NEW! MathCamp Reinforce math skills this summer with collaborative and meaningful practice
SUMMER CURRICULUMS GRADES K to 5 Instructional Focus ⊲ Math Fluency ⊲ Number Sense ⊲ Problem-Solving ⊲ Critical Thinking ⊲ Standards-Aligned ⊲ Multilingual Learners SOLE SOURCE
MathCamp is a comprehensive K–5 summer math program that strengthens students’ math skills, number sense, and fluency while bolstering their confidence and sense of well-being. Through a unique, camp-style format that captivates students, MathCamp reinforces the math priority standards that are critical for student success, ensuring that they are prepared to enter the coming academic year secure in their math abilities.
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Introduce Distribute Math Power Worksheets 1 and 2. Give each camper a sticky note and two different color crayons. In this lesson, campers will organize and compare data. Campers, let’s imagine that we’re planning a field trip. First, we have to make a choice. We can MATH POWER: Organize and Compare Data 40 MIN Some people like water parks better. They’re a good place to cool off when it’s hot outside. Other people like amusement parks better. They have lots of fun rides and games to play. How might we find out which one Math Campers like better? Inspire Look at the chart on Worksheet 1. It’s called a bar chart. What do you notice about the bar chart? What do you wonder? go to a water park or to an amusement park. It’s a difficult decision! Give campers a moment to share which they’d choose, then continue.
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Welcome to MathCamp, a powerful summer learning experience that . . . • provides students with vibrant math instruction and abundant opportunities for hands-on practice in a welcoming, enriching “summer- camp” atmosphere. • offers rigorous, engaging, and motivating standards-based lessons designed to reinforce mathematical concepts, build foundational skills, spur knowledge growth, and encourage collaborative and creative problem-solving. • promotes the development and practice of critical personal skills to foster agency, resilience, and positive math dispositions, ensuring that students are equipped with the tools they need to approach all learning with confidence. • celebrates Math Heroes, real-world examples of people near and far who demonstrate that math is everywhere and in nearly everything we do … or dream to do!
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Have campers count aloud with you to determine the number of sticky notes for each type of park. Record the numbers on the board. Write the greater than (>), less than (<), and equal (=) symbols on the board. Review their meanings with campers and explain that they’re used to compare numbers. Campers, who can tell me a math sentence that compares the number of votes for water park to the number of votes for amusement park? Write both totals on the board, side by side, with a space between for the greater than, less than, or equal sign. Ask campers which symbol makes the statement true and add it. Have campers look at Problem 1 on Worksheet 1 . We’ll use a bar chart to compare data. Use one color to fill in the bar for water park. How many votes are there for water park? How can we show this on the bar chart? Use a different color to
Problem 3 There are 64 campers. The camp needs t-shirts that come in packs of 8. How many packs of t-shirts does the camp need so that each camper gets 1 t-shirt? RANGE OF LEARNERS Increase Access: Have campers number each
colored square on the bar chart to make a connection between the colored bar and the corresponding number at the bottom. Increase Challenge: Encourage campers to use the > and < symbols to write two comparison statements about the number of votes for each type of park.
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MULTILINGUAL LEARNERS Invite campers to analyze the bar chart and state what they notice about the lines, colors, and numbers. Ask guiding questions: What do the labels mean? How is this data presented? Encourage campers to ask at least one clarifying question.
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Invite campers to study the bar chart. Have them discuss with a partner what they notice and wonder, then ask volunteers to share with the group. If campers don’t mention certain aspects of the bar chart, ask these questions to guide their thinking:
Lesson 11 • Worksheet 3 • Bunk Time fill in the bar for amusement park. How many votes are there for amusement park? How can we show this data on the bar chart? How many campers chose water park? How many chose amusement park? How do you know? How many more campers chose ______ park than ______ park? Explain how you know. Validate responses and highlight ideas about comparing the lengths of the bars to find the difference. Have partners brainstorm other questions they might answer using the bar graph, then work together to create a strategy for answering them. Integrate Guide campers to Problem 2 on Worksheet 2 . Let’s make a bar chart to show which activity is our favorite.
