1. The Name Game
What’s in a name?

2. The Longest Name on a birth certificate
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Williams

3. What do you think is the typical number of letters in the full names (first and last names) of students in your class?

4. Any remaining letter, color like the first letter.
Math Glyph Code
First Letter
Color the letter striped in your two favorite colors. Second Letter
Color the letter
Pink if you have only sisters
Blue if you have only brothers
Half pink and half blue if brothers and sisters
Yellow if no brothers or sisters
Third Letter Fourth Letter
Color the letter Color the letter for your favorite subject
Red if you went to this school system last year Blue if Math
Green if you went to another school system Yellow if Science
last year. Red if History
Orange if English
Fifth Letter Sixth Letter
Color the letter on how you get to school Color the letter by your groups
Yellow if by bus Yellow Group 1
Brown if by car Red Group 2
Black if you walk Green Group 3
Orange Group 4
Blue Group 5
Purple Group 6
Pink Group 7
Brown Group 8
Any remaining letter, color like the first letter.

5. The Name Game
Gather data about the total number of letters in the first and last names of students in your class.
Find a way to organize the data so you can determine the typical name length.
Write some statements about your class data. Note any patterns you see.
What would you say is the typical name length for a student in your class?
If a new student joined your class today, what would you predict about the length of that student’s name?