Web Resources:
Primary: En Garde Duel Game
www.mathisfun.com
Junior:
Estimation
Valley Golf
www.mathfrog.ca
How High?
+Intermediate:
www.wiredmath.ca (gr. 7)
Family Math Activity
K-3
Volume 1
Estimation
Estimating develops a sense of number and is
consolidated through practice and reflection.
This also develops risk-taking, problem
solving, and the idea that there is a range of
possible answers.
With your child, fill a jar with an item you can find around the house (buttons,
macaroni, coins, jelly beans, etc.). Family members take turns estimating how many
items there are in the jar. Take out a hand full and count them, then ask if anyone
would like to change their estimate. Finally, count the items in the jar. Whose
estimate was the closest?
Grades 4-6
Estimate how many bags of milk your family will need for the week. At the end of the
week, count up the number of bags you actually used. Estimate the time needed for a
trip. If the trip is expected to take 25 minutes, when do you have to leave? Estimate the
distance of a trip or a walk. How close were you? Did you use the best measure (metres,
kilometres)?
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Elementary Program Team 2012 +
Web Resources:
Primary: Hickory Dickory Dock
www.ictgames.com
Junior: Clockworks
www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks1bitesize/
numeracy/time
Family Math Activity
K-3
Volume 2
Time
Students need to learn to tell time on both analogue and
digital clocks. The world is increasingly digital but
there are still analogue clocks in use. Telling time helps
develop skills in proportional reasoning, fractions , skip
counting and understanding elapsed time. Use everyday
activities and make it
fun!
And don’t forget to turn your clocks back 1 hour on
November 3rd!
 Make it a practice to use timers as a tool to teach your child
the length of a minute or group of minutes (“You have ___
minutes to get ready for ___.”)
Grades 4-6
 Discuss with your child how much time has passed (“You started
school at 8:30 and you finished at 3. How long were you at
school today?”), or how much longer it will take (“How much
longer did it take a shower than brush your teeth?”).
Grade 7 and 8 ‐ Free Math Tutoring! Homework Help is more than just free tutoring Sunday to Thursday nights from 5:30 to 9:30 pm. The site offers a wide variety of resources such as videotaped lessons and interactive tutorials. Plus students get a virtual locker to keep a record of their sessions which is great for review before tests and end of the unit evaluations. Register today at https://homeworkhelp.ilc.org/. All you need to register is your student OEN number which is found on your report card. If you have additional questions, please contact your classroom teacher Elementary Program Team 2012 Volume 3
Web Resources:
Primary
www.funbrain.com
Junior: Polygon Sort and Patch Tool
www.mathfrog.ca
Intermediate: Transformations
www.wiredmath.ca
Geometry
The ability to identify and describe shapes, sizes, positions,
directions, and movement is important in many work
situations, such as construction and design, as well as in
creating and understanding art. Becoming familiar with shapes
and spatial relationships in their environment will help
children grasp the principles of geometry in later grades.
Family Math Activities
K-3

Bake Christmas Cookies.
Use a variety of shapes to make
sugar cookies. Talk about how to
get the most out of the dough by moving the shapes around.

Play "I spy", looking for different shapes. "I spy something that is round." "I spy something
that is rectangular." "I spy something that looks like a cone."

Hide a toy and use directional language to help your child find it. Give clues using words and
phrases such as up, down, over, under, between, through, and on top of.

Build structures using blocks or old boxes. Discuss the need to build a strong base. Ask your
child, “which shapes stack easily, and why?”

Ask your child to draw a picture of your street, neighbourhood, or town for Santa. Talk
about where your home is in relation to a neighbour's home or the corner store. Use directional
words and phrases like beside and to the right of.
Grades 4-6

Ask your child to help you wrap. Take note of the features of the different shaped boxes
(number of sides, how many are the same, different, hardest to wrap, why?)

Look at the wrapping paper. Take note of the patterns, do any of the shapes rotate, translate
or reflect (turn, slide or rotate)?
Grades 7 and 8 Geometer’s Sketch Pad MinistryLicensedSoftware
Dynamic Geometry® Software for Exploring Mathematics
The Geometer's Sketchpad is a dynamic construction, demonstration, and exploration tool that adds a
powerful dimension to the study of mathematics. You and your son or daughter can use this software program to
build and investigate mathematical models, objects, figures, diagrams, and graphs.
Pleasegotohttp://www.keypress.com/gsp/downloadtodownloadandinstalltheSketchpadapplication.
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Elementary Program Team 2012 Volume 4
Web Resources:
Primary:
Measurement
Clifford Big Red Dog Measuring Up
People with measurement sense have an
understanding of the “howmuchness” of different
standard units. (A Guide to Effective Instruction in
Mathematics, K-3, Measurement)
http://pbskids.org/games/math.html
Junior:
Units of Measure
www.onlinemathlearning.com
Family Math Activities
Grades K-2
 Compare large cans with small cans and large boxes with small boxes. Which one
is big? Which one is small? How do you know?
 Talk about heavy versus light items in a grocery store
 Find the shortest and longest line in a grocery store
 Estimate the number of footsteps between two trees on your walk
 Keep a record of the daily temperature outside and your child’s outdoor
activities. After a few weeks, ask your child to look at the record and see how
the temperature affected his or her activities
Grades 3-6
 Have your child use a measuring tape or ruler to measure the dimensions of
various household items (e.g. food containers). Encourage your child to estimate
the dimensions before measuring
 Discuss how far a kilometer is
 Walk a kilometer together – estimate the distance between two objects while on
your walk

