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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
