Lucky Child chooses a summer math pen pal and invites them to answer their written math questions and send a letter back with math questions for them to answer.
Concepts include:
Rising 1st Graders: Shapes. Number concept. Estimate how long it takes mail to be delivered.
Rising 2nd Graders: Shapes. Counting money. Fractions. Estimate how long it takes mail to be delivered.
Rising 3rd Graders: Word problems based on the price of stamps. Estimate how long it takes mail to be delivered and associated word problems.
Rising 4th Graders: Counting money. Word problems. Estimate how long it takes mail to be delivered and associated word problems.
Rising 5th Graders: Word problems involving all four operations. Prime and composite. Rounding. Estimate how long it takes mail to be delivered and associated word problems.
Rising 6th Graders: 4-digit subtraction. Create a timeline. Estimate how long it takes mail to be delivered and associated word problems.
Rising 7th Graders: Fraction multiplication. Prime factorization. 5-digit multiplication. Estimate how long it takes mail to be delivered and associated word problems.
*Rising indicates a student will be ‘rising’ up a grade level in the next school year.
