Students at Brooke Elementary are learning that math can be fun! Every Tuesday afternoon, from January 28 until March 10, children are participating in Math Matinees involving hands-on learning relating to topics such as ratios, coordinates, budgeting, linear measurement, circumference, 2D and 3D shapes, counting, area and perimeter, symmetry and probability.
These sessions are aimed at challenging students’ mindsets that math is hard by getting them involved in practical and fun examples of math in action. Over the course of several weeks, students circulate through the sessions in Primary (grades K – 3) or Elementary (grades 4 – 7) mixed grade groupings. This allows them to build relationships with students and teachers in the school that they might not otherwise get to interact with.
After each Math Matinee, students return to their classes to reflect on their learning using the Big 3 questions – What am I learning? How is it going? Where to next? Judging by the level of engagement and excitement in the classrooms, this cool initiative is making the grade!
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- Coordinates – Students pair up to play a game of battleships to learn coordinates
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- Budgeting – Students are given a budget and shopping list
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- Circumference – Students measure the circumference of various shapes
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- Linear measurement – Students find and measure various items
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- Measurement – Students follow a recipe to make slime
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- Area and perimeter – Students write their name on a graph paper in order to work out the size of their name
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- Splat – Students make a number story using loose parts, then a splat comes along and changes it
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- Which one doesn’t belong: Students put items in a grid and others have to guess which one doesn’t belong?