Math About Me
Math About Me
Math
Lessons
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Math About Me
15 Math Activities
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We Are Similar and Different – Students Compare Themselves by Constructing a Venn Diagram 20
Family and Friends Shape - Students Identify Shapes and Their Features, Convert Them into People 33
When’s My Birthday? – Play the Game and Create Birthday Graphs and Birthday Posters 35
Key Features
• This packet includes 15 Printable Math Activities.
• These are fun and engaging activities using math concepts related to the students.
• Activities are No Prep or Low Prep - easy to prepare and perfect for that busy back to
school time.
• They have been designed as a fun way to ease students back into math at the start of the
year.
• Some activities can be used to create displays or bulletin boards in the classroom.
• Teachers' Notes are included for each activity.
• Activities can also be used throughout the year.
What’s My Number?
In this activity students will get to know each other as they recognize, record and share numbers
that are significant in their lives.
To begin, have students fill in the worksheet answering each question with a number.
Once students have answered each or as much as they can, they gather together and take turns
to tell one of their numbers and ask the class what it represents.
A student might say, My number is 14. What’s my number?
The other students have to guess what the number relates to in this student’s life.
For example 14 may be their address number or their birthday date number but is unlikely to be
the number of brothers that they have.
Optional: After playing the game, ‘What’s my number?’ discuss with students other numbers that
are common and significant in their lives, e.g. bus number, car license plate number, numbers
worn in some sports etc.
Figure Me Out
In this activity students will share information about themselves by writing equations for some of
the numbers in their lives. Before completing the worksheet, students can take turns to come to
the board and ask questions like,
- How old am I?
- How many pets do I have?
- How many brothers do I have?
The student then records an equation that has the answer for the question.
For example, A student might ask, How old am I? then record 5x7-26. The other students then
calculate the age of the student, 9. Encourage students to write complex equations if this is within
their abilities.
Students can then complete the worksheet, writing an equation to give the number for each
section on the sheet. The student then draws a picture of themselves in the center of the sheet.
Encourage students to create complex equations. Depending on the abilities of the students you
can specify that each equation must have 2 different operations. These can be displayed on a
bulletin board or around the room.
Optional Activity – See the Next Page for Figure Me Out Number Hunt.
Print one Figure Me Out Number Hunt sheet and fill in student’s names for each question.
Copy enough of these pages for each student.
You may like to have 2 or 3 copies of the sheet and put different students’ names on each so that
there is one question about each student in the class. These can then be copied so that each
student has one of the named sheets, or all of them.
Alternatively: Print one page for each student and have student’s fill in the names on their own
copies.
Now the students can move about the room, finding the appropriate Figure Me Out sheets,
calculating the equations and recording their answers.
Letters in My Birt
h Age My Birth
My Family Month Date
Name
er
Numb My Shoe
s
of Pet ____________ Size
4. How many letters does ___________________ have in their family name? ________
Numbers ______________
Quilt
This is Me
Born in My Age at Home.
Make a Me Cube
In this activity students create a cube that is all about them. These can then be displayed where
students can reach them and they can read about each other or view the illustrations. They can
be hung from clothes hangers to make a mobile.
Instructions have been omitted from the worksheet template as teachers can choose to have
students draw or write on the cube.
Instruct students to complete it as follows.
My Name – Write their name in fancy lettering or draw a picture and write their name beneath it.
My Family – Draw their family or write the names of their family.
My Likes- Draw or write 2 things that they like. My
n am
e
My Dislikes – Draw or write 2 things that they dislike.
Claire
My Friends – Draw or write the names of 2 or 3 of their friends.
My Favorites – Draw or write 2 or 3 of their favorite things, e.g. favorite color, animal, food, movie,
book, sport etc.
Optional: This activity can used to introduce or review the concept of a cube.
Discuss the features of a cube, draw nets for a cube, discuss and name other three dimensional
shapes.
My Family
Fill in each square.
Cut around the edge.
Put glue on the grey areas and fold into a cube.
Numbers About Me
Poster Puzzle
This poster is a great way for students to get to know each other at the start of the year.
Each student creates a poster about numbers in their life. The poster also becomes a puzzle for
others to try to solve.
Students draw themselves or write their name in fancy letters in the center of the poster.
In each of the surrounding boxes they write a criteria that will tell how a particular number relates
to them, e.g. month of birth. The others are listed on the Instructions sheet.
