Lakers Set Sail
Family Engagement from Home-April 2020
Lakers Set Sail
Math at Home with a Deck of Cards
Addition Double War: Use a regular deck of cards. Deal out the cards evenly between players. Aces represent one, face cards are ten. Each player will turn over two cards at a time. Players add the value of their two cards and the largest sum wins. To make this game a little more challenging, turn over three cards each time and find their sum.
Multiplication Double War: Follow the directions for Addition Double War, only this time the largest product wins. For a student just learning multiplication facts, use two decks of cards and start with the easiest fact families first, gradually adding the larger numbers.
Reading at Home
Practice writing words with chalk outside.
Play a vocabulary game to help identify common prefixes. On index cards, write out several common prefixes: for example, dis- (meaning opposite) in- (meaning not), mis- (meaning bad), pre- (meaning before), anti- (meaning against), re- (meaning again). Place the cards facedown. Take turns with the child turning over the top card. The player whose turn it is gets to say a word which uses the prefix correctly (for 1 point) and to provide the definition of the prefix (for 2 points). Play continues until all the cards are gone and the winner is the one with the most points.
STEAM at Home-Invisible Ink
WHAT TO DO:
1. Squeeze the lemon juice into a bowl and add a spoonful of water. Mix gently. Dip the swab into the liquid and write a message or draw a picture on the paper.
2. Let the liquid dry completely so that the message or picture is invisible. To share your secret, set it in sunlight, hold close to a lightbulb, or iron (with adult help).
3. The message will be revealed!