Format
Introduction
Review the Pre-Program Activity
What do we know about Halloween?
How do you celebrate Halloween?
A brief history of Halloween
Trivia & Video
Math Trick or Treat!
Bet You Didn’t Know: Halloween (Video)
Word Problems & Activities
Counting & Comparing
Telling Time
Measuring Distance/Length
Halloween Geometry Activity
Share
Conclusion/Wrap-up
Objectives
Students Will:
Discuss the origins and history of Halloween.
Count and compare both the number and size of objects.
Compare distances of the same unit of measure.
Tell and calculate time on analog and digital clocks.
Use addition and subtraction to solve word problems.
Identify various shapes and distinguish between shapes.
Use provided geometric shapes to construct a unique jack o’ lantern.
Partition circles or rectangles into two or more equal parts
Standards Alignment
National Standards
NM-NUM.PK-2.1 Understand Numbers, Ways of Representing Numbers, Relationships Among Numbers, and Number Systems
NM-ALG.PK-2.1 Understand Patterns, Relations, and Functions
NM-ALG.PK-2.2 Represent and Analyze Mathematical Situations and Structures Using Algebraic Symbols
NM-GEO.PK-2.1 Analyze Characteristics and Properties of Two- and Three-Dimensional Geometric Shapes and Develop Mathematical Arguments About Geometric Relationships
NM-GEO.PK-2.2 Specify Locations and Describe Spatial Relationships Using Coordinate Geometry and Other Representational Systems
NM-MEA.PK-2.1 Understand Measurable Attributes of Objects and the Units, Systems, and Processes of Measurement
NM-DATA.PK-2.1 Formulate Questions That Can Be Addressed With Data and Collect, Organize, and Display Relevant Data to Answer
NM-DATA.PK-2.3 Develop and Evaluate Inferences and Predictions That Are Based on Data
NM-PROB.PK-12.1 Build New Mathematical Knowledge Through Problem Solving
NM-PROB.PK-12.2 Solve Problems That Arise in Mathematics and in Other Contexts
NM-PROB.PK-12.3 Apply and Adapt a Variety of Appropriate Strategies to Solve Problems
State Standards
Ohio State Standards
Grade 1
Math
1.MD.3 Work with time and money.
1.OA.1 Use addition and subtraction within 20 to solve word problems involving situations of
adding to, taking from, putting together, taking apart, and comparing, with unknowns in
all positions
Grade 2
Math
2.MD.7 Tell and write time from analog and digital clocks to the nearest five minutes, using a.m.
and p.m.
MP.1 Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them.
MP.2 Reason abstractly and quantitatively.
MP.7 Look for and make use of structure.
2.OA.1 Use addition and subtraction within 100 to solve one- and two-step word problems
2.NBT.5 Fluently add and subtract within 100 using strategies based on place value, properties
of operations, and/or the relationship between addition and subtraction.