Whats All the Buzz About Family Math

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Whats All the Buzz About Family Math Science
Night?

• St. Stephens Episcopal Day School
• Coconut Grove, Florida
• www.sseds.org

Sally Tappert Math Coach stappert_at_sseds.org
Delia Zepeda Primary Science dzepeda_at_sseds.org
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Dont try to conquer the world!
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Planning Timeline 2007-08
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Planning Timeline 2008-09

• Family Math, Science Tech Night
• January 29, 2009
• September Tasks
• D Confirm date with Church Office
• S/D Complete info for NAES Convention to send to
  Tampa by October 3rd
• D - Compose invitation
• Check out the lighting at faculty party 9/5 to
  see if it will be sufficient or if we need to
  rent some spotlights!
• S - Order pencils from Atlas black lettering on
  neon
• D - Give the date to aftercare (Brent) so its on
  the calendar early
• S/D - Plant the seed early at the next grade
  level meeting to enlist the teachers and get
  them enthusiastic
• October Tasks
• Work on preparation of new stations
• Get bulletin board ideas together and line up the
  artist!
• Meet with parent volunteers, Nov and Dec will fly
  by with the holidays and early pageant
• Figure out timing of event and how many stations
  we should have for each age group with the
  introduction of tech into the night
• November Tasks
• Begin advertisement in Sentinel week of Nov 10th.
  In one or two of the Sentinels explain the
  purpose of this family event. Mention conference
  in Tampa.
• Put up bulletin board by Joys office and/or
  maybe by Mary Jones room, (include invitations
  and RSVPs on the bulletin board?)
• Keep working on stations

• December Tasks
• Lets be realistic, keep chugging along getting
  closer to being prepared!
• Collect materials for goodie bags
• January Tasks
• If the invitations are not already out send them
  as soon as we return from winter break with
  specific RSVP date.
• Go over refreshment order with Sandi
• Have Marivi make arrangements for custodial help
• Reconfirm with Church office and aftercare
• Check on lighting week of Jan 20th in case any
  repairs need to be done
• Passport needs to be dummied up for printing
• Do we have faculty support?
• Volunteer list should be firmed up early in the
  month
• Print nametags as soon as RSVPs are complete
• Balloons, ribbon, entry to Great Hall (what will
  it be this year Delia?)
• Meet with student volunteers January 27th after
  school
• Make sure the microphones are working
• Get the plexi frames for the tables from SHA
• Its Showtime!!

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Keep it simple!
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Advertisting the Event
September in the Sentinel Attention Senior K- 3rd
Grade SAVE THIS DATE November 15, 2007 The first
St. Stephens Episcopal Day School Family Math
and Science Night promises to be an exciting and
fun event.
Bulletin Board Oct 1 The countdown has begun Are
you ready to blast off and explore the exciting
world of Math and Science? Art work A square with
number countdown.
Bulletin Board Oct 15 Archimedes,
Bernoulli, and Carver, Discover the ABCs of
Math and Science at St. Stephens Family Math
and Science Night Just 30 Days away.
Bulletin Board
Oct 29 Not a trick just a Treat November 15th
St. Stephens Family Math and Science
Night
Bulletin Board November 5 Just 10 days away And
you will uncover What Einstein and Newton tried
to discover St. Stephens Family Math and
Science Night The event of the season
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Invitation and RSVP Form
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Include older siblings and alumni to help with
the activities. Parents appreciate the fact that
they dont have to hire a babysitter.
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Make it manageable!
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Proposal Budget 2007-08
A PROPOSAL FOR FAMILY MATH AND SCIENCE NIGHT
TO THE SCHOOL AND HOME ASSOCIATION Respectfully
submitted by Sally Tappert, Math Coach Delia
Zepeda, Primary Science Teacher We are planning
an active, hands-on event for late Fall 2007 for
the children and families in Kindergarten through
Grade 3, FAMILY MATH AND SCIENCE NIGHT. This
will be an exciting evening with the Great Hall
set up like an interactive museum filled with
activities to be enjoyed by all of the children
and their parents. We will need funding beyond
our usual budgets to make this evening
successful. They are as follows
Estimated amounts Maintenance
help 100 Security 100 Supplies 500 Refr
eshments 150 Mailing for approximately 150
students 150 Estimated total
1,000 We hope that you will find this
an event worth funding. Thank you.
November 27, 2007 TO School Home Association,
Belen Cabrera-Ramon FROM Sally Tappert and Delia
Zepeda RE Expense Report for Family Math and
Science Night Cc Marivi Nevin
Name Amount Dinner for Student Helpers
95.79 Atlas Pencil Company 42.29 Publix
25.02 Target 14.18 Party City
26.06 Paper Wholesaler 71.01 Paper
Wholesaler 74.16 Steve Spangler Science
403.25 Costco 118.71 Pearls
10.85 Sage Refreshments 125.00 TOTAL
1006.32 Reimbursement for
Sally Tappert 161.05 Reimbursement for Delia
Zepeda 677.98 Thanks again for allowing us to
put on this wonderful event. We had a great time!
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Proposal Budget 2008-09
May 6, 2008 A PROPOSAL FOR FAMILY MATH, SCIENCE,
TECHNOLOGY NIGHT TO THE SCHOOL AND HOME
ASSOCIATION Respectfully submitted from Sally
Tappert, Math Coach Delia Zepeda, Primary
Science Teacher Felix Jacomino, Director of
Technology We are planning an active, hands-on
event for late January, 2009 for the children and
families in Kindergarten through Grade 3, FAMILY
MATH, SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY NIGHT. (The tech
component is new this year). This will be an
exciting evening with the Great Hall set up in
the style of an interactive museum filled with
activities to be enjoyed by all of the children
and their parents. We will need funding beyond
our usual budgets to make this evening
successful. Based on last years success we are
anticipating there could be a larger turnout this
coming year. They are as follows Estima
ted amounts Supplies (includes math, science
and technology) 1,900 Refreshments
150 Estimated total
2,050 We hope that you will find this an event
worth funding. Thank you.
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Why is it important to have this event?
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It includes parents in their childs education
process at home and extends it beyond assigned
homework.
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Parents will discover how much funit is to do
hands-on scienceas well as math activities with
their child.
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Keys to Success