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The name of the bar chart is “Favorite Park.” What does the word “favorite” mean? What might the numbers along the bottom of the chart mean? What do you think the longer bar represents? The shorter bar? Explain to campers that they’re going to collect data, or information, for a bar chart. Today, we are going to take a survey of the class. That means we’ll ask questions to find out whether campers prefer water parks or amusement parks. We’ll use a bar chart to show the data. It will tell us which kind of park campers like better. Investigate Let’s vote to find out what kind of park campers in our class prefer. Remember, when we vote, we make a choice. You may know adults who vote in elections for the president or a mayor. Write “Water Park” on the board within reach of campers. Write ”Amusement Park” a distance below it. Draw a horizontal line alongside each one where campers can place their sticky notes as they vote. Have campers place their sticky notes on the line next to the park they like best. Make sure the notes are evenly spaced in rows so they’ll be easy to compare and count. After campers have voted, if the count is even, add your vote to break the tie. Then ask: Campers, how can we tell which type of park got the most votes? Listen for campers to mention counting. Ask guiding questions to get to the idea of comparing the lengths of the rows of sticky notes. There are two rows of sticky notes. Can we tell just by looking which type of park got more votes? (The longer row has more sticky notes, so that type of park got the most votes.) Yes! We can tell just by looking that the __________ park got more votes. Now let’s count the number of votes for each park.
Grades
Ideal for students who have
Red
K–1
recently completed kindergarten.
Orange
1–2
recently completed first grade.
MULTILINGUAL LEARNERS Ask campers to label the bars in the chart with related concepts like long er bar , short er bar, more votes, less votes, greater than, less than . Encourage them to make additional labels for the same terms in their home language using a different color.
Turquoise
2–3
recently completed second grade.
Green
3–4
recently completed third grade.
Would you rather read a book or dance to your favorite music? Have campers raise their hands if they prefer reading. Count the number of votes and record it under Reading on the board. Do the same for dancing. Write the symbols >, <, and = on the board. Which symbol can we write between the two numbers to make a true statement? Have campers use the numbers to complete the Favorite
Blue
4–5
recently completed fourth grade.
Purple
5–6
recently completed fifth grade.
Activity bar chart on Worksheet 2. Invite them to share their thinking about how they filled in their chart. Ask questions about the data shown in their bar charts. Which activity did more campers choose? How many more chose _____ than _____ ? How do you know? Check for Understanding Review the activities with campers to reinforce the key points of the lesson. How did you know how long to make each bar in the bar chart? How can you tell just by looking at the bar chart which activity got more votes? How can you figure out how many more votes one activity got than the other? How can you use the symbols >, <, or = to write a comparison sentence?
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outcomes ⊲ Strengthen math skills with 5 weeks of robust summer math instruction which can easily be condensed to 4 weeks or expanded to 8 weeks. ⊲ Reinforce math priority standards with comprehensive lessons featuring clear objectives, vocabulary, skills, and opportunities to practice, collaborate, review, and reflect. ⊲ Make real-world math connections with Math Hero Readers, showcasing people who use math in their jobs. ⊲ Connect mathematical concepts and skills to literature with a math-themed fiction and nonfiction classroom library for independent reading. ⊲ Build the home-school connection with Family Guides in English and Spanish.
what’s included ⊲ 20 lessons per grade with multilingual options and a range of learner supports ⊲ Leader’s Guide with point-of-use instructional support ⊲ MathCamper Notebooks ⊲ Math Hero Readers ⊲ 20 engaging and authentic math trade titles (10 titles; 2 copies each) ⊲ Family Guides in English and Spanish Each MathCamp grade-level set includes online access to: ⊲ Math Hero Readers ⊲ Family Guide available in English and Spanish ⊲ Formative assessments that provide lesson- specific sheets for comprehension and progress monitoring ⊲ Scope and sequences that outline all skills and concepts ORDERING INFORMATION To place an order or for more information, contact one of our Scholastic specialists at: (800) 387-1437
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