Family Math Night 6-8

Host Family Math Nights at your middle school-starting today! Family Math Nights are a great way for teachers to get parents involved in their children's education and to promote math learning outside of the classroom. In this practical book, you'll find step-by-step guidelines and activities to help you bring Family Math Nights to life. The enhanced second edition is aligned with the Common Core State Standards for Mathematical Content and Practice with new activities to help students explain their answers and write about math. It also comes with ready-to-use handouts that you can distribute during your event. With the resources in this book, you'll have everything you need to help students learn essential math concepts-including ratios and proportional relationships, the number system, expressions and equations, geometry, and statistics and probability-in a fun and supportive environment.
Special Features:
The book is organized by math content, so you can quickly find activities that meet your needs.
Each activity is easy to implement and includes a page of instructions educators can use to prepare the station, as well as a page for families that explains the activity and can be photocopied and displayed at the station.
All of the family activities can be photocopied or downloaded from our website, www.routledge.com/9781138200999, so that you can distribute them during your event.

Jennifer Taylor-Cox is owner of Taylor-Cox Instruction, LLC. She serves as an educational consultant for numerous districts across the United States. She teaches university courses in education and is author of 11 Routledge Eye on Education books. Christine Oberdorf is an administrator with Montgomery County Public Schools in Maryland.

Contents About the Authors About Taylor-Cox Instruction About the Illustrator Acknowledgements Chapter 1 Introduction Why should our school have Family Math Night? How is the book organized? How are the activities connected to the Common Core State Standards? Why should we use manipulatives in mathematics? Why is "Get Students Talking About Math" included? Why is there a challenge for each activity? What are some additional tips for a successful Family Math Night? What is the teacher's role during Family Math Night? Chapter 2 Ratios and Proportional Relationships Birds Migrating to Florida The Tortoise, the Hare, and the Others Tweets on Twitter Equal Ratios Xs and Os Pizza Orders Online Shopping Chapter 3 The Number System Baseball Card Collection Establishing Order Lisa's Sub Shop Flip Cup Decimals Target Practice Climb and Slide Chapter 4 Expressions and Equations Produce Equations Tumble Tower Equivalent Expressions Jeans and Shirts Burning Candles Shoot for the Truth High/Low Takes All Chapter 5 Geometry Party with Pentominoes Nets Under Construction Chance for Freebies Pythagorean Triples Triangle Cousins Sigmund Transformations Chapter 6 Statistics and Probability Deep-Sea Diving Lollipops in the Bag Literature Stats The Plot Thickens Texting Tweens Fingerprints Chapter 7 Additional Tools Family Math Night Invitation to Parents Family Math Night Journal Cover Family Math Night Evaluation Animal Speed Template Tweet Cards Equal Ratios Xs and Os Game Board Online Shopping List Price Adjustment Cards The Baseball Card Collection Number Lines Sequence Cards A-I Blank Sequence Cards Lisa's Sub Shop Problem Cards Lisa's Sub Shop Fractions Lisa's Sub Shop Answers Flip Cup Decimals Equation Cards Coordinate Target Rational Number Cards Number Line Mountain Tumble Tower Equivalent Expressions Recording Sheet Tumble Tower Answers Jeans and Shirts Game Board Burning Candles Problem Cards Burning Candles Answers Shoot for the Truth Inequity Cards Shoot for the Truth Inequity Cards Answers High/Low Value Cards Party with Pentominoes Answers Chance for Freebies Place Mat Chance for Freebies Challenge Mat Triangle Cousins Game Board Triangle Cousins Spinner Triangle Cousins Answers Sigmund Transformations Faces Sigmund Transformations Game Board Sigmund Transformations Key Deep Sea Diving Measures of Center Literature Stats Inference Cards The Plot Thicken Reference Sheet Texting Tweens Problems Texting Tweens Answers Fingerprint Types Chart