The Math Workshop

Get ready for a fun-filled week of geometric discovery! This summer camp is designed to introduce students to the exciting world of geometry through hands-on activities, creative projects, and collaborative challenges. We'll move beyond the basics, exploring shapes in two and three dimensions, and uncovering the geometry hidden in everyday objects. Campers will develop spatial reasoning skills, problem-solving abilities, and a deeper appreciation for the shapes that surround us. Just Some of the Activities and Projects: • Pentominoes Puzzles: Students explore investigations using pentomino puzzles developing spatial reasoning and problem-solving skills. • Pattern Block Creations: Campers use pattern blocks to create designs, explore symmetry, and learn about tessellations. • Toothpick and Clay Structures: Students build 3D shapes using toothpicks and clay, learning about vertices, edges, and faces. • Mystery Shapes: A game where students use clues and deductive reasoning to identify hidden geometric shapes. • Artifact Bag: Campers collect everyday objects and analyze their geometric properties, connecting geometry to the real world. • Geometry Games: Throughout the week, campers will play various geometry-themed games to reinforce concepts and make learning fun.

Ready to decompose numbers, Subtraction Superheroes? Get Ready to Take Away! Join our fun-filled Math Workshop Session where we'll become subtraction experts! Learn all about "taking apart" and "taking from" with amazing objects, your own fingers, by acting out subtraction stories, and exploring a host of subtraction strategies to use that make sense! Some of the subtraction strategies we will explore: adding up, removing or counting back, place value, keeping a constant distant, and adjusting one number to create an easier problem. We'll solve exciting subtraction word problems and become subtraction stars. Discover how to break down numbers in lots of different ways. Let's build on what we know about addition to make a case for the connection to subtraction. Plus, we'll find those special number partners that make 10 and 100. And guess what? Let's subtract, explore, and become number whizzes together!

Get ready for a geometry adventure in our Math Workshop Session! We’ll explore the exciting world of shapes, lines, and angles, and discover how they build the world around us. We’ll identify and compare different shapes, from quadrilaterals to polygons. We’ll delve into the concepts of area and perimeter, learning how to measure the space inside and around shapes. We’ll build on our knowledge by classifying shapes based on their properties, including parallel and perpendicular lines, and different types of angles. We’ll learn about symmetry and how to identify lines of symmetry. We’ll continue to explore area and perimeter, applying formulas to solve real-world problems. Some of the math tools that we will get our hands on are pattern blocks, plane and solid shapes, and even toothpicks with clay. Get ready for hands-on activities, shape-building challenges, and problem-solving quests that will make you a geometry guru! Let’s explore, create, and conquer the world of shapes together!

Session 1: Building Strong Number Sense with Math Routines: Fun & Engaging Number Sense Routines: We'll explore exciting math routines that strengthen number sense which builds a strong foundation in mathematics. What is Number Sense? It's our intuitive understanding of numbers – how they relate to each other, what they represent, and how they behave. Good number sense makes all other math easier! We will experience number sense routines sharing our thinking and learning from others. Explore Math Tools & Visual Representations: Math tools are essential for supporting number sense because they provide concrete, visual, and tactile experiences that help students build a deep understanding of abstract numerical concepts.

Unleash your inner math whiz this summer at our exciting and engaging Fractions Fanatics Summer Camp! Throw away any fear of fractions you might have – we believe that understanding fractions should be an adventure and we are here to support your learning! This action-packed camp is designed to make learning about fractions a blast. Through a dynamic blend of hands-on activities, exciting games, and vibrant visuals, campers will build a solid foundation in fraction concepts and confidently learn to operate with them. Just Some of the Activities and Projects: • Boost Confidence: Build a positive attitude towards fractions and develop problem-solving skills that will benefit in the classroom and beyond. • Manipulate and Master: Explore fractions using tangible materials like colorful personalized fraction strips, Cuisenaire rods, pattern blocks, and more. See and touch fractions to truly understand their meaning, compare their sizes, and perform operations with them. • Game On, Fractions Strong! Learn through play with specially designed fraction games, solve engaging fraction investigations, and interactive challenges that make exploring fractions feel like pure fun. • Visualize Victory: Discover the power of visual models like fraction circles and rectangles, number lines, and area models to clearly see and compare fractions, making even tricky concepts easy to grasp. • Conquer Operations: Opportunities to operate with fractions with confidence through engaging activities that connect these operations to real-world scenarios. • Become a Fraction Expert: Develop a deep understanding of equivalent fractions, simplifying fractions, and comparing fractions in a supportive and encouraging environment using visual and hands-on models.

