More than a third of students from low‑income households
Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education.
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Who walked the greatest number of steps yesterday? How much farther did you walk on Monday than you did on Tuesday? Did ten minutes of jumping rope or ten minutes of skipping the ball take more footsteps? These questions require skills from the third grade mathematics curriculum.
Applying mathematics to real life scenarios of third graders can be a real challenge. One way to make this simple would be to create lots of mathematical data! By tracking steps each day and/or during different activities, we can produce numerous and varied challenges, graphs and mathematical problems.
In a society in which childhood obesity is rampant, bringing more physical activity to our students' curriculum would improve students' health and self-confidence. Having a measurable way to track physical activity (counting steps) makes it possible to have team and individual challenges to become more active and, in so doing, creating countless opportunities to apply math to our activities.
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Who walked the greatest number of steps yesterday? How much farther did you walk on Monday than you did on Tuesday? Did ten minutes of jumping rope or ten minutes of skipping the ball take more footsteps? These questions require skills from the third grade mathematics curriculum.
Applying mathematics to real life scenarios of third graders can be a real challenge. One way to make this simple would be to create lots of mathematical data! By tracking steps each day and/or during different activities, we can produce numerous and varied challenges, graphs and mathematical problems.
In a society in which childhood obesity is rampant, bringing more physical activity to our students' curriculum would improve students' health and self-confidence. Having a measurable way to track physical activity (counting steps) makes it possible to have team and individual challenges to become more active and, in so doing, creating countless opportunities to apply math to our activities.