Yummy Math is a great
resource that I have found to have math activities that are related to current events.
This website provides students and teachers with engaging real life math activities.
This past week was Halloween, and there are so many different activities that
we can use in our lessons.
So the activity I was
looking at was about Holiday Candy Sales. We can start our lesson by asking the
students:
- Which
holidays are associated with candy?
- For
which of those holidays is the most candy sold?
- What
percents of annual candy sales does each holiday contribute?
We this activity, we
can have students
work on independent think time, then small group discussion, then whole group
discussion as kids reason and estimate with these questions. We can have the
students translate a pie chart of information on candy sales to actual dollars
spent for Halloween, Easter, Christmas/Hanukka, and Valentine's Day.
We can
hand out some candy in the class to the students and ask them to look into the
amount of money that is being spent every year on candy during this holiday.
Hi Abdul,
ReplyDeleteThis is a great idea! Having students relate mathematics to everyday things or things that are relevant to them is an excellent way for them to understand the mathematical concepts.
Hello Nissrine,
ReplyDeleteThank you for the reply. We need to make things interesting for students. Any resource that could be fun that helps with student learning we should use it. Using current events that we live in our daily lives will definitely help the students understand and relate to these current events.
Hi Abdul,
ReplyDeleteI really like this post. And I think this Yummy Math resource is absolutely great. It is a great way to make math fun and meaningful from home. Unfortunately in the midst of the pandemic - students have to practice math from home these days. I had no idea about this resource and I am so glad that you shared it . Oreo Stuffiness is a great one that I am sure kids will love at home.
Cheers,
Elisa