They then write the numbers in the boxes on the Instructions sheet, cut them out and glue them
onto the poster to create a flap over the boxes on the poster.
The poster is decorated and is then ready to be displayed.
Other students and adults can then try to guess, how each number relates to the student and
check if they are correct by lifting the flap.
Optional: Introduce or review months of the year and the number for each
month, e.g. March is month 3.
_______ _______
_______ _______
You Will Need: Numbers About Me Poster Sheet, Pencils, Markers, Glue,
Scissors
What To Do:
1. In the frame in the center of your poster, write your name in fancy letters
or draw a picture of yourself and write your name under it.
2. In the 8 boxes on the Poster Sheet write the following – one in each box.
- Age
- Brothers
- Sisters
- Day of Birth
- Month of Birth
- Address Number
- Pets
- Favorite Number
3. Now write the number for each of these in the boxes here, e.g. Day of
birth – 18, Month of birth – 2 (if birthday is February 18)
4. Cut out the boxes, cutting along the dotted lines.
Fold along the grey line.
5. Glue these boxes above the boxes on the Poster only gluing along the
top of each box so you can lift the flap to see what is under it.
6. Color the numbers on your poster.
7. Display your poster and let others guess how each number relates to
you. They can lift the flap to see if they are right. Cut along the dotted lines.
Fold along the grey lines.
How long are you? You are going to measure your length with a variety of different objects.
Have a friend or the teacher cut a piece of string the same length as you.
Estimate then measure your length using the objects.
A second space is available so that you can repeat this at the end of the school year.
Zebra Giraffe
Both
Both
Optional: Once students have completed as many as possible, their sheets can be collected and
distributed randomly to the class. Tell students that they are not to show the name on the sheet
they have been given, to anyone. Students can now take turns to read the sheet they have been
given and the class can try to guess who the student is. This is a great getting to know each other
activity!
I have 0 ____________________________________
I have 1 ____________________________________
I have 2 ____________________________________
I have 3 ____________________________________
I have 4 ____________________________________
I have 5 ____________________________________
I have 6 ____________________________________
I have 7 ____________________________________
I have 8 ____________________________________
I have 9 ____________________________________
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Activity 9
Name Values
Students love to play around with their names and explore their names.
In this activity, students are asked to calculate the value of their name after assigning a value to
each letter of the alphabet.
Each student requires a Name Values worksheet. A list of class names should also be made
available.
Students can do the required calculations mentally, on paper or they can be directed to use a
calculator.
Choose the method that suits their abilities and direct them to use this method. After calculating
the value of their first name, they will find the value of 2 classmates names.
Students can then attempt the challenges. They are to find the highest valued name in the class
and the lowest valued name. To do this they will require a list of class names. The next challenge
has them attempt to find names with values they are given. If students can’t find a name in their
class with that value, suggest that they try other names that they know, e.g. family and friends’
names.
Optional – Have students calculate the value of each of the names in the class and then order
them highest value to lowest value.
Or – Have students calculate the value of each of the names in their family.
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What is the value of your name?
Write your first name on the line then work out it’s value. Do the same for 2 people in your class.
Example Abbie 1 + 2 + 2 + 9 + 5 = 19
My Name __________________________________________________________
Classmate 1. ________________________________________________________
Classmate 2. ________________________________________________________
Challenges
Whose name has the highest name value? ____________________________________________
A Timeline About …
In this activity students create a timeline about themselves.
Each student requires a worksheet.
They start the timeline by adding their name in the title. Next they write their birth date in the first
box and then draw a picture of themselves as a baby.. They draw themselves in the present day in
the last box.
In between they choose 5 significant events that they would like to record. You may choose to
have students draw pictures of each event and then label them or you can have students record a
short sentence to tell about the event.
Students can also be asked to date each event as best as possible. They can record the month
and year if possible or just the year that the event occurred.
Optional – Before attempting the timeline, you may like to model a timeline for students by
creating a typical calendar year timeline. Significant events like Easter, Christmas, start of school
and end of school can be added to the timeline that you create on a chart or on a Smartboard.
Give Me a Minute
In this activity students time themselves performing different activities and record
the results.
