mathleague.org 4th and 5th Grade Practice Packet - Year 1

As a mathleague sponsor and site coordinator for the past 20 years, Sonya Land has organized and encouraged participation in math contests across Missouri. After her own children became old enough to attend elementary contests, she found an absence of ready-made materials for use at the elementary contest level that emphasize problem-solving instead of computation. The following materials were created to be used by parent or teacher sponsors who wish to prepare their elementary students for the mathleague.org elementary contest. This packet contains a sample timeline of topics, lesson plans, and activity sheets with solutions for use in a typical school year before the mathleague.org in-school contest in January or early February. Each activity takes approximately 45-60 minutes and can be used in a before-school or after-school setting with fourth and fifth graders. The activities cover topics that are frequently found on mathleague.org contests as well as incorporate actual past mathleague.org events.