Camping Math Partner Challenge

This week, we wanted to have some fun with math and review everything that we've learned in math this year in second grade. In order to do this, we are going through a math challenge that had to do with a camping trip. Students were placed in "teams" with partners and they were all given task #1. Each task had a different goal for the camping trip. For instance, one task involved the students choosing a camp site based off of the number of campers the family was bringing and how much money they had to spend. Another task involved the students calculating how many trips it would take the family to haul wood to their campsite when they needed 50 pieces of wood and could only haul a few pieces at a time.

Once teams completed each task, they brought it up to me and once I checked their answers, they went on to the next task. We started this activity on Monday and we finally finished it today with our winning team: Daniel and Carter. Second graders did an excellent job of reviewing what they have learned throughout this year and having fun as they worked together with their partner to solve these challenging problems. Great job second graders!