Students require: Give Me a Minute Worksheet, a ball to bounce, spare paper
Before beginning the activity, have students turn away from the clock to where they
are unable to see a clock or watch and estimate how long one minute is. They can put their hands
on their heads to signal when they think a minute has passed. On the one minute mark, make a
distinguishing sound, e.g. a loud cough, a loud chair movement. After all or most students have
indicated that they believe a minute has passed, tell students who was close, who was too early
and who was too late. Explain that the sound you made was the one minute mark. Discuss how a
clock with a second hand can be used to time one minute and how the second hand will move
around the clock once in a minute.
Give each student a worksheet and partner students in pairs to take turns at performing the
activity while their partner times one minute. Students can now work in pairs performing the
actions and timing each other.
Optional: After they have completed the worksheet, discuss other units of time. Make a list of
units of time and discuss the relationship between them, e.g. 60 minutes in an hour, 7 days in a
week, 12 months in a year.
Discuss how long different activities might take, e.g. to drive to a particular place known to most
students, to make a sandwich, to have a bath.
_________
_________ _________
How many times can you say Start at 1 and write numbers
the alphabet in one minute? counting in ones. What number
can you write up to in one
minute?
_________
_________
_________
1. Students draw times on clock faces to show when they perform certain activities.
2. Next they read the times on the clock faces and record as digital times. They then write what
they would be doing at this time.
3. Students decide what their favorite time of the day is and record it on a clock face and as a
digital time. They then tell why it is their favorite time of the day.
Give each student a worksheet to complete. Students can then share with others what their
favorite time of the day is. Have the student show their favorite time to the class on a clock face
so their classmates can identify the time. Then have the student tell why it is their favorite time.
Draw the times on the clocks to show when you do these things.
Write the digital time beside each clock face then write what you do at that time on a school day.
__ __ __ __ __ __
in the morning in the afternoon in the evening
What is your favorite time of the day? Draw it on the clock face and write it on the digital clock.
Circle a.m. or p.m. Tell why it is your favorite time.
Why? __________________________________
__ __
_______________________________________
Circle - a.m. or p.m. _______________________________________
Shape Person
square ______________
circle ______________
rectangle ______________
triangle ______________
pentagon ______________
oval ______________
octagon ______________
star ______________
trapezoid ______________
hexagon ______________
When’s My Birthday?
There are 3 parts to this activity.
1. When’s My Birthday?’ Guessing Game
Make a game of guessing when each student’s birthday is. To begin make sure that students know
their birth dates. Students now take turns to ask, ‘When’s my birthday?’ After a student asks the
others guess by saying a date. The student who has asked the question gives clues by saying
‘before’ or ‘after’.
Example – Student A whose birthday is August 9 asks, ‘When’s my birthday?’
Student B guesses – ‘October 4’
Student A answers, ‘Before.’
Student C guesses, ‘April 9.’
Student A answers, ‘After’.
Guessing continues with Student A replying, ‘Before’ or ‘After,’ until a student guesses correctly.
2. Birthday Charts
Record each student’s name and birthday date on the appropriate chart. The Birthday Charts can
be laminated and used year after year or printed on cardstock.
PLEASE NOTE: 2 Sets of Birthday Charts are included with - Bright Frames p35, Muted Frames p56
3. Birthday Graph
Print a copy for each student and print the birthday symbols. Have students glue one symbol on the
graph for each student birthday. Alternatively, have students complete the graph coloring one block
for each birthday in the month.
Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Name_______________________ Name_______________________
Fill in the form then play the game. Fill in the form then play the game.
Your birth date, e.g. 15 ______ Your birth date, e.g. 15 ______
Your birth month number, e.g. 7 for July ______ Your birth month number, e.g. 7 for July ______
Your favorite number (1 or 2 digits only) ______ Your favorite number (1 or 2 digits only) ______
Number of people living in your home ______ Number of people living in your home ______
Number of letters in your first name ______ Number of letters in your first name ______
Last 2 digits of your / a parent’s phone Last 2 digits of your / a parent’s phone
______ ______
number number
Sit down if your birth date is Sit down if your birthday Sit down if your shoe size
an odd number. month is smaller than 4. is an even number.
Sit down if you say your Sit down if there is a odd Sit down if your first name
favorite number when you number of people living in has more than 7 letters.
count in 5’s. your home.
Sit down if your birth month Sit down if your address Sit down if there are more
number is larger than 10. number is smaller than 7. than 6 people living in your
home.
Sit down if your favorite Sit down if your birth date is Sit down if your favorite
number is an even number. larger than 27. number is smaller than 10.