Glades Day School is taking part in the March Math Madness Challenge with Connected Class to provide engaging math games for students to play in the classroom and at home with you. The goal of this challenge is to increase math fact fluency over a four-week period.
Starting on Monday, March 7th parents and family members in grades K-5 will be receiving their first Learning Link email with a video that shows you how to play a math game at home with your child. (If you do not see the Learning Link video in your inbox, please check your promotions or spam folder first. The email will be coming from your teacher’s email address. Please reach out to your classroom teacher if you do not receive the Learning Link email.)
Your scholar will begin the challenge by taking a pretest in the target operation the classroom teacher selected. Each week they will play a new game in class together, and the teacher will ask you (or any family member) to play with them three additional times during the week. At the end of the month, your child will take a posttest to see how they have improved.
Although you may be going on an adventure during Spring Break, the math games are a lot of fun to play in the car or on a plane. As an added incentive to increase fact fluency in schools, Connected Class will be drawing three participating classrooms to win an ice cream party with playing cards for math games.
Did you know, when parents participate in their child’s learning process, students are more likely to earn higher grades? By dedicating just ten minutes three times each week to these games, your student should build confidence and strengthen their basic math skills.
