Nicora Placa January 15, 2014 Helpful Elementary Homework Resources for Parents

Nicora Placa

January 15, 2014

Helpful Elementary Homework

Resources for Parents

AgendaIntroductionChanges in the teaching of

mathematicsShifting Beliefs and Attitudes Resources Question and Answer

Overview of Changes

Our goalPrepare our students so they are

career and college ready

What does that mean in today’s

world?

We need to change the way we prepare our

children

FocusDepth, Not BreadthFocus deeply on major work of

the grade: key ideas, understandings and skills

Stresses deep learning

Coherence Across and within gradesMaking ConnectionsMaking Math Make Sense

Rigor does not mean “hard problems.”It’s a balance of

◦Fluency◦Conceptual Understanding◦Application.

There must be variety in what students are asked to produce.

Rigor

How has rigor increased?Examine the two assessment

tasks in front of you.How is the common core aligned

task different than the previous type of assessment task?

What do students need to know to be able to solve the task?

Beliefs and Attitudes towards

mathematics

What are your beliefs and attitudes towards math?◦One Word◦One Phrase ◦One Sentence

What does the research say?

Students’ attitudes and beliefs towards math MATTER!

Students who believe math is a series of disconnected rules and procedures often struggle compared with those who see underlying connections and meaning

Many students believe you are either good at math or you aren’t. They don’t believe they can change their achievement

Resources

Fluency

Fluency Grade

Required Fluency

K Add/subtract within 5

1 Add/subtract within 10

2 Add/subtract within 20Add/subtract within 100

3 Multiply/Divide within 100Add/subtract within 1000

4 Add/subtract within 1,000,000

5 Multi-digit multiplication

Fact Family Cards

Mental math: Number TalksThe Number of the Day is 12,

write all the facts you can that equal 12.

Many possible solutions

6 + 6 = 1212 = 22 – 103 x 4 = 12

5 + 5 + 2 = 1212 = 10 + 10 – 8100 – 80 - 8 =12

2 x 2 x 3=12 36 ÷ 3 = 12

Mental math: Number TalksHow many ways can you solve without pencil and paper?

312 + 498=?

Here’s one solution. Why does it work?

312+498(498 +2) + (312-2)

500+310=810

Mental math: Number TalksSolve 14 x 6 without a pencil and

paper. How many different ways can you solve it?

Number Sense

Number SenseWhat is it?

◦Ability to use and understand numbers

◦Working flexibly with numbers◦Estimating◦Develop useful strategies

The Game 24

Guess my rule?

In Out

2 6

4 8

5 9

8 ?

In Out

2 7

4 13

5 16

8 ?

Wuzzit TroubleApp by Stanford

math professorFree the Wuzzit

by figuring out the correct number of times to turn the gears

Estimation http://www.estimation180.com180 days of estimation

challengesStudents look at a picture, make

an estimate and share what context clues they used

They can see how close their estimates are.

Go Math! Homework Help

Go Math! Helphttp://www.hmhco.com/

GoMathAcademyVideos by grade and topic

Questions to guide students

Instead of…. TryWhat is the answer?

How did you get your answer? (ask this whether the answer is right or wrong)Prove to me your answer is correct.

. Why does that answer make sense to you?

Questions for when they are stuck How would you describe the

problem in your own words?What do you know that is not

stated in the problem? What facts do you have? What does the word ________

mean?

Questions for when they are stuck Would it help to create a

diagram? Make a table? Draw a picture?

Can you guess and check? What do you already know that

could help you figure that out?

Additional WebsitesKhan Academy

◦http://www.khanacademy.org/Talking math with your kids

◦http://talkingmathwithkids.com/Bedtime math stories

◦http://bedtimemath.org/Learn zillion

◦http://learnzillion.com/You cubed

◦http://youcubed.org

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