{"id":389,"date":"2020-06-19T11:49:26","date_gmt":"2020-06-19T18:49:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/mcdiarmidm\/?p=389"},"modified":"2020-06-21T17:43:38","modified_gmt":"2020-06-22T00:43:38","slug":"math-ideas-for-summer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/mcdiarmidm\/?p=389","title":{"rendered":"Summer Ideas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To keep up your skills in Math, you may want to practice by playing some games. You can say the numbers in French and practice your counting\/skip counting. Here are some activities you could try:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Adding prices at the grocery store<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Math minutes (how many addition to 20 questions can you answer in 1 minute\u2026 in 2\u2026 in 5? What abut Subtraction?)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Creating patterns with objects found indoors and outdoors<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Creating patterns with beads or string while making jewelry\/friendship bracelets<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Following patterns by learning how to crochet or knit: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Cjo13OyjZgo\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Cjo13OyjZgo<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Measuring ingredients in baking (with the help of an adult):\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/projectchef.ca\/recipes\/\">http:\/\/projectchef.ca\/recipes\/<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Measuring ingredients in Science experiments (with the supervision of an adult)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Measuring objects around the house<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Building a project that requires measurements (sewing, bird house, etc)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Shape scavenger hunts\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Number puzzles, Sudoku<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Play card games: Go Fish, War, Snap etc<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here is a list of free resources:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Games: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.prodigygame.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/www.prodigygame.com\/<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Games: <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.learnalberta.ca\/content\/mfam3\/flash\/index.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">http:\/\/www.learnalberta.ca\/content\/mfam3\/flash\/index.html<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Games: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.coolmath4kids.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/www.coolmath4kids.com\/<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Games: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.splashlearn.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/www.splashlearn.com\/<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Videos and lessons: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.khanacademy.org\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/www.khanacademy.org<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Worksheets: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mathworksheets4kids.com\/math.php\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/www.mathworksheets4kids.com\/math.php<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Make your own Worksheets: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/superkids.com\/aweb\/tools\/math\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/superkids.com\/aweb\/tools\/math\/<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here are some optional activities that review some of the topics we learned this year:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Estimation\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Before counting, estimate the total of each item<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Count the number of items. What strategy did you use to count the total of items. What steps did you take to figure out the total?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/mcdiarmidm\/files\/2020\/06\/estimation.pdf\">estimation<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<ol start=\"2\">\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Graphing<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Over the course of the week, record everything you eat on the graph. If you eat a fruit color in or draw the fruit you ate under the fruit column. If you had something sweet (cookie, muffin, ice cream, pop, bubble tea etc.), color or draw the item you ate under the desert column.\u00a0 Keep this graph next to your kitchen table to help you remember to record your food.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-395\" src=\"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/mcdiarmidm\/files\/2020\/06\/guide-alimentaire-canadien-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-396\" src=\"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/mcdiarmidm\/files\/2020\/06\/guide-alimentaire-canadien.JPG-300x169.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"644\" height=\"363\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/mcdiarmidm\/files\/2020\/06\/guide-alimentaire-canadien.JPG-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/mcdiarmidm\/files\/2020\/06\/guide-alimentaire-canadien.JPG.png 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 644px) 100vw, 644px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-393\" src=\"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/mcdiarmidm\/files\/2020\/06\/guide-alimentaire-canadien.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/mcdiarmidm\/files\/2020\/06\/food-journal.docx\">food-journal<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ol start=\"3\">\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Measurement<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Using fishy crackers or another non-standard unit of measurement about equal length and complete the following worksheet.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here are the instructions in English<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Measure the right side of the page. How many crackers did you need to measure the right side of the page.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Measure the left side of the page. How many crackers did you need to measure the left side of the page.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What did you notice?