Thursday, July 26, 2018
Table Talk Math
One of my favorite books to help parents integrate math is Table Talk Math. The most recent blog post is here!
Friday, July 13, 2018
Summer Math Websites
Check out these great websites for some summer math fun!
Table Talk Math and its companion book are great resources. They give ways to integrate math into your daily conversations and have some ideas for some simple math challenge. You can also follow on Twitter @TableTalkMath
101 Questions-This site gives a graphic and you come up with the questions!
Mashup Math-fun daily puzzles
Greg Tang-Summer Math Game Challenge
Table Talk Math and its companion book are great resources. They give ways to integrate math into your daily conversations and have some ideas for some simple math challenge. You can also follow on Twitter @TableTalkMath
101 Questions-This site gives a graphic and you come up with the questions!
Mashup Math-fun daily puzzles
Greg Tang-Summer Math Game Challenge
Tuesday, March 21, 2017
Family Math and Science Night!
Family Math/Science Night-NEW DATE
Dear Northeast Families,
We are excited to announce that Northeast Staff and the PTO will be running our second annual Prek-5 Family Math/Science Night on Tuesday, MAY 2nd from 6:30-8pm. Our vision for this FREE evening is to allow families to work together to learn fun games and strategies to help our Northeast students become even stronger mathematicians. New this year, fifth graders will have the opportunity to share their own science and engineering projects. More information on this will be coming soon. Last year’s event was VERY well attended. We hope to have a similar turnout this year.
At the event, every child will receive a bag of grade appropriate math tools that will allow families to continue the evening’s activities at home. Even if you are unable to attend, your child(ren) will receive the materials and activity resources in school.
The PTO has generously donated to this event. In order to raise the additional funds for the materials, Northeast students held a Penny Drive during the month of February and first week of March. Students raised over $500 in pennies (that’s 50,000 pennies)!
Thank you for supporting our Northeast mathematicians and scientists. We look forward to seeing all of you at our event!
Mrs Harney and Mrs. Vittum
Friday, November 4, 2016
Student Modeling
Students at every grade level have been using modeling to prove and show their mathematical thinking and reasoning. Below are some examples from first grade and third grade.
The first grade problem was the following:
John has 3 stickers. Mark has 4 stickers. Anna has 5 stickers. They each get 2 more stickers.
How many stickers do they each have now? (Extension: How many stickers do they have in total?)
A grade 3 student was solving the following multi-step problem:
An artist plans to paint a wall in a room. The wall is divided into six equal sections so each section can be painted a different color.
The artist goes to the store to buy brushes and small cans of paint. He pays a total of $94.
He buys 8 brushes that cost $5 each.
The rest of the money is used for the cans of paint. Each can costs the same amount.
How much does each can of paint cost?
Show your work and explain your thinking.
Ask your children about their mathematical modeling! I think you will be impressed!
The first grade problem was the following:
John has 3 stickers. Mark has 4 stickers. Anna has 5 stickers. They each get 2 more stickers.
How many stickers do they each have now? (Extension: How many stickers do they have in total?)
A grade 3 student was solving the following multi-step problem:
An artist plans to paint a wall in a room. The wall is divided into six equal sections so each section can be painted a different color.
The artist goes to the store to buy brushes and small cans of paint. He pays a total of $94.
He buys 8 brushes that cost $5 each.
The rest of the money is used for the cans of paint. Each can costs the same amount.
How much does each can of paint cost?
Show your work and explain your thinking.
Ask your children about their mathematical modeling! I think you will be impressed!
Tuesday, October 25, 2016
Wednesday, October 12, 2016
What's this new math anyway?
Please join Mrs. Vittum, Ms. Welch and Mrs. Tenaglia as we unpack the Common Core State Standards and our new curriculum resource, Engage NY/Eureka.
There will be two sessions (the information will be the same at each session).
Session 1: Thursday, October 13th at 6:30pm (during the PTO meeting)
Session 2: Friday, October 14th at 1:45pm
Each session will be about an hour long.
You can sign up online here!
There will be two sessions (the information will be the same at each session).
Session 1: Thursday, October 13th at 6:30pm (during the PTO meeting)
Session 2: Friday, October 14th at 1:45pm
Each session will be about an hour long.
You can sign up online here!
Wednesday, August 24, 2016
Welcome Back Northeast!
I hope that you all enjoyed summer vacation as much as I did! My family took a great trip to the Grand Canyon and Sedona, AZ. I can't believe how much math we encountered on our trip! From tracking distance, comparing sizes and just paying for items (making sure they were within our budget!), we were doing real world math all the time! Check out this website for some fun facts about the Grand Canyon http://explorethecanyon.com/explore-learn/grand-canyon-facts/.
The staff at Northeast is excited to welcome so many new families to the building. We hope that you find it to be a great place to learn and grow.
Throughout the year, I will be posting information about our math instruction. There will be activities for students as well as fun projects for families to do at home. In addition, I will be posting information about how and when parents should be helping students with homework, why it is important to let your child struggle and persevere through problems and more.
Please feel free to contact me at any time if you have questions.
The staff at Northeast is excited to welcome so many new families to the building. We hope that you find it to be a great place to learn and grow.
Throughout the year, I will be posting information about our math instruction. There will be activities for students as well as fun projects for families to do at home. In addition, I will be posting information about how and when parents should be helping students with homework, why it is important to let your child struggle and persevere through problems and more.
Please feel free to contact me at any time if you have questions.
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