Echo Lake Elementary appreciates the contributions you make to your child's education. Thank you for your support! During our unit on adding and subtracting fractions, your child will bring home three family activities. These activities are listed below. If the activity requires any prop (like dice), the prop will be sent home with your child for the assignment.
Dice Multiplication Game
Knowing multiplication facts increases student success with fractions. In this fun game, you and your child will take turns rolling dice to multiply numbers. Example: If your child is practicing their nines times table, each time you roll the dice you will multiply the sum of the two numbers by nine. The first person to get the answer right gets a point. Download the PDF version below.
Knowing multiplication facts increases student success with fractions. In this fun game, you and your child will take turns rolling dice to multiply numbers. Example: If your child is practicing their nines times table, each time you roll the dice you will multiply the sum of the two numbers by nine. The first person to get the answer right gets a point. Download the PDF version below.
| family_activity1.pdf |
Fractions Around Your Home
Making fractions meaningful is one of our goals of the unit. Finding fractions in every day life helps create meaning and understanding. This activity asks you and your child to find examples of fractions around your home, using a drawing or description of the item. Download the PDF version below.
Making fractions meaningful is one of our goals of the unit. Finding fractions in every day life helps create meaning and understanding. This activity asks you and your child to find examples of fractions around your home, using a drawing or description of the item. Download the PDF version below.
| Fractions Around Your Home |
Interview with a Family Member: Taking Risks and Growing
Math provides us with challenges. One goal of our math unit is to help students take risks in math—to raise their hands and make estimates, and to try new problem-solving techniques. This can be difficult because in math, it often seems like there is only one “right” answer. In our world, we often reward people who take risks and try something new or challenging. We would like to help students see that this can be helpful in math as well. This interview will help your child understand that risk-taking in math can lead to lessons and success. Download the PDF version below.
Math provides us with challenges. One goal of our math unit is to help students take risks in math—to raise their hands and make estimates, and to try new problem-solving techniques. This can be difficult because in math, it often seems like there is only one “right” answer. In our world, we often reward people who take risks and try something new or challenging. We would like to help students see that this can be helpful in math as well. This interview will help your child understand that risk-taking in math can lead to lessons and success. Download the PDF version below.
| Interview with a Family Member |
