Math Unit 5 - Do Anytime Activities

To work with your child on the concepts taught in this unit and in previous units, try these interesting and rewarding activities. 

• Help your child find fractions, decimals, and percents in the everyday world—in newspaper advertisements, on measuring tools, in recipes, in the sports section of the newspaper, and so on.

• Over a period of time, have your child record daily temperatures in the morning and in the evening. Keep track of the temperatures in a chart. Then have your child make a graph from the data. Ask questions about the data. For example, have your child find the differences in temperatures from morning to evening or from one day to the next. 

• Practice using percents in the context of tips. For example, have your child calculate 10% of amounts of money. Invite your child to find the tip the next time the family goes out for dinner. 

• Ask your child to identify 2-dimensional and 3-dimensional shapes around the house.