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Empower Students to Lead – Students as Station Facilitators

Empower Students to Lead – Students as Station Facilitators

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Students make great Family Math Night Station Facilitators. As much as I can, I use students in grades 5 and up to run my stations. Here’s why: In my September newsletter I shared an activity that I did at a recent event – ABCs and 123s. I absolutely loved watching how engaged the families were. But my favorite part of this activity was Paisley, my fifth grade station facilitator. I happened to capture her on video as she helped two students do the…

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Family Math Night “Accessories”

Family Math Night “Accessories”

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Activities are planned. Materials gathered. Facilitators signed up. Now it’s time to think about some easy ways to create a fun and welcoming Family Math Night environment. I call this “accessorizing” your event. Here are four simple ideas: 1. “Passport” Stickers and Prizes Kids love collecting stickers. And they love getting prizes, too! So as they enter your event, hand them a “passport” that lists each of the stations. They collect stickers by completing an activity at a station. Once…

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Family Math Night Selfie Station

Family Math Night Selfie Station

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Here’s a super fun – and simple – activity you can do at your next Family Math Night. A Selfie Station. We included one at a recent event and it was a HUGE hit! The photo to the left shows the backdrop we used. Two of my staff had a lot of fun creating it but it doesn’t need to be this detailed. A title and a few fun math symbols would work great. You could even have upper elementary students or the Student…

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What Do You Notice? Number Wheel

What Do You Notice? Number Wheel

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Skills:
K-2: number recognition, counting, geometry
3-5: addition/subtraction, patterns, odd numbers

This is a fun puzzle where the main objective is to figure out where the three missing numbers of the “spokes” are placed. Since the numbers 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9 are visible, the missing numbers would be 3, 4, and 10 (assuming we are using the consecutive numbers 1 – 10. There is an alternate solution for the missing numbers 0, 3, and 4 which is described below).

Younger students may notice a circle, a square, and (10) “triangular” pie pieces. They will probably notice that some of the spokes are missing numbers. Starting at 1 and counting on, they may discover the three missing numbers: 3, 4, and 10. It would be interesting to ask them where they think the numbers go on the wheel and why they chose those specific spokes.

Older students will quickly notice three missing numbers. With a little bit of guidance, they should be able to notice some patterns that can help them determine where the missing numbers should be placed.

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