<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Measure the bottom side of your page. How many crackers did you need to measure the bottome<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">*** How many will you need to measure the length around the page? (Bonus not on the page)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/mcdiarmidm\/files\/2020\/06\/la-mesure-avec-des-poissons-goldfish-dragged-1.pdf\">la-mesure-avec-des-poissons-goldfish-dragged-1<\/a> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/mcdiarmidm\/files\/2020\/06\/la-mesure-avec-des-poissons-goldfish-dragged-2.pdf\">la-mesure-avec-des-poissons-goldfish-dragged 2<\/a><\/p>\n<ol start=\"4\">\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Measurement<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Get your favorite snack (fishy crackers, cereal, chips, bear paws, yogurt etc.)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Can you find the nutritional information on the back. It looks like this.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-400\" src=\"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/mcdiarmidm\/files\/2020\/06\/220px-FDA_Nutrition_Facts_Label_2006-153x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"153\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/mcdiarmidm\/files\/2020\/06\/220px-FDA_Nutrition_Facts_Label_2006-153x300.jpg 153w, https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/mcdiarmidm\/files\/2020\/06\/220px-FDA_Nutrition_Facts_Label_2006.jpg 220w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 153px) 100vw, 153px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Look to see how much sugar\/sucre your treat contains. It will be measured in grams<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">4g of sugar=\u00a0 1 teaspoon of sugar<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Can you figure out how many teaspoons of\u00a0 sugar are\u00a0 in your treat? Measure the sugar\u00a0 with a teaspoon.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A can of coke has 39 grams of sugar. How many teaspoons is that? Can you measure that out?<\/span><\/p>\n<ol start=\"5\">\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Subtraction and addition practice\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Option 1<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Shake, Drop, Add: You will need 5 (or more) coins each. Hold all coins in a closed fist. Shake your hands and count to 3. On 3, drop your coins in front of you. For each coin that lands heads\u00a0 up, you score 5 points. For each coin that lands tails up, you score 2 points. If you are playing with a partner total your points to see who has the greater score and play again until someone get to 100. \u00a0 If you are playing alone, play until you reach 100, and tally how many hands it took you took to get to 100. After a few rounds, you might change the number of coins you play with and\/or the number of points scored for heads and tails. Remember that you can always use a 100\u2019s chart or a 100 object to help you with your counting.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Option 2<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Shake, Drop, Subtract:You will need 5 (or more) coins each. Hold all coins in a closed fist. Shake your hands and drop your coins in front of you. This time you are counting down from 100. For each coin that lands heads up, you take away 5 points. For each coin that lands tails you take away 2 points. If you are playing with a partner the person who arrives at 0 first wins. If you are playing alone, play until you reach 0, and tally how many hands it took to you to get to 0 . Remember that you can always use a 100\u2019s chart or a 100 object to help you with your counting.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Option 3<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yathzee (you will need five dice for this game)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Each player rolls five dice and then chooses whether to re-roll any of those dice. The best roll is a yahtzee, where all five dice have the same value. After three total rolls, the player then determines which scores she qualifies for with her roll.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here is short video explaining that game:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?client=safari&amp;rls=en&amp;q=yahtzee+rules+for+kids&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;oe=UTF-8\">https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?client=safari&amp;rls=en&amp;q=yahtzee+rules+for+kids&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;oe=UTF-8<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yahtzee simplified score sheet: <img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-402\" src=\"http:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/mcdiarmidm\/files\/2020\/06\/Yahtzee-Kids-Score-Card-printable-1-300x229.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"229\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/mcdiarmidm\/files\/2020\/06\/Yahtzee-Kids-Score-Card-printable-1-300x229.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/mcdiarmidm\/files\/2020\/06\/Yahtzee-Kids-Score-Card-printable-1.jpg 630w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To keep up your skills in Math, you may want to practice by playing some games. You can say the numbers in French and practice your counting\/skip counting. Here are some activities you could try: Adding prices at the grocery store Math minutes (how many addition to 20 questions can you answer in 1 minute\u2026 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9899,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[6],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/mcdiarmidm\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/389"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/mcdiarmidm\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/mcdiarmidm\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/mcdiarmidm\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/9899"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/mcdiarmidm\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=389"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/mcdiarmidm\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/389\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":411,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/mcdiarmidm\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/389\/revisions\/411"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/mcdiarmidm\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=389"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/mcdiarmidm\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=389"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sd41blogs.ca\/mcdiarmidm\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=389"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}