Teaching math can be challenging for even the best teachers - let alone parents who may not have brushed off their math skills in many years. This themed packet includes 30 activities for elementary math that make use of everyday situations and scenarios that are easy for parents to grasp and students to learn from. Assign them as brush-up or scaffolding activities - they can be modified for students at pretty much any level of conceptual fluency.
Table of Contents
- Coin Toss
- Chalk Bull's Eye
- Hopscotch Skip Counting
- Human Battleship
- Grocery Budget
- Egg Hunt
- Geometry Collage
- Neighborhood Shape Shots
- Address Scavenger Hunt
- Coupon Clipping
- Fraction Swap
- Fruit Salad Prep
- Walk Watch
- Elapsed Time Movie Poster
- Video Game Battle
- Number Hop
- Time Check
- Konnex Angles
- Area Round-Up
- Measurement Centers
- Shape Guess
- Height Comparisons
- Mail Collection Data Chart
- Snack Estimation
- Symmetry Search
- Coin Toss
- Spin That Number
- Multiples Hunt
- Ounces or Pounds?
- Receipt Subtraction