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Fun Math Enrichment for Grades 5-6

Engage kids in fun math activities while preparing them for Math Olympiad competitions. Get lesson plans, problems, and guidance for effective teaching in this exciting program.

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Fun Math Enrichment for Grades 5-6

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  1. Advanced Math Program A fun math enrichment program for kids in grades 5 and 6 Don and Jerre McQuinn, 2019 mcquinnd@hotmail.com

  2. Objectives To interest students in math! (Most important!) To provide math enrichment for capable and highly motivated students. This includes kids of average ability that are willing to work at math. Your child doesn't have to be a 'math whiz' to succeed at this. To prepare students for the Math Olympiad, held in the spring of each year.

  3. Home page Actual problems from prior competitions Two years of lesson plans, work sheets & answers Advice on how to run your program

  4. The first-year curriculum • Diagnostic Quiz - A predictor of student success in this program • Lesson 1 - Diagnostic quiz, Decimal addition/subtraction • Lesson 2 - Decimal multiplication • Lesson 3 - Rectangle and square areas • Lesson 4 - Perimeter, composite rectangular shapes • Lesson 5 - More composite shapes, area subtraction • Free Week #1 - Number sense and Geometry quizzes • Lesson 6 - Triangle, composite shapes with triangles • Lesson 7 - Fraction multiplication, mixed numbers • Lesson 8 - Angle measurement, types of angles and triangles • Lesson 9 - Intersecting lines, triangle angle measure • Lesson 10 - Introduction to negative numbers and the number line • Lesson 21 - Elementary exponents: squares, cubes, square roots • Lesson 22 - Permutations • Lesson 23 - Adding and subtracting like factors • Free Week #4 - A selection of Long Problems • Lesson 24 - Review of Lessons 1 - 14 • Lesson 25 - Review of Lessons 15 - 23 Free weeks to accommodate vacations & special events Add a second weekly meeting to practice for competitions

  5. Mental Math to warm up A sample lesson plan Max 15 minutes talking! Hand out class exercise & scurry around to answer questions

  6. Practice competitions Practice competitions are a second hourly class each week. They follow the format of Math Olympiad. This is where the kids really have fun. Organize students into teams of 3 or 4. Appoint a captain for each team. Rotate from week to week. Captain makes sure each team member is working on a different problem. At “One Minute” warning, captain makes sure all answers are on a single answer sheet to be turned in. Add scores on the two tests for a total score. You can award prizes (stickers) to highest scoring team(s). Mix up the teams to spread the rewards.

  7. Math Pak The Math Pak was assembled to ensure that students entering the program have the necessary fraction and decimal skills. Typically we hand the Math Pak out when we are recruiting new 4th graders into the program. We ask them to work on it over the summer, by themselves, in between swimming, baseball, and tennis.

  8. Scheduling Best class days are Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays. Other days are impacted by holidays and planning days. Morning classes are better. Afternoon classes are impacted by early-out days and after-school events Free weeks. Plan a periodic 'free week’, to review or catch-up. This also allows you to coordinate with other schools for district competitions.

  9. Classroom Management Find a teacher sponsor. They help you find a room, assist with classroom discipline, and collect homework on Fridays so you can grade on weekends. Involve the community. Solicit support from the PTA. They may want to help with nominal costs: cheap calculators, Math Olympiad registration, maybe T-shirts. Get parents to help. Some may volunteer to help as assistants. Start small. No more than 8 students per parent volunteer. Else when you pass out in-class exercises and hands go up you won't be able to answer all the questions.

  10. Strengths and Limitations Program Strong Points Program Limitations No interactivity: except for math definitions. Limited graphics: Most figures are simple line diagrams. Not designed for student use: It is a coach's website. Not designed to win competitions: Students can do well in the Washington State Math Olympiad, but to win requires way more intense preparation. • Age appropriate: Aimed at the age when kids can see math as a game and before they realize that math is “too hard.” This is especially true for girls. • Time tested: Tested on thousands of 5th and 6th graders over 30 years. • Aligned with NCTM standards: Number sense, Measurement, Geometry, Algebra, and Probability and Statistics. • Math Olympiad preparation: Structured for teamwork, using actual competitions. • Complete materials: Everything a coach needs to plan and execute an entire year.

  11. Warning!! This is a powerful program, and like all powerful things, it can be misused, potentially causing damage instead of instilling a life-long interest and confidence in math. Be careful!

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