On your 4 x 6 card

Line 1 – School/District

Line 2 – Grade Level(s) Participating

Line 3 – Coach(es) Name(s)

Line 5 – Email Address

Line 7 – Contact Phone Number of Coach(es)…prefer cell, but work OK

2009Math Field

Day

The purpose of the Orange County

Mathematics Field Day is to support

rigorous mathematics…

and offer students an opportunity to

demonstrate their ability to reason,

communicate, and problem-solve in

cooperative groups.

The competition is designed to be fun,

informative, and worthwhile, and is intended to be an

exciting event for many of Orange County’s top

4th-6th grade math students.

Each child will receive a participation certificate, a button, a program with all

students and schools listed, a snack, a team

photo, and a team bag of goodies donated by

corporate sponsors*.

* Pending corporate sponsorship

Schedule of Events

7:30 – 8:30 Registration/Poster Exhibit/Photos

8:30 – 9:00 General Assembly in the Gym 9:15 – 10:00 Math Reasoning10:05 – 10:35 Statistics & Probability10:35 – 10:55 Snack Break10:55 – 11:25 Number Sense (4th); MG/AF11:35 – 12:05 Measurement & Geometry (5th);

AF/NS12:15 – 12:45 Algebra & Functions (6th); NS/MG12:45 – 2:00 Lunch (Bring own

games/activities)2:00 – 3:15 Awards Assembly in the Gym

•Mathematical Reasoning Team Test — 25 word

problems Students must show as

much work as possible. Diagrams, charts, etc. help with scoring points.

• Statistics and Data Analysis

Team Test — Each team will answer about 6 questions relating to statistics and probability, then conduct an experiment, predict results, gather data, and analyze the experiment based on their outcomes.

• Number Sense

Consists of two tests added together: Estimation (counts for 40% of score) and Mental Math (counts for 60% of score).

• Estimation

Team Test — Six stations are located around the perimeter of the room. Problems usually involve some sort of measurement: linear, area, volume, weight, liquid volume, metric or standard measurements.

•Mental Math Individual Test – Students will be

shown 40 different mental math questions. They will have five seconds to study the problem, and five seconds to write the answer. No work is allowed…all answers must be done mentally. Individual scores are added together to form one team score.

Sample

Mental Math

PowerPoint

•Measurement and Geometry Team Test – Each team will be

asked to build an object using materials provided, students must sketch their construction prior to building, then test it, with multiple trials. Object is judged using a rubric.

•Algebra and Functions Team Test – Each team will

answer 9-10 Algebra and Functions questions…most problems are word problems or logic puzzles.

•Awards Assembly in the Gym Olympic-style medals are

awarded for top six places for each event. Each grade level is scored separately. A total of ninety team awards are given at each event. Each child on the top six teams for each event receives a medal.

We hope the 2009 Math Field Day event will be

a memorable experience for you and

your students!

Next Meeting:

NORTH – Wed., May 64:00 – 5:30 PM

@ El Modena HS

SOUTH – Tues., May 124:00 – 5:30 PM

@ Capistrano Valley HS

Theme for 2009???

2006 – Math Trick in 20062007 – Math Detectives in 2-00-7

2008 – Math is Gr8 in 20082009 – __________________

Theme for 2009???Words that rhyme with “nine”…

dine

fine

line

mine

shine

sign

assign

combine

define

design

divine

Refine

whine (probably not a good "poster word")

wine (equally not good!)

Theme for 2009

Make Math Shine in 2009

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