$25

weekly
Class

Math Pals: Explore, Experiment, and Play With a Sibling or Friend

Completed by 5 learners
Ages 9-14
Live Group Class
In this ongoing course, students will meet weekly with a sibling or friend to enforce math skills by working together, solving puzzles, and playing games.
Average rating:
4.9
Number of reviews:
(33 reviews)

Live video meetings
1x per week
2-6 learners per class
30 min

What's included

1 live meeting
30 mins in-class hours per week

Class Experience

US Grade 5 - 8
Beginner - Advanced Level
**This is a self-scheduled class.  To sign up your learner(s) please click on "Show Alternative Times", and there you can select a date and time that work for your family.  

One-on-one tutoring gives learners individualized instruction catered to all of their needs.  It's almost perfect, but missing one really beneficial component: collaborating with peers.  

According to Jo Boaler, a great inspiration of mine, collaborating with peers helps with the following: 
-Reasoning - Can you convince someone else you are right, even if they disagree with you?
-Questioning - Approach data with skepticism; challenge why and how it works
-Engagement - Students are more engaged with games and activities they can do with their peers than adults.  
  (Despite my feeble attempts to NOT be boring, I am still, regrettably, an adult)
 
In short, learners can have more fun and deepen their conceptual understanding of math ideas when they work together.

This class was originally created for siblings that I tutor to be able to get together and reinforce key ideas, but it is open to any sibling or friend group that would like to do the same.  

The minimum class size is 2 for this class.  If you are interested, but cannot find an appropriate partner for your child, please reach out to me, and I can then communicate with other families that may be a good match. 

Typical 5th grade topics: 

-Writing & Interpreting numerical expressions
-Analyzing Patterns and Relationships
-Understanding the Place Value System
-Performing operations with multi-digit whole numbers and with decimals to hundredths
-Using equivalent fractions as a strategy to add and subtract fractions
-Applying and extending previous understandings of multiplication and division to multiply and divide fractions
-Convert like measurement units within a given measurement system
-Represent and interpret data
-Understanding concepts of volume and relate volume to multiplication and division
-Graph points on the coordinate plane to solve real-world mathematical problems. 
-Classify two-dimensional figures into categories based on their properties. 

Typical 6th grade topics: 
-Understanding Ratio concepts and use ratio reasoning to solve problems
-Apply and extend previous understandings of multiplication and division to divide fractions by fractions
-Compute fluently with multi-digit numbers and find common factors and multiples 
-Apply and extend previous understandings of numbers to the system of rational numbers
-Represent and analyze quantitative relationships between dependent and independent variables.
-Solve real-world and mathematical problems involving area, surface area, and volume.
-Develop understanding of statistical variability.
-Summarize and describe distributions.

Typical 7th grade topics: 
-Analyze proportional relationships and use them to solve real-world and mathematical problems.
-Apply and extend previous understandings of operations with fractions to add, subtract, multiply, and divide rational numbers.
-Use properties of operations to generate equivalent expressions.
-Solve real-life and mathematical problems using numerical and algebraic expressions and equations.
-Draw, construct, and describe geometrical figures and describe the relationships between them.
-Solve real-life and mathematical problems involving angle measure, area, surface area, and volume.
-Use random sampling to draw inferences about a population.
-Draw informal comparative inferences about two populations.
-Investigate chance processes and develop, use, and evaluate probability models.

Typical 8th grade topics: 
-Know that there are numbers that are not rational, and approximate them by rational numbers.
-Work with radicals and integer exponents.
-Understand the connections between proportional relationships, lines, and linear equations.
-Analyze and solve linear equations and pairs of simultaneous linear equations.
-Define, evaluate, and compare functions.
-Use functions to model relationships between quantities.
-Understand congruence and similarity using physical models, transparencies, or geometry software.
-Understand and apply the Pythagorean Theorem.
-Solve real-world and mathematical problems involving volume of cylinders, cones, and spheres.
-Investigate patterns of association in bivariate data.


**The weekly schedule will vary based on the individual needs of the students.  This is, essentially, a group tutoring class.

