Family Math Night K-5

Host family math nights at your elementary schoolstarting today! Family math nights are a great way for teachers to get parents involved their childrens education and to promote math learning outside of the classroom. In this practical book, youll find step-by-step guidelines and activities to help you bring family math nights to life. The enhanced second edition is aligned with the Common Core State Standards for Mathematical Content and Practice with new activities to help students explain their answers and write about math. It also comes with ready-to-use handouts that you can distribute during your event. With the resources in this book, youll have everything you need to help students learn essential math conceptsincluding counting and cardinality; operations and algebraic thinking; numbers and operations in base ten; number and operations fractions; measurement and data; and geometryin a fun and supportive environment. Special Features: The book is organized by math content and grade band, so you can quickly find activities that meet your needs. Each activity is easy to implement and includes a page of instructions educators can use to prepare the station, as well as a page for families that explains the activity and can be photocopied and displayed at the station. All of the family activities can be photocopied or downloaded from our website, www.routledge.com/9781138915541, so that you can distribute them during your event.