Grades
7 and 8
Measurement Game Show
www.resources.elearningontario.ca (OERB)
Ontario Education Resource Bank:
user id “dpcdsbstudent”
Password “oerbs”
Elementary Program Team 2012 Web Resources:
Primary:
Math and Logic Puzzles
www.mathisfun.com
Junior:
Number
Sense and Numbers
www.mathfrog.ca
Intermediate:
Integers
RemembertheOntarioEducational
ResourceBank?TryELO1411070,ELO
www.wiredmath.ca
Volume 5
Operations: Understanding Numbers
Numbers are used to describe quantities, to
count, and to add, subtract, multiply, and
divide. Understanding numbers and knowing
how to combine them to solve problems helps
us in all areas of math.
Family Math Activities K-2
 Ask your child to help you solve everyday number problems. "We need six tomatoes to make our
sauce for dinner, and we have only two. How many more do we need to buy?" "You have two pillows in your
room and your sister has two pillows in her room. How many pillowcases do I need to wash?" "Two guests
are coming to eat dinner with us. How many plates will we need?"
 Practice "skip counting". Together, count by 2's and 5's. Ask your child how far he or she can count by
10's. Roll two dice, one to determine a starting number and the other to determine the counting interval
(e.g., counting by 1’s, 2’s, 3’s, etc…). Ask your child to try counting backwards from 10, 20, or even 100.
 Make up games using dice and playing cards. Try rolling dice and adding the numbers that come up.
Add up the totals until you reach a target number, like
50. Play the game backwards to practice subtraction.
NelsonMathhasanathomeconnectfor
Grades3‐8!http://www.mathk8.nelson.com/companion.html
Justclickonthegradelevelrequired,thenontheStudentCentreicon
tofindpracticeactivities,webactivities,gamesandwebquestswith
realworldconnections.
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homework,reviewinglessons,studyingfortests,andsearchingmathtopics.
Registertodayathttps://homeworkhelp.ilc.org/.AllyouneedtoregisterisyourstudentOEN
numberwhichisfoundonthereportcard.Ifyouhaveadditionalquestions,pleasecontactyour
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Elementary Program Team 2012 Volume 6
Patterning and Algebra
Web Resource:
Primary, Junior and Intermediate:
National Library of Virtual
Manipulatives:
http://nlvm.usu.edu/
Mathematics has been called “the science of patterns”
(Steen, 1988). Young children enjoy working with patterns
and older students enjoy discovering and manipulating
patterns. Patterning activities are introduced in elementary
school so that students can think about relationships between
quantities early in their math education, which is intended to
help them transition to formal algebra in middle and high
school.
Family Math Activity
K – 3:
From Patterns to Algebra,
Dr. R. Beatty and Dr. Catherine Bruce
 Identify patterns everywhere. When speaking with your child, identify patterns in the world.
Colour
patterns in clothing, number patterns on houses and apartments, shape patterns on wrapping paper, daily
routines as patterns, and seasonal patterns in our weather.
 Build patterns. Using toys, bread tags, movement, markers or crayons make patterns with concrete
materials. Try to guess the next item in a series.
 Attend to patterns in music.
Listen for sounds, lyrics and verses that repeat. Create music together,
using clapping, snapping or stopping patterns.
 Ask your child questions about how patterns are the same and different. (e.g., how are the street
numbers on our street similar to counting by 2’s?
How is the red, blue pattern on your shirt the same or
different from the green, white, black pattern your friend is wearing?)
Grades4‐8:RevisittheOERB
(OntarioEducationResourceBank)
www.resources.elearningontario.ca
(OERB)User ID:
Grade
4
ELO1418520
Investigating
Inverse
Relationships
ELO1408740
“dpcdsbstudent”
Password: “oerbs”
Grade 5
ELO1411310
MissingValues
andVariables
Grade 6
ELO1413400
Demystifying
Patterns
Grade 7
ELO1412430
Codebreakers
Grade 8
ELO1413880
RexandTex–
ZeroPairs
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Harry’sHouseof
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Elementary Program Team 2012 Volume 7
Web Resources:
Primary:
Pizza Game
www.mrnussbaum.com
Junior:
Flitting with fractions
www.mathfrog.ca
Intermediate:
Fraction Café
www.wiredmath.ca
Fractions
Learning about fractions extends students’ understanding of our
number system. While whole numbers represent quantities of
whole units, fractions signify parts of whole units or parts of
sets. Although fractions are all around us, learning about
fractions is difficult for some students. Identifying fractions in
our environments makes them meaningful and easier to visualize.
Family Math Activities
Ordering a Pizza? Make it a family math activity.
Before you take that first bite, have your child count how many slices the pizza is “equally divided”
into. Ask questions like: How many people are eating? How can we share the pizza fairly? How many
slices would someone eat if they wanted half, quarter, the whole pizza. Extend the learning for an
older child by comparing the size of the slices of pizza cut into fewer or more slices. For example, a
pizza cut into 6 slices can be cut into 12 slices. We can compare one sixth to two twelfths…what do we
notice?
 Bake or cook together
 Make a third, fourth or half of a simple recipe or try doubling it
 Ask your child to show you a third, fourth or half of a cookie
 Cut an apple into thirds, fourths/ halves and have your child put the apple back together to
make a whole
 Predict the number of red Smarties in a box. Count the number of red Smarties and
compare it to the whole (total number of Smarties). Repeat with various colours.
 Count the number of people in your family with brown eyes and compare to the whole (total
number of people in family). Repeat with various other features (hair, glasses…)
Grades 7 and 8
CLIPS
CLIPS (Critical Learning Instructional Paths Supports) are web-based interactive supports for
students. They provide precise, personalized learning activities for your children.
http://oame.on.ca/CLIPS/
Elementary Program Team 2012 Volume 8
Web Resources:
Primary and Junior:
RemembertheOntarioEducationalResource
http://www.tvokids.com/search?search=probability
Bank?Try
http://www.tvokids.com/games/galaxyspacetrek
Intermediate: Coin Tossing
http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/frames_asid_305_g_3_t_
5.html
Probability:
A number from 0 to 1 that shows how
likely it is that an event will happen.
Family Math Activities K-3
 Let your child hear you doing math – use language like: sometimes,
never, always, certain, likely, unlikely, impossible, predict, fair

