Week 3: July 16th to July 22nd, 2018 NUMERACY: K – Grade 2 “Life is a math equation. In order to gain the most, you have to know how to convert negatives into positives.” – Anonymous AT HOME: Let’s count on “walking in sunshine!” Online support sites: How can we create a math problem about walking? Fun Things to Do in Toronto: Here are a few questions: https://www.toronto.com/things-to- Rashid takes 35 steps from his room to the sidewalk. He then makes a half do/this-weekend-things-to-do-in- turn right and takes 153 steps to reach a park. How many steps does toronto/ Rashid take in total? Online math support for Parents Are We There Yet? to inspire the love of math: Use your neighbourhood and surroundings to create a scavenger hunt. http://www.ontariodirectors.ca/pare Give directional instructions (turn/rotate; right/left;#of steps etc.) that nt_engagement- lead to a common spot. Have an adult help you. The first person to arrive, math/downloads/docs/en/module01 wins and gets to create the next scavenger challenge. _resource_guide_2015-09-21.pdf Create a mystery walk math trail: http://www.eworkshop.on.ca/edu/re Chose a spot you want to be the last stop. Place a note there: sources/guides/Guide_Math_K_3_G Congratulations, you solved the mystery! : Now rewind your steps and make SS.pdf notes: Steps: (how many: # of steps) and every turn (called rotation, in math terms): Direction: Right or Left (math term: rotation left/ right: half or Video support: full rotation), until you reach the start point. You may need to go over https://www.youtube.com/watch?v= your mystery challenge instructions to make sure they lead to the right end VJTxv-tRKj0 point! You may leave notes at checkpoints to give clues too! Have the winner create the next challenge. More good Math Questions: Where is the math in this? Transformational Geometry involves How to solve word problems for understanding of movement of objects using specific mathematical terms. math: For more about this strand of math, click on the URL’s in the side bar. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v= _HWxAqRpXug FUN WITH TECHNOLOGY Watch Math Problem solving with There are many other games that can be played which rely on the skills of your children: transformational geometry: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Z1aUhGCZs0 79SDvWdcLM In Tetris, shapes (made of squares) fall from above, and the Math YouTube Videos: player can shift (left and right) and rotate the shapes as they fall. Geometry of movement: Filling an entire horizontal row with squares, makes that row of https://www.youtube.com/watch?v= squares disappear (and the player gains points). If the squares reach to 0Z1aUhGCZs0 the top of the screen, it is game over. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ea.game.tetris2011 _row&hl=en_GB Community Events : PARENT CORNER ALL FREE EVENTS IN TORONTO: Riverdale Farm/Kensington What’s happening in your community this week? Market/ROM free: 3:30-5:30pm FREE EVENTS: http://torontofreewalkingtours.com/ Walking Tours : Begin in Kensington Market, then Royal Ontario Museum Walk In Her Shoes: Bata Museum free every Thursday. Riverdale Farm is free. .