Math Bridging
Activities
Summer Break
Our students work hard over the school year to learn the information we present. It is estimated that over summer break students can lose up to 2 months of previously acquired math knowledge. As teachers we can prevent this from happening by sending home suggested summer math activities.
Our students work hard over the school year to learn the information we present. It is estimated that over summer break students can lose up to 2 months of previously acquired math knowledge. As teachers we can prevent this from happening by sending home suggested summer math activities.
The following are some suggestions. They are categorized by
age for your convenience.
- · Review numbers while running errands
- · Count apples or boxes of cereal at the grocery store
- · Estimate how many red, green, or yellow cars are in a parking lot
- · Start a collection of rocks or sea shells and keep a running tally of how many you’ve collected
- · Identify numbers on sports jerseys and count goals scored or runs batted in
- · Play card games like Solitaire, Uno, Crazy Eights, and Four Kings
- · Pick 1 day a week to review multiplication flash cards
- · Take them to the DQ, give them $3.25 and have them figure out what treat they can afford
- · Measure the height of their shadow at different times such as, 10 am, 12pm, 1 pm
- · Measure the amount of water the plants need
- · Measure the plants growth each week
- · Bake
- · Predict how much gas it will take to get to the cabin
- · Play cribbage or rummy
- · Math camp
- · Tutor younger students
- · Review past tests
- · Help plan and budget the family vacation
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