2022 Summer Math Newsletter-Week 1
July 3-9
Math fun all summer long
In our weekly Summer Math Newsletters we hope to provide you with some suggestions to find the joy in mathematics all around us. In some sections suggestions are given for each grade level, but feel free to pick and choose which activities are just right for you and your family.
Optional links to practice sheets are also provided in the newsletter for students to keep math skills fresh! These do not need to be returned and are just for home practice.
Math Fun
Math Humor
Why didn't 4 and 4 go to the 4th of July cookout?
Because they already 8 (ate)!
4 + 4 = 8
Math Puzzle - Fireworks 15
Use each of the numbers 1-9.
Put a different number in each circle of the firework so that each straight row of 3 circles has a sum of 15.
Possible solution will appear in next week's newsletter
Talking Math
There is so much math in this picture. What math do you see? Below are some ideas to get you started.
Students entering grade:
- K - How many strawberries are on the top row? How many are on the top 2 rows?
- 1 - How many strawberries are there altogether? How do you know?
- 2 - How many more strawberries are needed to have 50?
- 3 - Can you figure out how many blueberries there are without counting every blueberry?
- 4 - How many more blueberries are needed to have 100 blueberries?
- 5 - What fraction of the fruit are strawberries? What fraction are blueberries? Which fraction is greater?
What made you curious? What math questions did you come up with?
Math Surrounds Us!
Math is all around us all the time.
Try to look around your house, your neighborhood, or anywhere you go to find some math this week.
Students entering grade:
K - Try to find each of the numbers 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9. Which number did you find the most?
1 - What is the largest 2-digit number you can find somewhere? What is the smallest 2-digit number? How many 2-digit numbers can you find this week?
2 - What is the largest 3-digit number you can find somewhere? What is the smallest 3-digit number? How many 3-digit numbers can you find this week?
3 - What is the largest 4-digit number you can find somewhere? What is the smallest 4-digit number? How many 4-digit numbers can you find this week?
4 and 5- Fractions aren't always obvious to find, but they are certainly all around us if you look carefully and think creatively. See if you can be careful and creative and find some fractions.
Math Practice
Closing Thought of the Week:
"The only way to learn mathematics is to do mathematics" ~Paul Halmos (mathematician)