Supporting Your Child in Mathematics
Grandview Elementary School
Mr. William F. Baskerville, Jr.
Principal
Presenters
Mrs. Lynda Jackey - District Supervisor Mathematics/Science
Mrs. Abbate
Mr. Ahrens
Mrs. Errickson
Helping Children Learn Mathematics
National Research Council
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Understanding
Computing
Applying
Reasoning
Engaging
Some Strategies to Help your Child Succeed in
and Enjoy Mathematics
Be Positive!
• If you have a negative attitude about mathematics, chances are
your child will too.
• Praise your child’s efforts as well as their accomplishments.
• Relate mathematics learning to other endeavors that require hard
work and persistence, such as playing a sport or an instrument.
• Struggling at times in mathematics is normal and is actually
necessary to, and valuable in, understanding mathematics.
Persistence and hard work are the keys to success.
Link Mathematics with Daily Life
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Purchasing items at a store
Determining the price of an item on sale
Developing a schedule
Reading a map to find a location
Deciding on the shortest route to a destination
Building a budget
Help your child realize that mathematics is a significant part of everyday life.
Make Mathematics Fun
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Solve puzzles and brain teasers together
Play board games
Play games recommended by your child’s teacher
Visit the online resource “Think Central” regularly
Find engaging websites that provide practice toward skills mastery
Point out the mathematics involved and have your
child discuss the strategies he/she used.
Support Homework, Don’t Do It
• Remember whose homework it is.
• If you take over doing homework for your child, you encourage him/her
to give up easily or seek help when faced with a challenging problem.
• Don’t panic! May signal negative thoughts about mathematics to your child
• Think of yourself as a guide rather than your child’s teacher.
• Have your child explain his/her work. This often helps them to figure out
the problem.
• Ask questions and listen to your child.
• Encourage your child to show all of their
calculations and a description of his/her thinking
process.
• Help your child to take responsibility.
• Communicate with your child’s teacher.
• Stay involved.
Resources
• GO Math Resources
• http://www-k6.thinkcentral.com/ePCLandingPage/
• Websites
• District marking period expectations
Think Central
1. Go to ThinkCentral
2. Click on Mathematics
3. Click on the Go Math Icon
How do you login?
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Country: United States
State: New Jersey
District: Piscataway
School: Grandview
User Name: Your child’s Piscataway ID number.
Password: Your child’s Piscataway ID number.
Your Child’s Home Screen
My Library gives
you access to many
useful resources!
My Library
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GO Math Student Edition Ebook
Interactive Student Edition
Math on the Spot Videos
iTools Intermediate
Mega Math
GO Math Student
Edition eBook
Resources Tab:
• Math on the Spot videos
• A guided video that solves Think Smarter questions from each lesson.
• Personal Math Trainer
• An on-line resource that gives your students questions that align with the lesson.
• It is here that you can also print out your child’s homework if they forget it at school.
• Once inside the Personal Math Trainer click on the ‘Textbook’ icon located on the
right hand side of the screen.
• iTools
• Such as base ten blocks, bar model, fraction strips and more.
Interactive
Student Edition
• This icon is an interactive review of the lesson that was taught
in class.
• At the end of the lesson review you have access to the
Personal Math Trainer.
Lesson Sample
• Why do they have to do a strategy?
• I didn’t learn it that way.
• Students understanding differently because they are learning at
their own pace.
• It’s not about finding the right answer it’s about the process.
• PARCC measures their ability to explain and model.
Math on the
Spot Videos
These videos review one of the Think Smarter questions from the
lesson in class.
• The Think Smarter questions are challenging questions that will
have your child explain something, solve multi-step problems
and continue to challenge them intellectually.
iTools Intermediate
• Here there is a plethora of interactive manipulatives your
child can use to support their learning.
• You can also access these from the GO Math Student
Edition eBook via the resources tab.
Mega Math
• Here are games and activities that cover all areas
of the common core standards to make learning
and reviewing concepts fun and engaging for your
child!
• Buggy Bargains
• Money using all four operations
• Multi-step problems
• Tiny’s Think Tank
• Adding and subtracting multi-digit numbers
• Identifying shapes and patterns
• Up, Up, and Array
• Multiplication and division practice
• ArachnaGraph
• Graphing
• Carnival Stories
• Solving story problems using models in all
operations
• Cross Town Number Line
• Number patterns
• Number order
• Skip counting
• Lulu’s Lunch Counter
• Counting, ordering and comparing money
• Making change
• Wash ‘n Spin
• Probability
Websites
http://www.arcademics.com/
https://xtramath.org/#/home/index
http://www.tenmarks.com/
http://www.multiplication.com/
http://www.piscatawayschools.org/cms/One.aspx?portalId=80
4134&pageId=1127584
Marking Period Grade Level
Expectation
1. Go to http://piscatawayschools.org/
2. Click on Curriculum and Instruction
3. Click on Mathematics
4. Click on grades 1-3
5. Click on Mathematics
Program Description
Here you can find Grade 1-3 marking
period expectations along with other
useful recourses.
Thank you!
We would like to thank you for all of your support
and continued faith you have in your child, your
child’s teachers and administrators!