1. Starting a Math Club in Elementary School Ann M. Perry St. Joseph’s Academy aperry@stjosephacademy.org

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3. How to access presentation information? Hand outs such as student registration form and student helper form can be found at: http://www.stjosephacademy.org/faculty /aperry/ http://www.stjosephacademy.org/faculty /aperry/ In addition, my power point presentation will be on my web page as well.

5. Membership Grade level(s) Registration form Registration fee Frequency of meetings

6. “I like Math Club because you get to do fun stuff.”-Lauren, Third Grade “I like Math Club because Ms. Perry made learning math so much fun like when we counted how many bubble gum bubbles we could blow in 1 minute.”-Tista, Third Grade

7. “ I like Math Club because every class we learned something interesting.” -Jacob, 5 th Grade

8. Student Helpers  Grade level(s)  Student helper form

10. Role of Student Helper  reading directions  problem solving  staying on task

11. Benefits to Student Helper  leadership skills  mathematical talents  role models  math club participants enjoy special attention from older students

12. Club Supplies snack (optional, but encouraged for younger students) pencil scissors ruler markers or crayons deck of cards

13. What if a student forgets supplies? What if the students need additional supplies?

14. “My favorite Math Club activity was playing skunk.”-Nicole, Fifth Grade “My favorite Math Club activity was making geodesic domes.”-Lauren, Third Grade

15. After School Meetings When? Where?

16. Where to Find Topics? conferences internet other teachers in your building or in neighboring schools periodicals (monthly newsletters) list servs librarians personal experience/interest

17. Topics Tangrams Estimation Math field trips around the school Math and literature

18. Math Field Trip Student Question Go to the lower soccer field. Run across and back the soccer field (long ways). How long did it take you in seconds? Mom/Dad is to run across and back the soccer field (long ways). How long did it take him/her in seconds? Who took longer to run across and back? By how much longer? Why was seconds used as the unit of measurement rather than minutes? Parent Hand Out Questions to ask: How can we time ourselves running across and back the soccer field? If your child says by counting, then discuss the pros and cons of this method. Question the child on how to acquire a more accurate way of how to time this activity. Encourage your child to label his/her answers with the units (in this case, seconds). Ask your child: Is it is important to label the answer with the appropriate units? Exaggeration here might work. What if used hours for our units? Would the answer make sense? Discuss unit of measurement. 60 seconds is 1 minute. Why were seconds used as the unit of measurement rather than minutes?

19. Math Field Trip Count the number of stairs that go from the first floor to the second floor. Is this number even or odd? Find the following shapes around school. List the object where the shape was found. triangle square rectangle pentagon hexagon (6 sides) octagon

21. Math & Literature Anna & Lauren

22. Math & Literature Let’s Fly a Kite By Stuart J. Murphy The Doorbell Rang By Pat Hutchins Ten Black Dots By Donald Crews Bug Dance By Stuart J. Murphy More M & Ms Math By Barbara Barbieri McGrath

23. Topics Platonic solids Election activities Math games Math Contests Probability

25. Topics Numbers in my life Geodesic domes Origami Symmetry Area and Perimeter

26. Geodesic Domes A favorite activity…

27. Topics Reading a Clock Mean, Median, Mode and Range Measuring activities Grow a Dinosaur

28. More Topics How long does it take to write one’s name twenty times? Blowing bubbles Topology: mobius band Finding the height of a tree Cheerio Activity

29. “My favorite math activity was learning pi because I enjoyed memorizing it.” -Benjamin, Third Grade

30. Brainstorming Walk through paper: http://pbskids.org/zoom/activities/games/stepthroughhole.htmlhttp://pbskids.org/zoom/activities/games/stepthroughhole.html Mobius strip: http://mathssquad.questacon.edu.au/mobius_strip.htmlhttp://mathssquad.questacon.edu.au/mobius_strip.html April Math Talk: mathcats.com/mathnight wpetti@mathcats.com Bubbles – straw through it – pop it – bubble circle imprint saranormington@comcast.nethttp://criticalmath.keypress.com Michael Serra Discovering Math – videos on every hands on activities string art trihexaflexagon math flowers with rotational symmetry Guess my shape – touch and feel box Puzzles on a table Math Mad libs written by students http://mathlibs.org/ http://www.mathpower.com/madlib.htm

31. Election Activity MCTM Bulletin October 2008 Page 4 Electing a President A president takes the oath of office in January (following the November election). William Harrison died after only a month in office. What month did William Harrison die? Zachary Taylor died after 16 months in office. What month did Zachary Taylor die?

32. More Election Activity Abraham Lincoln was the tallest president at six feet four inches and James Madison was the smallest president at five feet four inches. Are you closer in height to the shortest or tallest president? How many inches do you have to grow to be as tall as that president? Is your mom or dad closest in height to the shortest or tallest president?

34. Election Activity Continued Approximately 50% of all people in the United States over 18 years old vote when it is time to elect a president. If 50% of the students here tonight voted, how many people would that equal? If 75% of all the people here tonight voted, how many people would that equal? Which percent was easy or difficult to work with and why?

35. Contests check local/state math affiliated NCTM organizations internet search on math contests for a particular grade level http://www.mathleague.com/contests.ht m http://www.mathleague.com/contests.ht m http://homeschoolmathcontests.com/in dividualchart.aspx http://homeschoolmathcontests.com/in dividualchart.aspx

36. "I liked the Math and Art Contest because it involved two things that I'm good at." - Devon, 5th Grade “My favorite Math Club activity was the Math and Art Contest.” -Nicole, 5 th Grade

37. Parent Meetings when where why Parents are involved with his/her own child!!! Math club sponsor is the “coach” at these meetings.

39. Parent meeting attendance Extra siblings at parent meetings

40. Support administration teachers parents students

41. “Often, when my third graders were working on similar concepts in the classroom, the "Math Clubbers" would offer what they had learned after school. It would help make our more mundane class work come alive in a different, exciting way!” “I also saw some of my students develop more confidence in their Math abilities. That self-confidence is priceless!” -Third Grade Teacher

42. Reflections: What have the students learned? What have I learned?

43. Practicing Math Facts

44. “ I miss math club. We used to learn math with fun activities like we learned fractions by cutting cookies & everyone got a "fractional" piece.”-Taj, Third Grade

45. Math Club

46. Parent Story “I asked how math club was as we were walking out. He was strolling along and then stopped and said fine except there is one problem. Thinking it would be more serious I was readying myself for a math is in everything response. He said, the problem is it is only once a month! Shook his head and started to walk out. I had to laugh and said I couldn't agree more.”

47. This certificate is presented to Student Name for participating in School Name Math Club 2008-2009 School Year Dated this 23rd day of May, 2009 ________________________________ Math Club Sponsor _______________________________ Principal

48. This certificate is awarded to School Name Math Club May 28, 2010 Ann M. Perry—Math Club Sponsor Principal Name—Principal Student Name in recognition of valuable contributions to Certificate of Appreciation

50. Hand outs such as student registration form and student helper form can be found at: http://www.stjosephacademy.org/faculty /aperry/ http://www.stjosephacademy.org/faculty /aperry/ In addition, I will place this power point presentation at the above web address.