My students need supplies and board games, such as Yahtzee and Head Full of Numbers, to help facilitate the start of Family Math Night.
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My Students
Have you experienced Family Reading Night with children in your community? My students regularly attend with their family and participate in the quality, educational, bonding activity. My goal is to get students and families as excited about attending Family Math/Game Night at our school.
I teach at a small, rural Title I school.
My students range in age from nine to fourteen. I teach math to six classes of awesome fifth and sixth graders. The students enjoy our interactive learning environment and enjoy the experience of school. The average per capita income for my county is $17,225. The poverty rate in my county in 2008 was 21.5%. The official U.S. poverty rate in 2008 was 13.2% (U.S. Census Bureau). With today's economy I am sure that the statistics are even more daunting. Approximately eighty percent of my students receive free or reduced price lunch.
My Project
The requested resources will help us to start a Family Math/Game night for the students and community. Such an event will provide many benefits and help to create a closer knit community. All of the students will benefit from practicing math in a fun and engaging atmosphere. Additionally, they will benefit from the quality time spent with family, friends, teachers and staff in a relaxed, yet upbeat and educational atmosphere.
This project is important to me because I feel that our children are losing out on important number sense building skills that we, as children, acquired by playing games such as Yahtzee and Monopoly.
Today's children spend much more time on video games, and many are not even familiar with the great games that we played as children. I truly believe that the students will benefit tremendously from such an opportunity to interact with adults in a friendly, competitive atmosphere.
Nearly all students from low‑income households
Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more
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