Summer U Newsletter

Math Masters Session 1, Week 1

This week in Math Masters, students have stretched
their minds & challenged themselves mathematically!
They have completed many math challenges, math books, and math
strategy games. They have used teamwork as well as individual work
to complete these math strategy challenges.
We have played the following new games/activities for our
math stations this week:
-All About Me as a Mathematician Pic Collages (see our website!)
-Mosaics
-Tessellations
-Patterns/Pattern Blocks
-Pattern Block Shapes website -
http://invention.si.edu/puzzleblocks
-Shapes (like Fractals!)
-Origami
-Brainteasers
-Warm-up challenges (like 111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = ?)
We have read the following math books this week:
-
Fractals, Googols, & Other Mathematical Tales
by Theoni Pappas
-
Lets Fly a Kite
by Stuart J. Murphy
-
Sir Cumference and the First Round Table
by Cindy
Neuschwander
Some highlights to look forward to NEXT week:
-Zip Around the Room
-Secret Codes/Ciphers
To report an absence, please call the South Middle School front office at
847-398-4250 or e-mailing
summeru@sd25.org

Contact Information:
cwegley@sd25.org

Website:
www.mswegleysummeru.weebly.com
Thanks! Ms. Corine Wegley