Suggestions for Math Night Activities for Grades K-3
Spring 2011
The links below will provide some ideas for creating math night activities. You will need to adjust the activities to suit your needs. Also be sure to suggest adaptations of your activities to suit students of different ability levels.
1. What Comes Next? (Patterns/Algebra - Grades 2-5)
http://illuminations.nctm.org/LessonDetail.aspx?id=L286
2. Body Measurements (Measurement - Grades 3-5)
http://illuminations.nctm.org/LessonDetail.aspx?id=L659
3. How many more fish? (Number/Operations - Grades K-2)
http://illuminations.nctm.org/LessonDetail.aspx?id=U51
4.Construction by Instruction (Geometry Grades K-3)
http://orion.math.iastate.edu/mathnight/activities/modules/construction/
5. Going Places (Measurement - Grades K-2)
http://illuminations.nctm.org/LessonDetail.aspx?id=U49
6. Paper Quilts (Geometry - Grades 3-5)
http://illuminations.nctm.org/LessonDetail.aspx?id=U104
7. Ladybug Adventures (Geometry - Grades K-2)
http://illuminations.nctm.org/LessonDetail.aspx?ID=L158
8. Baby Weights (Number/Operations and Data Collectiong - Grades K-2)
http://illuminations.nctm.org/LessonDetail.aspx?id=L170
9. Begin with Buttons (Number/Operations and Algebra - Grades K-2)
http://illuminations.nctm.org/LessonDetail.aspx?id=U31
10. Clowning Around (Data Collection - Grades K-2)
http://illuminations.nctm.org/LessonDetail.aspx?id=L614
11. What's in a name? (Data Collection - Grades 3-5)
http://illuminations.nctm.org/LessonDetail.aspx?id=U151
12. Coin Madness (Measurement - Money - Grades 1-4)
http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/mathgames/Add%20Like%20Mad%20Math/addlikemad_coin.htm
13. When should we leave? (Measurement - time - Grades 2-4)
http://athomewithmath.terc.edu/english_PDF/math_ENG_sect6.pdf
14. Wish List (Measurement/Estimation - Money - Grades 2-4)
http://athomewithmath.terc.edu/english_PDF/math_ENG_sect8.pdf
15. Number Cents (Number/Operations and Algebra - Grades K-2)
http://illuminations.nctm.org/LessonDetail.aspx?id=U67
16. What's Fair? (Number/Operations - Grades K-4)
http://athomewithmath.terc.edu/english_PDF/math_ENG_sect3.pdf
17. Which holds the most? (Measurement - Grades K-4)
http://athomewithmath.terc.edu/english_PDF/math_ENG_sect9.pdf
18. Collection of Math Fact Review Games (Number/Operations - Grades K-3)