Aloha, parents of Junior B and Senior math!
Consider this challenge your students’ final “service project” for their math class. To earn a pizza party, your students will be preparing to teach their parents a few math principles or concepts that they’ve learned throughout this year. Here’s how it works:
- Your student is choosing 3 of their favorite math principles (or if they’ve learned out of different math books, their favorite math concepts). They will prepare to teach the principles, using examples, and giving you a problem or two to solve. Your current math level doesn’t matter; this challenge is solely a teaching exercise.
- As their parent, you want to look for evidence that they have a solid concept in those math principles. Questions you can ask yourself as they teach you:
- Do they know what the math vocabulary words mean (if applicable)?
- Can they correctly teach you how to solve the problem?
- Do they have a story problem to show you? Does the story problem make sense?
- When they finish teaching you their math lesson, fill out this quick survey so their work can be submitted: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/92DVLYL
- When 5 surveys are submitted for a class, that class will have earned their pizza party! (Each student who teaches can qualify for a point, not just families!)
- To sweeten the deal… the first 5 families from each class who’s parents submit a survey will receive $5 to help in purchasing the pizza for the party! 😀 (Only $5 per family, not student, sorry.)
Thank you for allowing me to teach your children this school year!
P.S. Some students are still in the beginning of a math book. They don’t need to finish the book before the summer break unless they want to. The rest of this month is a perfect time to review everything they’ve learned, to organize and finalize their books, and to make a game plan for math next year.
P.P.S. Do they have to teach their parents in order to get a point? That is up to you as their parent. 🙂
~ Esther Langi