Talk about the weather as you pick out clothes together: “It is
predicted to be (cold, rainy, sunny) tomorrow, what do we need to get
ready?

Play games, any games! Roll dice, play BINGO or even “Go Fish”. Talk
about chance and strategy!
Probabilityfrom4‐6
Tryplaying“Rock,Paper,Scissors?”
WillitorWon’titHappen?
Askquestions: Whatarethechances?
Doyouthinkitisfair?
ProbabilityGrades7‐8
Talkabouttheprobabilityofsomethinghappeningintherealworld.
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
Lotto649Odds:JackpotWinner,5outof6numbers,3outof6numbers...
RollUptheRimtoWin:Probabilityofwinningacar,a$100giftcard...
TheprobabilityoftheLeafswinningtheStanleyCup
UsingthestatisticsfromtheBlueJays:probabilityofahitinanupcominggameiftheyhad45
batsinapreviousgame(batting.275atthatpointintheseason)
Elementary Program Team 2012 Smart
Volume 9
My dad2013
gave me
June
one dollar bill
'Cause I'm his
smartest son,
And I swapped it
for two shiny
quarters
'Cause two is
more than one!
And then I took
the quarters
And traded them
to Lou
For three dimes -I guess he don't
know
That three is more
than two!
Web Resources:
http://moneyandyouth.cfee.org/en/parentsguide.php
http://www mint ca/store/mint/learn/kids-and-teachers-1000008
Grades K-2

Invite your child to save his/ her change in a piggy bank. Identify coins and
bills and estimate money amounts

Engage in games such as store or restaurant with your child. One person can be
the owner of the shop or restaurant and the other can be the customer. Pose
problems to solve as you role play.
Grades 3-6

Play money riddle games where your child is asked to guess the coins, bills, or
combination of both that is required to total a set amount (“I have 3 coins in my
pocket that total 11 cents…”; “I have $24.12...)

Allow your child to decide on the appropriate money combination to pay a bill
and/or ask them to count the change

At a restaurant have your child keep track of the overall cost of the meal
Financial Literacy - Howcanparentshelptheirchildren?
As a parent, you're a role model for your child. You have an important and continuing role to play in
your child's education from the earliest years through to high school graduation. This is especially true
with financial literacy since your child's decisions become more complex and expensive as they get
older.
You can encourage the development of their knowledge and skills by discussing financial matters or
providing practice in financial decision-making at home. For example, the parent of an elementary
student can:



Discusshowtosaveforapurchase,evenifitisnotlarge,soyourchildcanunderstand
howandwhyit'simportanttoplanapurchase.
Explainhowtomakethebestbuyingdecisions,e.g.byresearchingfirstandcomparing
differentproducts
Pointoutthefinancialimplicationsofdecisionsyoumakeasafamily.Forexample,you
canworktogethertofindoutthecostsofbuyingandcaringforapet,orthecostsofgoing
toamovieortakingadaytrip.
Just then, along
came old blind
Bates
And just 'cause he
can't see
He gave me four
nickels for my
three dimes,
And four is more
than three!
And I took the
nickels to Hiram
Coombs
Down at the seedfeed store,
And the fool gave
me five pennies
for them,
And five is more
than four!
And then I went
and showed my
dad,
And he got red in
the cheeks
And closed his
eyes and shook his
head-Too proud of me
to speak!
Elementary Program Team 2012