Third & Fourth Grade Number Ninjas, Power Up Your Place Value! Get ready for an awesome Math Workshop Session where we’ll become masters of number sense and place value recognizing that in a multi-digit whole number, a digit in one place represents ten times what it represents in the place to its right. We’ll explore the amazing world of numbers, understanding what each digit really means, and read and write multi-digit whole numbers using base-ten numerals, number names, and expanded form. We’ll compare two multi-digit numbers based on meanings of the digits in each place, using >, =, and < symbols to record the results of comparisons.! Then, we’ll level up our addition and subtraction skills with whole numbers, discovering cool strategies to solve problems with efficiency and accuracy! Some of the addition strategies we will explore: breaking each number into its place value, making landmark or friendly numbers, doubles/near doubles, making tens, compensation, and adding up in chunks. Some of the subtraction strategies we will explore: adding up, removing or counting back, place value, keeping a constant distant, and adjusting one number to create an easier problem. Get ready for engaging games and activities that will boost your number smarts and make you confident problem solvers!

Wanna be a Fraction Fanatics? Get Ready to Explore Equivalent and Ordering Fractions. Are you ready to become a fraction expert? Join our Math Workshop Session and discover the secret world of equivalent fractions – fractions that look different but are actually the same! We’ll use hands-on and visual models to see how they work. Then, we’ll become fraction comparison champions, learning awesome strategies to compare fractions with different numerators and denominators, even using benchmarks like 1/2. We’ll also build fractions from smaller pieces and add and subtract them like master chefs combining ingredients. Get ready for fun challenges and activities that will make you a fraction superstar! Let’s explore, compare, add, and subtract our way to fraction fluency!

Get ready to sharpen your minds and have a blast! In Math Mania, we'll take math off the page and bring it to life through exciting games, brain-bending number and visual puzzles, investigations, and hands-on activities. This camp is designed to make math fun, engaging, and relevant to everyday life. Just Some of the Activities and Projects: • Brainstorming Opening: What does a great game player look like? (attributes, character traits, etc.) • Number Routines: Daily brain energizing number riddles, puzzles, and games to wake up the mathematical brain. • GAME ON: Campers will get a real workout each day playing math games with partners and in small groups where learning math is fun. • Mind-Bending Challenges: Solve investigations that involve problem solving and critical thinking. • Math Game Design: Students will work in groups to create their own math game, including rules, materials, and a way to win.

Uncover the world of chance! This exciting Math Workshop Session is designed for 5th and 6th graders to introduce the fundamental concepts of probability. Through hands-on experiments and interactive activities, we’ll learn how to analyze the likelihood of events in everyday life. We’re also going to throw in some Algebra for fun! What We’ll Explore: What is Probability? We’ll begin by exploring the basic concepts of probability, including defining events, outcomes, and sample spaces. Theoretical vs. Experimental Probability: We’ll use experiments with coins, dice, and spinners to understand the difference between theoretical and experimental probability. Exploring Probability with Games: We’ll use games to explore how probability is used in everyday situations Probability in Real Life: We’ll explore how probability is used in everyday situations, such as weather forecasting, games, and decision-making. We’ll also learn about the concept of chance and how it affects our lives. Pattern Quest: Unveiling Relationships: Algebra is all about patterns! We’ll investigate number patterns, identify relationships, and learn how to represent them with algebraic rules and tables.