Hi parents of Division 6,
With our Spelling routine well under way, it is time to focus on routines for at-home Math support. The new BC Curriculum promotes mathematics practice that is rich in experience, social collaboration, and interactive application.
This year, our Grade 3/4 class will be taking home a math game every week that will promote practice of the concepts we have been working on at school. These math games will provide a way for you to work with your child on their math skills without the frustration of needing to complete traditional homework.
With our Spelling routine well under way, it is time to focus on routines for at-home Math support. The new BC Curriculum promotes mathematics practice that is rich in experience, social collaboration, and interactive application.
This year, our Grade 3/4 class will be taking home a math game every week that will promote practice of the concepts we have been working on at school. These math games will provide a way for you to work with your child on their math skills without the frustration of needing to complete traditional homework.
What You'll Need
An example of our math bins at school Before we begin our weekly at-home math games program, I would like to help you prepare the tools that you will need at home in order to play the games I will be sending. They will mimic the "math bins" we use at school to play games and to learn and reinforce math concepts.
These items are fairly inexpensive and can be found at dollar stores, and you might even be able to dig some up at home! The items you will need for at-home games are:
I will let you know throughout the year if we need to add any tools to your at-home math kit. In some cases, I may send school-made resources home for you to keep as well.
These items are fairly inexpensive and can be found at dollar stores, and you might even be able to dig some up at home! The items you will need for at-home games are:
- A deck of cards
- A pair of dice
- Counters (game pieces/chips, pennies, buttons, etc.)
- Dry erase markers (2)
- Dry cloth or rag (for wiping dry-erase surface)
I will let you know throughout the year if we need to add any tools to your at-home math kit. In some cases, I may send school-made resources home for you to keep as well.
The Routine
Starting next week (Oct 24), a math game will be sent home in a large Ziploc bag every Monday afternoon. I will expect these games to be sent back every Friday morning so that the students have the opportunity to add a new game to their bag for the following week. The bag will contain:
So one more time: math games go home every Monday and should be returned to school every Friday so we have time to update them for the following week!
Please let me know if you have any questions at all by contacting me via email!
-Mrs. LS :)
- Instructions for that week's math game
- A plastic sheet cover for the game boards - you can write on it with a dry erase pen and wipe clean so that games are kept reusable
- Your child's Math Games duotang, where all games will be kept when we're done with them (also so you can revisit old games at any time!)
So one more time: math games go home every Monday and should be returned to school every Friday so we have time to update them for the following week!
Please let me know if you have any questions at all by contacting me via email!
-Mrs. LS :)
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