Week 1

Note to Teacher… Please give your students a handful of pattern blocks to complete day 1.

Math Corner-Monday Using the shapes your teacher has given you , create a Venn-Diagram and sort them. You can use any rules of your choice for your Venn-Diagram. Explain your Venn to a neighbor or the class.

Math Corner-Tuesday 1. What are the properties of a quadrilateral? Can you name at least two quadrilaterals? Draw and label a SQUARE. Name at least three things at home or school that are this shape. Draw and label a RECTANGLE. Name at least three things at home or school that are this shape. CHALLENGE! Think of other quadrilaterals that are NOT squares or rectangles. Name them and draw them!

Open Response Rachel is saving coins. She has 8 dimes, 3 quarters and 12 nickels. Part A How many cents does Rachel have in nickels? Show your work. Part B How many cents does Rachel have in dimes? Show your work. Part C How many cents does Rachel have in quarters? Show your work. Part D How many cents does Rachel have all together? Show your work.

Math Corner-Wednesday Draw and label a TRIANGLE. Name at least three things at home or school that are this shape. Draw and label a CIRCLE. Name at least three things at home or school that are this shape. CHALLENGE! Think of other SHAPES that are NOT triangles or circles. Name them and draw them!

Create and complete the chart below and share with a friend… Math Corner-Thursday Create and complete the chart below and share with a friend… Plane Shape Attributes Picture Rectangle Triangle Pentagon

Create and complete the chart below and share with a friend… Math Corner-Friday Create and complete the chart below and share with a friend… Plane Shape Attributes Picture Square Hexagon Circle Number Talk! IN YOUR MIND (not on paper), solve these problems. When you know the answer, QUIETLY give a thumbs up. Try to think of more than one way to find each answer. Be ready to share your strategy! 33 + 47 22 + 78 44 + 96

Week 2

Note to Teacher… For Thursday and Friday, students will do an awesome activity with partitioning shapes. Please give students pattern blocks in the following shapes so that they have concrete examples to work with.

Create and fill in the chart. Number Talk! Math Corner-Monday Create and fill in the chart. Number Talk! Draw the Faces. How Many Edges? How Many Corners? Name real-life examples. Cube Rectangular Prism

Create and fill in the chart. Number Talk! Math Corner-Tuesday Create and fill in the chart. Number Talk! Draw the Faces. How Many Edges? How Many Corners? Name real-life examples. Cone Cylinder

Math Corner-Wednesday Create and fill in the chart. Number Talk! Draw the Faces. How Many Edges? How Many Corners? Name real-life examples. Sphere

Math Corner-Thursday Work with a partner. Using the pattern blocks that your teacher has given you, create and fill in the chart. Number Talk! Get this shape from your pile of pattern blocks. Trace the shape. Partition it into equal parts (halves, thirds, fourths). Triangle Quadrilateral (Is there more than one type you could choose?)

Math Corner-Friday Work with a partner. Using the pattern blocks that your teacher has given you, create and fill in the chart. Number Talk! Get this shape from your pile of pattern blocks. Trace the shape. Partition it into equal parts (halves, thirds, fourths). Hexagon Pentagon

Week 3 Review

Math Corner-Monday Mrs. Hill surveyed the class to see which nearby park each student liked the most. When she asked how many liked Centennial Park, ten children raised their hands. When she asked how many liked Cochran Park, seven raised their hands. When she asked how many liked Moseley Park, four children raised their hands. Create a pictograph to represent the data. A picture of a tree should represent one vote. How many students voted? How many students liked Centennial and Mosely parks combined? How many more students liked Centennial Park than Cochran Park?

Math Corner-Tuesday Sarah has 26 silly bands. She is going to buy another pack of 16. How many will she have in all? Solve two ways.

Open Response Four schools are playing each other in a game. The tables show the scores from the first two games. Part A Compare the scores from Game 1, using Explain your answer. Part B Compare the scores from Game 2, using Explain your answer. Part C The winner of Game 1 scored 10 more points in the next game. Explain what changed in the place values of their score.

Math Corner-Wednesday Use the graph below to answer the questions. Which indoor activity do children least enjoy? How many children tool the survey? How many more children prefer computer games than arts and crafts? List the activities from most favorite to least favorite.

Math Corner-Thursday John had 146 marbles. His friend has 127. How many marbles will they have together to play the game? Explain your thinking.

Math Corner-Friday Write an addition or subtraction story problem of your own. Solve it with pictures, numbers, and words. Check your answer to make sure that it is correct using the opposite operation.

Week 4

Math Corner-Monday Suppose you hit the target with three darts. How could you score 15? Is there more than one way of scoring 15 with the three darts? Explain your thinking. 5 10 15

Math Corner-Tuesday You hear four birds chirping outside your bedroom window. More birds decide to join them. Now there are 15 birds outside your window. How many birds joined the group? Draw a representation and explain your thinking.

Open Response Sofia found how tall her toy tree and doll were using blocks. Part A How many blocks tall is the doll? Part B How many blocks tall is the tree? Part C Sofia put a toy house next to the blocks. The house is 2 blocks shorter than the tree. How many blocks tall is the house? Show your work or explain your answer. Part D List the doll, the tree, and the house in order from the tallest to the shortest.

Math Corner- Wednesday Mr. Bear baked three honey cakes. Each cake weighed 26 pounds. How much did all of his honey cakes weigh? Show two ways to solve this problem. Think Space! The problem is 12 + 13. Solve it as many different ways as you can using MENTAL MATH ONLY.

Math Corner-Thursday There are some goats, some ducks, some pigs and some chickens in the farm yard. If you go outside you can see 22 legs. What animals might you see? Show your thinking Think Space! The problem is 16 + 17. Solve it as many different ways as you can using MENTAL MATH ONLY. g.

Math Corner-Friday At the ice cream store you can buy chocolate, vanilla and strawberry ice cream. The store has two kinds of cones, sugar and regular. How many different cones with one scoop could you buy? Show your answer with words, numbers or pictures. Think Space! The problem is 12 + 11. Solve it as many different ways as you can using MENTAL MATH ONLY.

Week 5 Review

Math Corner-Monday Solve this problem 2 ways. There are 5 dogs. How many legs are there? Think Space! The problem is 123 - 19. Solve it as many different ways as you can using MENTAL MATH ONLY.

Open Response In an ice-skating contest each person skates two times. The ice skater who scores the most total points wins. Part A Who scored the most points for the first skate? Show your work. Part B Who scored the most points for the second skate? Show your work. Part C Who had the most total number of points? Show your work.

Math Corner- Wednesday Mr. Young planted 5 rows of tomatoes. There are 4 tomato plants in each row. How many tomatoes did Mr. Young plant in all? How many more would he need to plant to reach his goal of 115 tomatoes? Solve with pictures, numbers, and words.

Math Corner-Thursday Using REPEATED ADDITION, tell how many girl feet there are in your class. What is the DIFFERENCE between girl feet and boy feet in your class?

Math Corner-Friday Solve with an array and a number sentence. There are six rows of canned peas. There are four cans in each row. How many cans are there in all?