/A || Lisa Gault / LOR || Wendy Wegman / MLL || Mark Ricketts / LOR Tom Hirshorn / JWD || Mark Ricketts / LOR Tom Hirshorn / JWD John Arty / ADM Deb Dawson / ADM || (library) || Scott Schaeffer / ADM Todd Wegman / SHS || Joe Way / ADM Scott Schaeffer / ADM Todd Wegman / ADM Joe Calamita / ADM || (lobby) || Lori Simmons / MLL, Kris Schmidt / MLL || Heather Hennessey / RFT ||
 * Activity Name || Last Year (2013) || 2014 Volunteer Assignments ||
 * Pattern Block Puzzles || Shelley Snyder / JWD || Suzie Blankenbiller / JWD ||
 * How Much Rice Will it Hold? || Suzie Blankenbiller /JWD || Courtney Kerschner / JWD
 * Cereal Chains ||  || Michelle Smith / JWD
 * Pasta Pattern Necklaces || Lore DeHart / JWD || Lore DeHart / JWD
 * Subtraction Bowling || Karen Stern / JWD || Dani Jupina / JWD
 * Addition BINGO || Betty Wagner / LOR || Betty Wagner / LOR ||
 * More or Less Card Game || Lisa Gault / LOR || Val Emig / MLL ||
 * Subtraction BINGO || Marie Clark / JWD
 * Dart Board Floor Game ||  || Derek Wolfe / JWD ||
 * Pattern Block Shapes || Judy McLain / JWD || Judy McLain / JWD ||
 * Penny Drop Addition || Heather Hennessey / RFT || Patty Kline / RFT ||
 * Multiplication BINGO || Deb Jarsocrak / JWD
 * Multiplication CONNECT-4 || Kathryn Dinkel / LOR || Kathryn Dinkel / LOR ||
 * Geometric Straw Construction || Monica Burkholder / RFT & Joe Fidler / RFT || Marty Montanya / MLL
 * Which Place is Best? || Carole Moyer / JWD || Carole Moyer / JWD ||
 * Battleship || Brett Diamond / JWD
 * Division BINGO || Sarah Prout / Robin Neyer RFT || Marian Cain / LOR ||
 * Restaurant Menus || Jeff Gumpert & Wendy Wegman / MLL || Jeff Gumpert / MLL
 * Restaurant Menus || Jeff Gumpert & Wendy Wegman / MLL || Jeff Gumpert / MLL
 * All Squared Up || Mike Gumpert / JWD || Mike Gumpert / JWD ||
 * Honeybees || Matt Hathaway / JWD
 * Tangrams || Paul McCracken / Sheila Violand RFT || Justin Blatt / MLL
 * Fraction Cookies ||  || Erin Trostle / RFT ||
 * Animal Scramble -
 * Seven Up - converting
 * Social Studies link -
 * Building Farm Tour ||  || Tim DeWalt / RFT ||
 * Math Literature Center || Lori Bignotti / RFT || Julie Kline / ADM
 * Gym Activities || Don Zook / RTF
 * Computer Activities
 * Registration Table
 * Registration Table
 * Photography || Gina Burnisky / RFT ||  ||

 Puzlasco Pattern Block Puzzles

Jeff has 4 sets of pattern block puzzles. Students assemble the blocks to match the pattern cards.

Cereal Chain (Family Math Night K-6 p. 76)

Materials: Yarn Fruit Loops and Cheerios Dice

Take turns rolling the number cube. If die < 4, string a Cheerio. If die >= 4, string a Fruit Loop. At completion, compare and contrast the chains.

How Much Will It Hold (Family Math Night K-6 p. 36)

Materials: Bucket of uncooked rice Containers of various sizes Towels Broom

Students choose two containers. Predict which will hold the most. Fill the container with rice. Pour rice from both containers into other container. See which held more.

Pasta Patterns

Materials: Yarn Several shapes of pasta

Make a repeating pattern using the pasta. See if you partner can describe your pattern. Make a growing pattern with the pasta (2, 4, 6). Can you partner tell what comes next? At the end, string your favorite pasta pattern on yarn and take along.

//Bowling //. Materials: Golf tees Marbles or quarters Activity sheet with several sets of “6 - á = _ â ” This is an activity that Mrs. Parson found to be a favorite with kids. The purpose is to help students learn how to subtract numbers from 6; however, it could be done with more or fewer jobjects depending on the number with which you want to practice subtraction. // Take six golf tees, and place them upside down on a table or board. The golf tees are your bowling pins; use a quarter as your bowling ball. Use laminated recording sheet containing: // 6 - á = _ â // Set up the six "bowling pins." Share with your child that the number six is the same as the number of bowling pins with which you are starting. Then, take your quarter "bowling ball" and spin or slide it into the golf tees. The down arrow next to the number subtracted from six is where you record the number of pins that fell down; the up arrow is next to the space where you record the number of pins still standing. The up and down arrows can be used as visual cues as you work together to fill in the blanks for each frame! // // However, filling in the numbers and the answer is not enough. You should talk your child through the problem aloud. For example, ask "How many did you knock down?" and "How many are still standing?" as the child records the answers in the blank spaces. Then, help them to talk through the problem, saying "Six minus--minus means take away.--the number that fell down. How many are left standing after?" // // By doing this activity, you are starting to get your child used to the ideas and words involved in subtraction //

More or Less?

