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Math About Me: By the

Numbers
By Bethany August 9, 2021

Find a simple and low-prep way to

ease your students back into a math
routine with this “math about me”
challenge for kids. There are 3
different levels, making it easy to find
the right fit for your kids in grades 2-
6!

Although the first few days of school

have to include things like
procedures, schedules, and learning
routines and expectations, you
should also try to fit in time for fun.
Setting the tone for your year and
helping establish certain things right
from the start will set your kids up for
math success all year long. These
include making sure your kids know
that you care about them and want
to get to know them, and helping
them to see math as something
engaging and fun. Hopefully this
math activity combines the two and
will be a way to use your first days
back to school to engage your kids
and review important math skills
and vocabulary at the same time.

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About Me:
Me: By
By the
the
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Numbers
This activity includes three different
levels, so you can use this with kids
in 2nd grade up to 6th or 7th grade.

But everyone begins the same

way: filling out the “about me by
the numbers” page.

This initial page will provide the

numbers each student will use to
solve the set of math problems
provided.

You can also use this ‘about me’

page to get to know each other and
give students some time to share
with the group if they want. You can
also compare and contrast the
answers, such as shoe size. Many
students likely have the same shoe
size, but you’ll probably have some
outliers as well.

Kids will probably be most interested

in sharing about their pets, especially
the younger kids.

One thing to note: This page

includes a space to write their age in
months. If you have 2nd or 3rd
graders, you’ll want to help them with
this by discussing how many months
are in a year and then adding groups
of 12 or introducing multiplication
with a visual such as an array or area
model.

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By the
the Numbers
Numbers Word
Word
Problems
Problems
Once each student has filled out their
‘math about me’ page with their own
answers, pass out the corresponding
word problems.

There are 3 different levels

included. Choose and print the level
that works best for your students.

Each level requires students to use

the answers from their ‘about me’
page to solve each problem. This
provides an easy way to review math
terms such as ‘sum,’ ‘product,’
‘difference,’ etc. and practice
computation.

Level three also includes a review of

ratios.

Once students have completed their

problems, discuss as a whole group
and work through some of their
answers, or have them pair up with a
partner to discuss and compare.

Extending
Extending the
the Challenge:
Challenge:
To further push your students,
encourage them to come up with
their own problems using the ‘about
me’ page. Then swap problems with
a partner and solve.

And if you find that none of the word

problem pages work for your
particular needs, you can write your
own problems to present to your
students after they’ve filled out their
‘about me’ pages.

Lastly, remember that the goals of

this activity:

Get to know your students and

help them get to know each
other
Encourage your students to
engage in math thinking and
conversation
Reviewing key math skills and
vocabulary

Hopefully this provides a nice way to

ease into the year, while still getting
some math time into your first
days back to school!

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