Grade 2nd and 3rd
Day 1: Pick up some sticks and make some shapes with different types of angles.Try a right angle first - how many right angles can you create?
Day 2: Collect 20 of the same object (flowers, pebbles, anything!) and then see how many different ways you can make a rectangle out of what you collected using all of the items.
Day 3: Go on a license plate scavenger hunt! How many license plates are odd numbers and how many did you find that are even? Keep a chart.
Day 4: Fabulous Fractions Outside. See if you can find:
Halves (½), thirds (⅓), and fourths (¼). Find items outdoors, divide them into halves, thirds and fourths.
Day 5: For three days, keep track of the sunrise and sunset times (these can be found through weather apps too, in case you're not an early riser). How much time has elapsed between sunrise and sunset? Show how you figured it out.
Day 6: Run a flashcard race. Tape a series of flashcards to the floor. If you don't have them at home, you can always make your own with index cards or paper. You can't move on without getting the fact. How fast can you go from start to finish? Challenge yourself to get faster and faster.
Day 7: Take a measurement walk. Bring a ruler, pencil and notebook. Find objects and measure them such as the length and width of leaves, flower height, and anything else that you are wondering about. Draw and record the measurements in your notebook.
Day 8: Basketball. Play a game of basketball with a partner or by yourself. If you don't have your own basket, use a small trash can or something similar. Every basket has a different value depending on where you throw it from. After ten throws, how many points do you have? How much did you either win or lose by?
Day 9: Use sidewalk chalk to show all different kinds of fractions. Draw circles, squares, hexagons, and rectangles and show their equal parts. Write that fraction! If you don't have sidewalk chalk, do it on paper!
Day 10: Play Subtraction Number Battle
Day 11: Bake something! Find any recipe you like, but make sure that it has ingredients that have fractions in them. Take a video or pictures of yourself baking and make sure you show your measurement tools!
Day 12: Make an egg carton multiplication game! Instead of using the ping pong balls in the video, just use that number of items. Count the multiples (for example: 3, 6, 9, 12 and relate it to multiplication 4 groups of 3 is 12.
Day 13: Go outside on a measurement hunt. Find items you would need to measure with a ruler, a yardstick, a meter, or a measuring tape. Estimate the lengths of different objects (for example, a tulip might be one ruler tall).
Day 14: Create a critter that has an odd number of antennae, an even number of eyes, legs that are a multiple of six, and body parts that are a multiple of three. Either draw it or use construction paper or recycled materials to make it!
Day 15: Write a postcard to a friend or classmate explaining how to do something in math. For example, you might want to write about how to add large numbers or how to make an array. Feel free to include pictures and design your own stamp, too!
Day 16: Create a schedule for what your days are like during distance learning. Make sure you mark the times on the clocks. How is it different or the same from your regular school day? Do you like it better or not?
Day 17: Play Roll a Landscape. Play with a partner. Whatever your first roll is, draw the image associated with the roll. You will need to roll six times in order to complete your picture. What does yours look like? What does your partner's look like? Did you have any rolls that were the same?
Day 18: Find some repeated addition or multiplication in nature. For example, 3 ants have 6 legs. 6 + 6 + 6=18 or 3 x 6= 18. Draw some pictures and equations of what you find.
Day 19: Create a multiples maze. Choose a number between 1 and 10. Draw a maze and write the multiples of the number within the maze. As you hop or run through the maze, say the multiples.
Day 20: Draw a garden that has five different vegetables. You have to have 40 plants and your garden has to be rectangular. What will it look like? How many of each vegetable will you have? What will be the area and perimeter of your garden? If you prefer flowers, make it a flower garden.