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Children are the living messages we send into the future.

-Betty Siegel

A curriculum is more than a collection of activities: it must be coherent, focused on important mathematics and well-articulated across the grades (NCTM, 2000)

The relative importance of particular mathematics

topics is likely to change over time and should be guided by student learning and

understanding .

NCTM

Certain math strands have a greater importance at different stages of development. In the Early Primary years, Number Sense and Geometry provide a foundation for further consolidation of knowledge.

An effectivemathematicsprogramme

includes

Picture Books

Math RoutinesMath based Problem Solving

Math games

Math art

Math music

Homeconnections

Math gym

Family Math

• Calendar• Sorting, 1-to-1 correspondence

CHORES!!!

• Cooking• Shopping: unit rates, budget, measurement,

etc.

• Plan and execute home renovations

Games• Sudoku• Cards, UNO• Sequence• Chess • Checkers• Cribbage • Bridge• Euchre• Memory Games• Backgammon, … .

Today’s Math Class…

• Textbooks and learning materials

• Types of questions posed

• Types of responses needed

• Technology

• Uses of class time

• Assessment and grading

Changes:

Thinking

• Ask questions about the topic

• Think about how and where you would find the answer

Application• Demonstrate what you have learned

• Invent or create something to show what you have learned

Communication• Use of new vocabulary to tell about

the topic

• Express and organize thinking

Knowledge• What you have learned about a topic

• Study to learn the facts

Yes, I can …

• Allow my child to struggle through the process of problem solving

• Muck around with the math!

• Discuss mistakes as learning opportunities

Questions to Ask …• What do you need to find out?• Tell me what you know?• Show me what you started?• What can you try first?• Can you make a drawing or picture?• Will a list or table help?• What learning tool might help?

Computer Math• MOE Resources to Help Your Child

http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/parents/howcanihelp.html

• Nelson 1-6 (and 7&8!)http://www.nelson.com/nelson/school/elementary/mathK8/companion.html

- select grade,

Parent Centre• Family Web Links• Software Connections• Surf for More Math• Try It Out• Web Quests

Virtual Manipulatives

• http://nlvm.usu.edu/en/nav/vlibrary.html

• Organized by math strand and grade level• NCTM standards• Parent and teacher info: Pentominoes gives lesson

plan, assessment opportunities, extensions, etc.

Final Thoughts…

Families that provide opportunities for children to share a treat equally, to make intelligent guesses, and to play simple board and card games that require the players to count, add, subtract, and match are giving their children thinking challenges that develop their number sense.