pi day Archives - Mary Kienstra

PI Day 2016

By: Mary Kienstra on: March 18, 2016  in: Engagement, pi day, pi day party, Uncategorized

The PI Day Party is a tradition in my class.  Kids look forward to it all year long.  I can only hope that my students enjoy it as much as I do!  The excitement began to build a week in advance as the kids were assigned a pi day project.  It’s JFF – just for fun – […] Read more


Pi Day Party Report

By: Mary Kienstra on: March 22, 2014  in: Engagement, fun, graphing, JFF, Math, pi day, pi day party

Everyone loves a math party!  Our pi day parties were late this year, but that didn’t matter.  I changed the celebration to include 2 days this year, since last year was too rushed all in one day.  This year is worked out very well – and we all had fun! Day 1:   Students brought […] Read more


Pi Day – Math Holiday Celebration!

By: Mary Kienstra on: March 6, 2014  in: Engagement, fun, Math, party, pi day, ratio

Our favorite math holiday is coming up next week.  It’s time to plan a party for your math students. Mathematicians have decided that 3.14 or March 14 is pi day – a day to celebrate math.  I teach 3rd, 4th, and 5th graders.  They love pi day, even if they don’t fully understand the concept […] Read more