• Practice your facts!
• Play games and use flashcards
• Play with math "tools!"
• Check out some interesting math concepts
• Play some on-line games
• Counting Money
• Tons of Math Activities
• Math Stories.com
• Math is fun
• FUNBRAIN
• Dr Mike's Math Games for Kids

What is a P.A.C.E. Resource Teacher and what does Ms. Lucas do?

P.A.C.E. stands for the Program for Academic Challenge and Excellence and the mission of the program is to enhance the educational experience by facilitating learning challenges that extend and enrich the regular curriculum.  Ms. Lucas works with small groups of students, both those who need extra challenge in math and science and those who need reinforcement of important skills in math.  She also teaches whole class lessons which focus on problem solving skills and inquiry-based science.    

Problem Solving Steps

1. Understand - Make sure you understand the problem.  What are you being asked to find?  What do you already know?

2.  Plan - Make a plan and pick a strategy.

3.  Solve - Use the strategy you hose to TRY to solve the problem.

4.  Check - Do the problem again; don't just say it "looks right."

Parents... Looking for some questions to ask your child to help them explain their problem solving? Here are some possible questions to ask:

1. HOW did you BEGIN to solve this problem?

2. What was the most DIFFICULT part of the problem?

3. Did you enjoy solving this problem? WHY or WHY NOT?

4. How MANY WAYS can you think of to solve the probelm?

5. RESTATE the problem in YOUR OWN WORDS.

6. PROVE that your answer to this problem is correct.

7. How did your MATH PARTNER help you to solve this problem?

8. Rewrite the problem to make it MORE DIFFICULT.

9. Write a STORY using the numbers or data in the problem.

10. WHERE did you find the information to help you to solve this problem?