Sample activities include:
- Write letters to a summer-math pen pal
- Create a coordinate grid using sidewalk chalk, then complete a table and mark the ordered pairs using rocks
- Create and solve single variable algebraic expressions using things seen at an area park
- Collect data and use it to figure out the mean, median, mode, and range
- Swing through your multiplication and division facts
- Model multiplication of fractions using an envelope
- Go to a library and read math-related literature and ask a librarian how they use math
- Use water balloons to compare equivalent fractions, decimals, and percents
- Explore prime and composite numbers using sidewalk chalk and water balloons
- Make homemade playdough and use it to explore 3-dimensional figures, volume, surface area, and ratios
- Create a mosaic and study ratios and 2-dimensional figures
- Visit a Catholic church to explore pattern, symmetry and its place in a sacred space
- Make lemonade and explore volume, counting money, and tithing by setting up a lemonade stand
- Use Styrofoam cups to explore place value
- Explore Greatest Common Factors and Lowest Common Multiples
- Play a board game with a Math Mentor and journal about the math you used while playing
- Daily Flashcard Motivation Page
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