No 5th Grade Math Club

[Jason Brewer]

Hey Everyone,

Due to STAAR testing for 5th grade on Thursday, we will not have 5th grade math club. Other grades are still on.

There should be a notice in Wed envelope and Mrs. Henderson will make an announcement as well to get the word out.

Thanks,

Jason

[Turicchi, Tom]

Hey Jason,

 

Thanks for letting us know.

 

Question for you… I have this third-hand from some of the kids, so I don’t know if it’s even remotely accurate.

 

One of the fourth-graders said that the fifth grade section is so small that they don’t meet regularly.  They asked if their fifth-grade friend could join the fourth grade math maniacs.  I said sure, no problem.  Do you know if this is a real issue?  If so, the 5^th graders are welcome to join us for the rest of the year.  (On the other hand, that might kill attendance from the 5^th graders if they see it as a demotion.  On the other hand… if we promote it correctly, they might see it as fun… 4^th vs. 5^th in a math smackdown.  Something like that.)  Anyway… I’m not advocating this and I don’t want to step on anybody’s turf.  They’re welcome to join us if it helps attendance.

 

tt.

[Jason Brewer]

Tom,

I think that's fine.

On a similar topic, what does everything think about another last day event?

Last year we threw everyone in the gym for team relay math. Teams were mix of K-5th grade.

Do we want to try that again? Add to it? Do something different?

It was a bit ad hoc, but I think they had fun.

Last week of math club would be May 24.

Thanks,

Jason

[Colin Davis]

The 5^th grade group is usually about 4-8 kids, the size varies a bit due to safety patrol, but we do meet every time.  I’ve been running it solo for a while now because there were not any other 5^th grade parents that volunteered.

 

I think the 5 grade group is fine, but I will admit that I’m pretty much out of new ideas and attendance could be dropping because I’m repeating the same bag of tricks.  Adding a little variety by mixing the 4^th vs 5^th could be a good way to mix it up.

 

I’m open to whatever is best for the kids and there are no worries about turf.

 

 

Colin

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[JP Moore]

People really don’t need math anymore. It’s all done with computers nowadays.

[Ron J. Banks]

Yeah, that’s the same computer that people depend on to check their grammar and spelling. Received any correspondence from recent college graduates lately?

 

I like the idea of a smackdown. Fwiw - last year’s fifth graders liked any math game that involved standing at the front of the class and answering questions, especially if was part of a competition or win/lose situation. Of course, they also liked any teaching lesson that involved playing cards or dice. After a while, though, I got tired of losing money.

 

Glad to hear the math club is still going strong. Good luck.

[Dan Grimsley]

You know, we should have an informal get together for a "math club workshop" to share ideas and talk about what's worked, what hasn't and pool resources for future use. Not sure about you guys but the Wednesday night scramble gets kinda old. 

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[Jason Brewer]

Good idea, Dan. I will set something up.

[Turicchi, Tom]

Hi, Colin,

 

Thanks for the email.

 

I suspected that something was lost in translation in what I’d heard.  Thanks for the info.

 

FWIW, the last few weeks our attendance has been down a bit too.  Not sure the reason.

 

I really like Dan’s suggestion of getting the math club volunteers together to swap ideas.  I put together a list back in the 3^rd grade but I haven’t updated it.  And would love to hear your activities.

 

If you ever want to join us, your welcome to.  Tomorrow we’re doing Bingo.  The last few weeks we taught the kids a couple multiplication tricks for multiplying two digit numbers in their head quickly, so I made bingo cards with answers to that class of problems. So we’ll call out the problem and let the kids mark off the bingo cards as they get the answer.  Your fifth graders are welcome to join if you think they wouldn’t think Bingo was too… 4^th grade.

 

Or, if there are a class of problems you’ve been working on with the 5^th graders and you want them turned into bingo cards, let me know.

 

tt.

 

 

 

From: sjmat...@googlegroups.com [mailto:sjmat...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Colin Davis

Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2012 2:37 PM
To: sjmat...@googlegroups.com
Cc: Dan Grimsley

[Colin Davis]

Thanks for the offer but the 5th graders are on a break tomorrow because of testing.  I might email you next week to see what you are doing.

Colin