Shake Rattle & Roll

Award Winning Program!

What do going to the dentist, taking out the trash and cleaning their rooms have in common? These are things that 84 percent of U.S. middle school students would rather do instead of doing their math homework. And, considering what the average middle schooler’s room looks like, it’s not surprising that 70 percent of U.S. 8th graders are not proficient in math.

The Actuarial Foundation is taking a major step in helping middle school students clean up their math performance with new supplemental math materials targeting 1 million 7th and 8th graders.

Shake, Rattle & Roll, a sponsored education program funded by the Foundation and developed and distributed by Scholastic, the global children’s publishing education and media company, is designed to provide teachers and students with math literacy-based materials that meet national standards and are in alignment with core middle school curriculum. Distributed Oct. 2006 to nearly 40,000 math educators nationwide, this skill-building program provides lesson plans, activities and other teaching resources while incorporating and applying actuaries’ natural mathematics expertise in real world situations, namely disasters.

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Poster

Teaching Guide and Activities

Additional Classroom Activities

Family Activity Pages

ACTUARIES: Download a copy and present it to a classroom or school in your area!

Watch a short video of actuaries describing their experience with teaching Shake, Rattle & Roll.

These are the benefits we see: (You may find more!)

1. Educate students about the impact of math upon the economy and our daily lives.
2. Educate students about how events far away may have an impact on each of us in the future.
3. Math is a factor in the ability to navigate through life.
4. Introduce the actuarial profession to teachers and students in an interesting and relevant manner through lesson plans.

TEACHERS: Contact the Foundation at asa@actfnd.org to have an actuary present the Shake, Rattle & Roll program to your classroom.

(NMS: SCHL) is the world's largest publisher and distributor of children's books and a leader in educational technology. Scholastic creates quality educational and entertaining materials and products for use in school and at home, including children's books, magazines, technology-based products, teacher materials, television programming, film, videos and toys. The company distributes its products and services through a variety of channels, including proprietary school-based book clubs, school-based book fairs, school-based and direct-to-home continuity programs; retail stores, schools, libraries and television networks; and the company's Internet site, www.scholastic.com.

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