ELA/Math

Performance Standards

ELA Standards are Comprehensive

ELA Standards are Comprehensive

ELA Standards Build

Over Time

Common Assessment Example from 1st Grade

Common Assessment Example from 5th Grade

Its Not the Math I Learned!

SO HOW DO I HELP MY CHILD?

What is Mathematics?
Traditional View
Negative Attitudes and Perceptions
Emphasis

Ignored

Rules and Procedures

Concepts and Big Ideas

Computation

Problem Solving

Answers

Thinking Processes

One best Way

Alternative Strategies

Listen, copy, memorize, drill

Explain, predict, justify, represent

The Cooking Analogy

Arithmetic has usually been taught like it's a

recipe: Take the raw ingredients (the numbers),

follow a series of steps, and end up with a tasty end
result (the answer). While an experienced baker
knows why you cream butter and sugar before
adding eggs, then add flour last, a beginner just
following the steps is in the dark. They might know
what to do, but they can't explain why. (Nelson,
2014)

What is the curriculum?

Why the changes?
Global economic concerns
International comparisons
College and career readiness

The Standards for Mathematical Practice

Overarching Habits of Mind
Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them.
Attend to precision.

Reasoning and Explaining

Reason abstractly and quantitatively.
Construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others.

Modeling and Using Tools

Model with mathematics.
Use appropriate tools strategically.

Seeing Structure and Generalizing

Look for and make use of structure.
Look for and express regularity in repeated reasoning.

How Can I Help My Child?

Ask questions
What do you think?
How do you know this? (Show me.)
Why do you think this?
Can you tell me more?
What questions can you ask your teacher?

Help them master basic facts

Support math homework
Avoid

doing it

How Can I Help My Child?

Teach them to do math in their head.
Look to a teachers website, the student work

book, or ask the teacher if your child does

not understand a concept.
Help them understand math vocabulary.
Help them solve word problems.
Make math a part of everyday life.

How Can I Help My Child?

If your child asks for help with a strategy, do NOT

tell them, Thats not how you do it! Ill show you
the way I learned it, which was much easier!
Example:

How Can I Help My Child?

If your child asks for help with a strategy, do NOT

tell them, Thats not how you do it! Ill show you
the way I learned it, which was much easier!
Example:

Resources
Video/audio (searchable by topic/standard)

Interactive & adaptive (searchable by topic)

Virtual tools (for modeling math concepts)

VersaTiles

Resources
http://pta.org/content.cfm?ItemNumber=2909
National PTA parent guides to student success by grade level

http://www.engageny.org/sites/default/files/resource/

attachments/shifts-for-students-and-parents.pdf

Common Core, what parents can do.

http://www.cgcs.org/Page/244
Parent Roadmap by grade level.
http://www2.ed.gov/pubs/parents/Math/index.html
Detailed fun, real-world math activities to do at home with your children
http://www.nctm.org/resources/content.aspx?id=7928
NCTM How to work with the school; parents share tips