1. Mathematics
7:30 – 8:30
Common Core
Parent Night
Wallkill CSD
February 27, 2014
Ulster BOCES
Instructional Services
175 Route 32 North
New Paltz, NY
2. Focus Questions:
1. How can I help my child at home?
2. What are the non-negotiables that my child
should know & be able to do in Grades 2-3?
3. What can I do to help my child prepare?
3. Learning in a
Common Core Mathematics
Classroom
What does
it look
like?
What does
it sound
like?
17. Suggestions & Helpful Strategies
for Helping your
Child Learn at Home
“Working together for our children”
18. Help your child KNOW/MEMORIZE
their basic math FACTS!
Make practicing math facts fun!
19. Partnering with your
Child’s Teacher
Talking to
your Child’s
Teacher
When you talk to the teacher, do not
worry about covering everything.
Instead, keep the conversation
focused on the
major clusters!
20. Partnering with your
Child’s Teacher
Good Questions to Ask the Teacher:
o Is my child at the level where he/she should be at this point
of the school year?
o Where is my child excelling?
o What do you think is giving my child the most
trouble?
o How can I help my child improve in this area?
o What can I do to help my child with upcoming
work?
21. Create a QUIET place for you child to
Study & Practice
Dedicate time EVERYDAY when your child can
concentrate!
22. Help your child with
ORGANIZATION
Help your child organize their school papers,
assignments, etc. so they feel in control of their own
learning.
Encourage
good work
ethics
25. A List of Great Books to build your
child’s LIBRARY
Shape Up!: Fun With
Triangles And Other
Polygons
How Much is a Million?
Spaghetti And Meatballs
For All!
Money Madness
The 100-Pound Problem
K-
Clocks and More Clocks
The Long Wait
Subtraction Action
A Million Dots
2
You Can Toucan Math
Money Madness
One Hundred Hungry Ants
Math Curse
The Greedy Triangle
2 x 2 – Boo!
2-3
26. A List of Great Books to build your
child’s LIBRARY
Math Potatoes
Fraction Action
The Number Devil
Panda Math
The Writing on the Wall
Anno's Mysterious
Multiplying Jar
G Is For Googol: A Math
Alphabet Book
Sir Cumference and the
Dragon of Pi
Mummy Math: An
Adventure In Geometry
One Grain Of Rice: A
Mathematical Folktale
Pythagoras And The Ratios
The Fly on the Ceiling
Math for Smarty Pants
3-6
6-8
27. Have CONVERSATIONS about what
your child is learning in math
NOT only
about his/her
grades or test
scores!
Ask your child to teach you what they learned in math
class
28. Be PRESENT when your child is
doing their math homework
Sit down with your child at least once a week for
≈15-30 minutes while he or she completes their
homework.
This will keep you informed about what your child is
working on, and it will help you be the first to know if
your child needs help with specific topics!
32. FREE iPad Apps!
IXL Math Practice
Math Drills Lite
Math Ninja HD
Mathmateer
Khan Academy
Lobster Diver HD
Math with Balloons
Doodle Numbers Quiz
Mad Math
Know your Math Facts
34. References:
EngageNY. (n.d.). Common core state standards: Shifts for students and
parents. Retrieved from
http://www.engageny.org/sites/default/files/resource/attachments/
shifts-for-students-and-parents.pdf.
EngageNY. (2013). A story of units: Curriculum overview for grades P5. Retrieved from
http://www.engageny.org/sites/default/files/resource/attachments/
a-story-of-units-a-curriculum-overview-and-map-for-grades-p-5.pdf.
Council of the Great City Schools. (2012). Parent roadmap to the
common core standards for mathematics. Retrieved from
http://www.cgcs.org/Page/244
National PTA. (2013). Parents’ guide to student success. Retrieved from
http://downloads.capta.org/edu/ccss/ParentGuideBundle.pdf
NYSUT. (n.d.). A parent’s guide to common core learning. Retrieved
from
https://www.nysut.org/~/media/Files/NYSUT/Resources/2013/Augu
st/parents_commoncore_nyspta_nysut.pdf.
Scholastic. (2013). Math literature: Creating a math library at home.
Retrieved from http://www.scholastic.com/parents/blogs/scholastic-
Editor's Notes
For Example - The Common Core states all 2nd graders must "Fluently add and subtract within 20 using mental strategies. By end of Grade 2, know from memory all sums of two one-digit numbers." (2.OA.2) And all 3rd graders must "Fluently multiply and divide within 100, using strategies such as the relationship between multiplication and division (e.g., knowing that 8 × 5 = 40, one knows 40 ÷ 5 = 8) or properties of operations. By the end of Grade 3, know from memory all products of two one-digit numbers."(3.OA.7) So, all incoming 4th graders will presumably have memorized all addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division facts. This is an example of how rigorous the new Common Core is and how we as parents need to be aware of these standards and how we can help our children at home.
