Here are some ways parents can help their kids connect and practice math in “real life.”
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- Have your child count down the time (weeks, days and/or hours) to a special day or holiday
- Have your child measure ingredients for a recipe you are making
- Encourage your child to track or graph scores or stats for a favorite sports team
- Ask your child to count the change at the grocery store, or to estimate the total cost while you are shopping. Or, with older kids, to help track the family budget.
- Explain what you’re doing whenever you use a measuring tape, a scale, or a ruler. Ask for your child’s help.
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Mobile Apps
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Door 24 Plus
Door 24 Plus sends students on a mathematical adventure! Students will take a quick assessment and then head into either Snargg Splatt to work on fact fluency or Victor Fixer to work on computational fluency.
Game scenario: Our pesky, blue-hued friend Snargg has escaped once again only to discover a mystical door hidden behind the fridge in the BakeStars Café! Join Sweet T and friends as they explore the mysteries behind Door 24.
Door 24 Plus sends students on a mathematical adventure! Students will take a quick assessment and then head into either Snargg Splatt to work on fact fluency or Victor Fixer to work on computational fluency.
Game scenario: Our pesky, blue-hued friend Snargg has escaped once again only to discover a mystical door hidden behind the fridge in the BakeStars Café! Join Sweet T and friends as they explore the mysteries behind Door 24.
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Snargg Splatt
Fact Fluency GameIf a student is placed into fact fluency, Door 24 sends them to the crazy, colorful world of Snarggles playing their favorite game—Snargg Splatt! To join in on the fun, students will need to work fast to combat the evil Snargg-nado by completing math facts and throwing balls of Splatt at the game board before time runs out!
Instructional Objectives
Fact Fluency GameIf a student is placed into fact fluency, Door 24 sends them to the crazy, colorful world of Snarggles playing their favorite game—Snargg Splatt! To join in on the fun, students will need to work fast to combat the evil Snargg-nado by completing math facts and throwing balls of Splatt at the game board before time runs out!
Instructional Objectives
- Develops automaticity with basic math facts in all four operations
- Repeated exposure to math facts via spiral review.
- Fluency with addition facts from 0 to 20
- Fluency with subtraction facts from 0 to 20
- Fluency with multiplication facts from 0 to 144
- Fluency with division facts from 1 to 144
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Victor Fixer
Computational Fluency GameIf a student is placed into the computational fluency game, Door 24 will open to reveal that our robot friend, Victor, has gone haywire and needs help. To help get Victor patched up, they will need to repair his circuits which all need to line up with the special number 24. Using problem-solving strategies, students energize Victor to get him up and running again.
Instructional Objectives
Computational Fluency GameIf a student is placed into the computational fluency game, Door 24 will open to reveal that our robot friend, Victor, has gone haywire and needs help. To help get Victor patched up, they will need to repair his circuits which all need to line up with the special number 24. Using problem-solving strategies, students energize Victor to get him up and running again.
Instructional Objectives
- Develops students' abilities to think quantitatively and strategically
- Encourages flexibility and perseverance in solving problems
- Number sense and computational fluency
- Expressions, equations, and algebraic thinking