Garden City Primary families explore literacy and mathematics at Family Fun Night
On April 9, Garden City hosted their Primary Literacy and Mathematics Family Fun Night at Hemlock School. The night included 10 teacher facilitated literacy and mathematics workshop sessions and three independent learning experiences, and students and families had the opportunity to attend three 15-minute sessions of their choosing.
Literacy session offerings included word chain fun, where students used word chains to hear, identify and manipulate individual sounds in words; literacy adventures, during which families engaged in hands-on literacy activities focused on vowel sounds, word families, sentence building and beginning sounds; and fluency and fitness, where students combined literacy and movement to strengthen reading skills by staying active.
For mathematics, sessions included capture the square, where students had to roll a number and connect two dots to close a square; math at your fingertips, a hands-on workshop with a multisensory approach to make math come to life; and place value playground, during which students practiced reading, writing and comparing numbers through games and challenges.
Independent learning experiences took place in Hemlock’s multipurpose room, where students could learn about PARP from members of the PTA, create bookmarks and play fun, engaging math fluency games.
Families came together for an exciting evening of learning at the Primary Literacy and Mathematics Family Fun Night, where interactive games and activities made reading and math come to life.