Other Details

Supply List
Supplies will vary, but ones that may come in handy are: 
dice
chess board
blocks or legos
string
receipt paper
white board & Marker or paper and pencils
External Resources
In addition to the Outschool classroom, this class uses:

Meet the teacher

Joined August, 2020
4.9
33reviews
Profile
Teacher expertise and credentials
Arizona Teaching Certificate in Elementary Education
Bachelor's Degree in Education from Arizona State University
Hi everyone!  I have a passion for learning and teaching that I can't wait to share with you!  I am a certified K-8 teacher with a degree from ASU and experience teaching and tutoring preschool-sixth grade. I started teaching on Outschool at the end of 2020 and absolutely love it!  My specialties are math and reading interventions.  I also love playing chess, and started a chess club in the last school I worked in.  I have so much fun sharing these same methods with my Outschool students.  My philosophy is that learning should be FUN and as hands-on as possible!  I want my students to have as much enthusiasm as I do about what I'm teaching.  Something interesting about me is that I play (and have taught) violin, and I am a big F1 Racing fan!

Reviews



Parents also liked
Gifted and Talented Homeroom: Weekly Brain Teaser and Gifted Psychology Lesson
Michelle Ptacek, M.A. (Reading/Creativity)
4.9
(167)
$12 per class
Next session at 6 PM tomorrow
Group Class
1/wk, 30 min
8-12
Brain Boosters: Thinking Games & Logic Puzzles
Ms. Dina
$13 per class
Next session at 10 PM on Friday
Group Class
1/wk, 30 min
4-8
Brain Wizards: Critical Thinking With Puzzles (Ages 9-12)!
M. Maya Taylor
4.9
(14)
$15 per class
Next session at 10 PM today
Group Class
1/wk, 40 min
9-12
Perplexing Puzzles Club - Ongoing - Puzzles Brainteasers Riddles Problem Solving
Rachel Guritz (she/her)
4.9
(812)
$10 per class
Next session at 6 PM on Tue 8/19
Group Class
1/wk, 30 min
7-12
Ongoing Sudoku Puzzles
Tracy Frye
4.2
(19)
$5 per class
Next session at 8 PM on Monday
Group Class
1/wk, 20 min
9-14
Nature's Wonders: Animal Puzzles
Mrs. Seashell
5.0
(321)
$9 per class
Next session at 10 PM on Sun 6/1
Group Class
1/wk, 25 min
4-7
Brain Game Mania Forever!
Amy Spiess-Ki
4.9
(173)
$11 per class
Next session at 11:45 PM on Friday
Group Class
1/wk, 30 min
12-16
No Summer Slide - Brain Teasing Fun!
Adams Academy
5.0
(417)
$10 per class
Next session at 4 PM on Wed 5/14
Group Class
1 wk, 1/wk, 25 min
8-12
Become a Logic Puzzle Genius, Learn Tips and Strategies
M. Maya Taylor
4.9
(14)
$14 per class
Next session at 5 PM on Mon 6/2
Group Class
16 wks, 1/wk, 35 min
9-14
Math Puzzle Club | Enrichment for Gifted Students
Mr. Oaks
5.0
(80)
$18 per class
Next session at 12 AM on Tue 5/13
Group Class
1/wk, 50 min
7-9
Summer Camp: Thinking Games & Logic Puzzles
Ms. Dina
$15 per class
Next session at 8 PM on Mon 6/2
Group Class
1 wk, 4/wk, 30 min
5-10
Brain Gym Weekly Workouts for Sharp Thinkers
Ms. Dina
$13 per class
Next session at 2 PM on Monday
Group Class
1/wk, 30 min
5-10
Logic Games/Puzzles for Kids 5-8 Summer Camp
Ilya
5.0
(45)
$20 per class
Next session at 5 PM on Tue 6/24
Group Class
8 wks, 1/wk, 30 min
5-8
Solve It All! Daily Logic Puzzle Summer Camp
Aaron Potsick
4.9
(3,666)
$16 per class
Next session at 5 PM on Mon 6/2
Group Class
8 wks, 2/wk, 50 min
12-17
Perplexing Puzzles - One-On-One - Private Brainteasers Riddles Problem Solving
Rachel Guritz (she/her)
4.9
(812)
$15 per session
1-on-1 Coaching
On Demand
7-12
Mystery at the Red Rock Restaurant - Puzzles Brainteasers Critical Thinking
Rachel Guritz (she/her)
4.9
(812)
$17 per class
Next session at 6 PM on Thursday
Group Class
1 wk, 1/wk, 40 min
7-12
See More Classes
Home
Search
Give a Gift Card
Open currency, time zone, and language settings
Language & Region
Log In