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Math Proves Fun for Weems Families - Patch.com

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Math Proves Fun for Weems Families - Patch.com
Mar 27th 2012, 09:05

Weems Elementary School held a Family Math and Technology Night for third and fourth grade students and their families Monday evening.

"I was even competing!" said Osbourn High School Special Ed teacher Tracy Hammond, whose son is a fourth grader at the local elementary school. It was fun and a really good experience, everybody in here is a winner."

Students who successfully completed six of 12 stations set up and manned by volunteers from the local high school were treated to a homework pass that got them out of one math homework assignment. Pizza and chocolate were also incentives during the evening. 

But it was the engaging stations that made the event so popular with families and students. Students enjoyed measuring bubbles, working with geo boards, and scales, among other interactive learning tools. Weems Principal Angela Burnett even joined in the fun, playfully challenging both parents and students on multiplication problems.

Each station had instructions on how to best complete the math-based task, but it was really up to the families to work together to solve the problem.

And that's the whole idea, according to Kim Hayden, who is a Math Resource teacher at the local elementary school.

"Having the whole family participate is extremely important," Hayden said. "Students with families who are more engaged do better."

Weems held two family learning nights last year. This is the first such event this year and it was very successful, according to Linda Mycko, an ITTS teacher.

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