Week 10 of Activities
May 25 - 29
Poetry Week
This week we will continue developing strategies for adding and subtracting two-digit numbers. If your child posted a set of items for their peers to estimate on Seesaw last week, they are welcome to go into the Seesaw blog this week and post the actual amount so the other students can see how close their estimates were!
During your child's 2 hours (or more) of work on Math this week, please have your child:
If time permits, you could have your child:
If you're needing reminders about different strategies we've worked on in class for two-digit addition and subtraction, you can check out this video.
During your child's 2 hours (or more) of work on Math this week, please have your child:
- Complete the two numeracy assignments for this week
- Work through the video mini lessons below
- Complete some of the worksheets (either the grade level ones, more challenging, or less challenging)
If time permits, you could have your child:
- Play the game for this week (or previous weeks)
- Work through the word problems and math discussion prompts
- Practice their addition and subtraction skills using the worksheets or games in the basic facts section below
- Read through the Mathology book for this week The Best Surprise
- Play the online math games on the Math Links Page
If you're needing reminders about different strategies we've worked on in class for two-digit addition and subtraction, you can check out this video.
Numeracy Assignments for Week 10
To be submitted to Mrs. Barker by the end of the week
Assignment 1: Baloney Belly Billy
- Read the poem below called "Baloney Belly Billy"
- Use the picture of Baloney Belly Billy's snacks and their prices to plan a set of items that you could pay to eat if you had 50¢ (try to challenge yourself to not use the easiest set of items)
- See the example to the right of the poem
- For a Bonus Baloney Challenge, plan what you'd have Billy eat if you had $2 (200¢)
Assignment 2: Show Your Strategy
- For an addition or subtraction question that you are solving this week, choose a way to show Mrs. Barker how you solved the problem
- It is important to remember that we wouldn't trust a mathematician who said, "I just knew it," or "I did it in my head"
- Here are some equations you could solve if you need help choosing one: 95-38, 34+27, 73-28, or 26+35
- You can share your strategy in a format of your choosing, for example:
- A photo of your math strategy or tool (such as the photos below)
- A video showing your strategy (like in one of the strategies in this video)
- A written description of what you did in your head or using a tool (such as "I started with 34, added the 20 from 25 to get 59, and then added the 5 from 25 to get 64" or "I started at 34 on the hundred chart, then went down two, and went right five more jumps")
Examples
Math Worksheets
Click here to download the different worksheets for this week. If you have access to a printer, you can print them off, but if you don't your child can answer the questions on their own piece of paper.
All of the worksheets are also available on Seesaw Class if it's easier for your child to complete them there.
If your child is finding the worksheets much too challenging or much too easy, there are more or less challenging worksheets at the bottom of this week's activities (further down this page).
My intention is not for your child to finish all of these worksheets, but to use these to supplement the mini-lessons, word problems, and games and provide some extra practice for your child. Please don't feel pressured to have your child complete all eight!
All of the worksheets are also available on Seesaw Class if it's easier for your child to complete them there.
If your child is finding the worksheets much too challenging or much too easy, there are more or less challenging worksheets at the bottom of this week's activities (further down this page).
My intention is not for your child to finish all of these worksheets, but to use these to supplement the mini-lessons, word problems, and games and provide some extra practice for your child. Please don't feel pressured to have your child complete all eight!
Video Mini-Lessons
Word Problems
Click through the presentation below to view the question and then view the answer (the students should be familiar with this format from when we answer these problems in class).
Math Discussion Prompts
This slideshow has a collection of prompts that can inspire mathematical discussions that you and your children can have before bed, at dinner, or anytime. Each prompt shows you and your child a problem.
Sometimes there is one right answer and sometimes there are many right answers. The purpose of each question is to generate a discussion about how you determined an answer. If you find one answer, try to find another.
Sometimes there is one right answer and sometimes there are many right answers. The purpose of each question is to generate a discussion about how you determined an answer. If you find one answer, try to find another.
Game
Click here to download the Target Subtraction/Addition game to play this week to practice the two-digit addition and subtraction we've been working on. You can check out the games from previous weeks on those math pages as well!
Basic Facts Practice
Click here to download this week's basic facts sheets to practice our fact fluency. Our goal when we work on these is to get as many does as we can, and to try to get them done a tiny bit faster each time we practice. I usually give them 10 minutes and then we stop, but because students will be doing them at home you could use a stopwatch and help your chid time how long it takes to complete all the questions.
If you do not have a printer you could write out one column of equations for your child or read the equations to them and have them tell you the answers.
Below the sheets are some links to games that would also help your child gain automaticity in calculating their basic facts if that is a way to practice that works well for your child.
If you do not have a printer you could write out one column of equations for your child or read the equations to them and have them tell you the answers.
Below the sheets are some links to games that would also help your child gain automaticity in calculating their basic facts if that is a way to practice that works well for your child.
Book and Activities (Optional)
Click on the book The Best Surprise on the right, and read it with your child. (Click here to access a PDF of the book if you can't read it online.)
As you read, encourage your child to:
Choose 1-3 of the following activities to work on with your child Try the online Growing Patterns by clicking here Change Machine With your child, play a round of the game shown on page 16 of The Best Surprise. This game involves a machine that changes numbers according to the rule “add 4.” Say a number that is not on the board, and challenge your child to tell you what number would come out. For example, say: Suppose 8 goes in the machine. What number comes out? Secretly choose another change rule (e.g., subtract 2). Create an In–Out chart with at least 4 numbers going in and coming out. Invite your child to figure out the new rule. For example, say: This time, 6 goes in the machine. What number will come out? How do you know? |
Environmental Patterns
Addresses, apartment numbers, elevator buttons, and calendars can all be examples of number patterns in our environment. Go on number pattern searches with your child or draw his/her attention to patterns you notice. For example, as you walk, focus on house numbers. Chant the numbers aloud, and stop at intervals to ask your child to say the next upcoming house number. Alternatively, while on an elevator or looking at a calendar, cover a number. Then, ask your child to tell the number you covered and to explain how she/he knows. |
More Challenging Worksheets
Click here to download the more challenging worksheets for this week. All of the worksheets are also available on Seesaw Class if it's easier for your child to complete them there.
Less Challenging Worksheets
Click here to download the less challenging worksheets for this week. All of the worksheets are also available on Seesaw Class if it's easier for your child to complete them there.