What are some ideas for informing parents or possible topics/ activities for a Family Math Night?
• Check the Home Connection Handbook for some ideas about running Family Math Nights. • • Talk about program. • Describe objectives. • Demonstrate actual lesson. • Discuss expectations of teachers for students. • Demo homework. • We rotated among 5 first grade classrooms for 1 hour. Each classroom had a math game available with directions. The students know how to play so they just got right to it. We really were not needed! [You might also include some of the problem types at stations—for example, What’s My Rule? or Frames-and-Arrows Diagrams or name-collection boxes. • We made a PowerPoint presentation of information about Everyday Math and inserted pictures of students at different grade levels doing math. This played in a corner of our cafeteria throughout our Family Game Night. Parents and children were able to play EM games at tables. We displayed books about math and games that use math that can be bought in stores. • Have 1-3 games for each grade level. Families can go around a
