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Parent Guide to Everyday Mathematics| Minute Math | Minute Math is a convenient pocket-size book containing brief mental problem-solving activities and puzzles. |  A piggy bank contains 5 pennies, 2 nickels, 1 dime, and 1 quarter. How many different kinds of coins are in it? (4 different kinds) A mother hen has 7 chicks, and 5 of these chicks are black. The others are yellow. How many chicks are yellow? (2 are yellow) |
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| 5-Minute Math | 5-Minute Math is in many lessons for older students. These tasks strengthen students' number sense, provide review, and solidify mathematical knowledge. | Write at least two other names for:
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| Frames and Arrows | Frames and
Arrows, or chains, are diagrams that are used to represent number sequences--sets of
numbers that are ordered according to a rule. These diagrams consist of frames connected
to arrows to show the path for moving from one frame to another. Each frame contains a
number in the sequence; each arrow represents a rule that determines what number goes in
the next frame.
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| Games | Games furnish the opportunity
for frequent practice that is necessary to attain mastery of a skill. Because children
enjoy the games, the practice of a skill is less tedious. Besides building fact and
operations skills, games reinforce other skills: calculator usage, money exchange and
shopping, logic geometric intuition, and probability and chance intuition. Games also reduce the need for worksheets, a form of practice that students perform in every subject. Because the numbers in most games are randomly generated, the games can be played over and over without repeating the same problems. Many games have variations suggested that allow players to progress from easy to more challenging versions. |
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| Math Boxes | Math Boxes are a marvelous way to review material on a regular basis. They consist of a series of cells (three at the beginning of the early grades, six or more in the higher grades) containing brief review activities | Draw dice dots for 6.
 Write the next number after: 7,________ 13,________ 19,________ Write tallies for 6________ 16________ 24________ |
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| Math Message | Many teachers begin the day with a morning mathematics message written on the board, overhead projector, or a piece of paper to be completed by the children as they arrive at school. The messages may consist of problems to solve, directions to follow, tasks to complete, notes to copy, sentences to complete or correct, or brief quizzes. |  Mathematics Message Draw a triangle on a sheet of paper. Measure its angles. Find the sum of the angles. |
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| Name Collection Boxes |
This device is used to
collect equivalent names for numbers. It offers a simple way for children to experience
the powerful notion that numbers can be expressed in many different ways. A name-collection box is an open-top box with a label attached to it. The name on the label identifies the number whose names are collected in the box. The box shown is a 35-box, a name collection box for the number 35. Names can introduce sums, differences, products, quotients, the results of combining several operations, words in English or another language, tally marks, arrays, Roman numerals, and so on. |
 30 + 5
75 - 40 7 * 5 175 / 5 (8 * 5) - 5 Treinta y cinco XXXV |
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| What's My Rule? |
This activity consists of a
set of number pairs in which numbers in each pair are related to one another according to
the same rule. This relationship can be represented by a "function machine" that
is programmed to process numbers according to a rule. A number (input) is put into the
machine and is transformed into a second number (output) through the application of the
rule. The skills developed are a prerequisite for pre-algebra. What's My Rule? problems are usually displayed in table form, in which two of the three parts are known. The goal is to find the unknown part. |
What's
My Rule?
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