Week 8 of Activities

May 11 - 14
​Space Week!

This week we will be working on our data analysis skills and continue developing strategies for adding and subtracting two-digit numbers. 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)

You do not need to send me evidence of all the activities, just the two assignments for Math.

If time permits, you could have your child:

• Play the games for this week (or previous weeks)
• 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 Marsh Watch
• ​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.

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Numeracy Assignments for Week 8

To be submitted to Mrs. Barker by the end of the week

Assignment 1: Track the Mars Rover 

• Mars has had four robotic vehicles called rovers explore its surface
• Below are four pictures of different areas on the surface of Mars with some information about a route that the Rover took in that area
• Your job is to: 
  • Calculate the total distance traveled in each of the four routes
• If you want to complete the extra NASA challenge, you can: 
  • Calculate how much longer the longest route was than the shortest route
  • Calculate the total distance traveled on these four routes altogether
• Click here for the recording sheet pictured on the right if it would be helpful

Route 1

Route 3

Route 2

Route 4

Mars Rover Videos (For Fun)

Assignment 2: Collect Data About Your Toys

• Choose a set of toys or items that you have at home (it could be Lego pieces, LOL dolls, animal figures, art supplies, Pokémon cards, etcetera)
• Ask a meaningful mathematical question about those items that you can collect data about, such as:
  • ​How many of each colour of Hot Wheels car do I have?
  • Which type of cutlery do I have the most of?
  • Do I have more Star Wars figures in the Rebel Alliance or Galactic Empire?
  • How many of each shape of wooden blocks do I have?
• Use your set of toys (or a smaller sample of that set of toys if there are way too many in that larger set) to collect data to answer your question
  • ​Record your data using tally marks 
• See the example of this activity below
• If your child needs a reminder about how to use tally marks and a tally chart, I have made a video to review those concepts in the Mini-Lessons section
  

Example

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!

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.

Games

Here are some new games to play this week to practice some of the skills 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.

Book and Activities (Optional)

Click on the book Marsh Watch 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.) 
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As you read, encourage your child to:

• discuss how Josh’s questions helped him gather useful information
• suggest how the results of Josh’s surveys could help the community make informed decisions
• describe and compare the ways in which the data Josh collects is organized and displayed
• interpret and ask questions about the graphs and tallies in the story (e.g., “Which category has the most (least) entries?”)

Choose 1-4 of the following activities to work on with your child 

Family and Friends Survey
With your child, design a survey question to ask your family and friends about a specific topic, such as favourite colour, favourite animal, or favourite sport. Work together to come up with the question and a set of appropriate responses. Record answers using tally marks and then graph the final results as either a pictograph or bar graph.

Coin Toss
Use a coin to play. With your child, decide who goes first and whether heads or tails wins. In turn, flip the coin and record heads or tails using tally marks. Pause after 10 or 20 turns each to tally results and determine who is ahead. Keep playing to see who can get the highest number of heads or tails. Your child can also choose to make a graph of the results.

Outdoor Observation
With your child, select an outdoor space to observe. Write down the animals (or other living things) that you see during a specific time period and keep track of the numbers using tally marks. Graph the final results as either a pictograph or bar graph. Ask your child what he/she learned about your neighbourhood. How can he/she use that information? Bring the graphs to class to share with the whole group.

Try the online Favourite Choices activity by clicking here

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.