• A good working partnership

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Divide the Tasks
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Stay on Task
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Find Reliable Volunteers
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Volunteer Sign-Up Sheet

• MATH AND SCIENCE FAMILY NIGHT
• NOVEMBER 15, 2007, 6PM TO 8PM GREAT HALL
• SK-GRADE 3
• Mrs. Zepeda and Mrs. Tappert are organizing a
  great family night event! The kids will have
  challenging and fun math and science activities
  that they and their parents can do that evening.
  In order to make this NEW event a success, we
  need a few volunteers.
• Volunteers to setup the great hall from 2 - 3 pm
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• 2.
• 3.
• Volunteers to help serve cookies from 6 pm - 645
  pm
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• 2.
• Volunteers to monitor the activity tables from 6
  pm 8 pm
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• 4.
• 5.

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Check Recheck Your Timeline Calendar

• Administration
• After care coordinator
• Volunteers
• Maintenance staff

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Stage is set for a great event
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Student Passports
Passport Cover
Passport Back Cover
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Sample K-1Math Activity
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Sample K-1 Science Activity
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Sample 2 -3 Math Activity
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Sample 2-3 Science Activity
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Survey
Now that Weve Fed You Some Ideas Please Give Us
Some Feedback! How did you like the range of
activities? Regarding the level of
difficulty, how would you rate the evening 5
too difficult 4 challenging 3 just right 2
a bit too easy 1 much too easy Was there enough
time to complete all of the activities? W
ould you join us again next year?
Suggestions for next year
Thanks!
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Send notes of appreciation to all volunteers
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References
www.acs.org The American Chemical Society
website has a link to Education and then a second
link to Science for Kids. Its a valuable source
of experiments for young children. Davila
Coates, Grace Kerr Stenmark, Jean Family Math
for Young Children, EQUALS Lawrence Hall of
Science, University of California at Berkeley,
1997, ISBN 0-912511-27-3, email
eqs_pubs_at_uclink4.berkeley.edu Davila Coates,
Grace Thompson, Virginia, Family Math II,
EQUALS Lawrence Hall of Science, University of
California at Berkeley, 2003, ISBN 0-912511-30-3,
email equals_at_uclink.berkeley.edu program email
or eqs_pubs_at_ucloink.berekely.edu publications
email Goodman, Jan M., Group solutions,
Cooperative Logic Activities, Grades K 4, GEMS
Great Explorations in Math and Science, Lawrence
Hall of Science, University of California at
Berkeley, 1992, ISBN 0-924886-48-X, email
www.lhs.berkeley.edu/GEMS Kerr Stenmark, Jean,
Thompson, Virginia, Cossey, Ruth Family Math,
EQUALS Lawrence Hall of Science, University of
California at Berkeley, 1986, ISBN
0-912511-06-0 Lachance, Andrea, Family Math
Nights Collaborative Celebrations of
Mathematical Learning, Teaching Children
Mathematics, April,2007, page 404. Lundeen,
Cynthia, So You Want to Host a Family Science
Night?, Science and Children, January
2003. Rommel-Esham Castelitto, Andrea, A
Science Night of Fun!, Science and Children,
January 2003. www.stevespanglerscience.com An
emporium of fabulous science experiments,
demonstrations, videos, supplies and much more.
Taylor-Cox, Ph.D., Jennifer, Family Math Night
Math Standards in Action, Eye on Education, Inc,
Larchmont, NY, 2005, ISBN 1-930556-99-3,
www.eyeoneducation.com
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Now its your turn, Give it a try Find a good
partner, dont stop and ask why Its fun to
stage, no matter the age the evening goes
fast Cause Math and Science are a blast !
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For More Information Visit us on the web
at www.sseds.org or email us at stappert_at_sseds.org
and dzepeda_at_sseds.org