Materials: Deck of playing cards (face cards removed)

Each player chooses a card and displays it. Players say the more than/less than/equal to statement. Ex: “Seven is more than five.” The player with the greater number takes both cards. If equal, each player keeps his own card. Continue playing through the deck. Player with more cards is the winner.

 Addition BINGO

Materials: Laminated BINGO cards with sums listed on them. Prizes Bingo chips or other markers

Caller calls out addition problems. Players mark the sums on their cards. Play until someone gets Bingo.

Geometric Construction

Materials: Straws Clay

Challenge students to create a structure with straws and clay balls that is 2 feet (?) high and free standing. After they’re successful, ask them to identify the plane figures that they built into their structure.

Paper Clip Measurement

Materials: Jumbo paper clips

Challenge students to find out hall tall their parent or friend is using paper clips. Ask them to make an estimate before they begin. Then, compare their estimate to the actual height after they measure. How many paper clips taller is one person than another?

Pasta Patterns

Materials: Yarn Several shapes of pasta

Make a repeating pattern using the pasta. See if you partner can describe your pattern. Make a growing pattern with the pasta (2, 4, 6). Can you partner tell what comes next? At the end, string your favorite pasta pattern on yarn and take along.

More or Less?

Materials: Deck of playing cards (face cards removed)

Each player chooses a card and displays it. Players say the more than/less than/equal to statement. Ex: “Seven is more than five.” The player with the greater number takes both cards. If equal, each player keeps his own card. Continue playing through the deck. Player with more cards is the winner.

 Subtraction BINGO

Materials: Laminated BINGO cards with differences listed on them. Prizes Bingo chips or other markers

Caller calls out subtraction problems. Players mark the differences on their cards. Play until someone gets Bingo.

Pattern Block Shapes

Materials: Pattern Blocks Pattern Block Shape Cards (Kathryn)

Students try to arrange pattern blocks to look like the figure on the shape cards.

Multiplication BINGO

Materials: Laminated BINGO cards with products listed on them. Prizes Bingo chips or other markers

Caller calls out multiplication problems. Players mark the products on their cards. Play until someone gets Bingo.

Multiplication CONNECT-4

Materials: Laminated checkerboard listing products 10-sided die (Kathryn) Two-sided counters

Players roll two dice and multiply the results. Player places counter for the product on the board. Goal of the game is to get four counters in a row.

<span style="-moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; background: yellow 0% 50%; font-size: 10pt;"> Which Place is Best? (Family Math Night K-6 p. 44)

Materials: Laminated Place Value frames (p. 104) Dice Overhead markers Paper towels

Give students a set of place value frames. Roll number cube and write number in any section of place value frame. Continue taking turns rolling and writing digits until frames are filled. When the frame is filled, say each number. The player with the largest number wins.

<span style="-moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; background: yellow 0% 50%; font-size: 10pt;">Restaurant Menu Activity

Materials: Restaurant menus

State that each person in the family gets $15 to spend at a restaurant. The family’s job is to select menu items for the meal, find the total cost, and calculate the change.

<span style="-moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; background: yellow 0% 50%; font-size: 10pt;">Division BINGO

Materials: Laminated BINGO cards with quotients listed on them. Prizes Bingo chips or other markers

Caller calls out division problems. Players mark the quotients on their cards. Play until someone gets Bingo.

<span style="-moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; background: yellow 0% 50%; font-size: 10pt;">Battleship

Materials: Graph paper – with an x and y axis drawn and labeled with numbers Manilla “privacy” folders

Students draw two battleships on their grid – a 3 block and a 4 block ship. Students take turns calling out ordered pairs (a, b) to find their partner’s battleships. Partner marks an “X” on their paper if it a hit, or an “O” if it is a miss. Winner is the first person to sink all positions on their partner’s battleships.

<span style="-moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; background: yellow 0% 50%; font-size: 10pt;">Magic Square Dominoes (Family Math Night K-6 p. 42) Materials: Set of dominoes (or laminated paper dominoes)

Game activity is to arrange 4 dominoes in a square configuration so that each side has the same sum.

<span style="-moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; background: yellow 0% 50%; font-size: 10pt;">Restaurant Menu Activity

Materials: Restaurant menus Scratch paper Pencils

State that each person in the family gets $15 to spend at a restaurant. The family’s job is to select menu items for the meal, find the total cost, and calculate the change.

<span style="-moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; background: yellow 0% 50%; font-size: 10pt;">All Squared Up

Materials: Photocopies of 4x4 grids Colored pencils

Give students a 4x4 square. Ask them to identify the number of squares. Use colored pencils to mark squares as they are counted.

<span style="-moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; background: yellow 0% 50%; font-size: 10pt;">Honeybees

Materials: Hexagonal pattern blocks

The hives of honeybees are made up of many cells. Each is shaped like a hexagon. Using the pattern blocks, each person makes a hive of 15 cells. Find the area (consider one hexagon as one unit) and the perimeter (one side of a hexagon is one unit). Compare the hives. If they are equal, will the perimeters also be equal. Which hive has the greatest perimeter? How can we make a hive with a small perimeter? Is it possible to make a symmetrical hive? Would you get the same results with different shaped cells.

<span style="-moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; background: yellow 0% 50%; font-size: 10pt;">Tangrams

Materials: Tangrams Pattern cards (Steve)

Students try to arrange tangrams to match figures on the pattern cards.