Schedule of Events
5:30
Social Hour
Library
Hosted by Food $ense
MATH MADNESS NIGHT
6:00 Welcome and Introductions
WHAT IS COMMON CORE
MATH?
Library
HOW CAN I HELP MY CHILD
LOVE MATH?
Mike McCarthy, Principal
Amy Hurt, Interventionist/Coach
Lindsay Wood, Interventionist/Coach
7:20
Student Performance
Gym
Agenda
• Welcome and Introductions
• Why it is critical that you are here?
• What is the Common Core
• Let’s do some math!
• How to teach your child to think like a mathematician
• Questions and Answers
• Dance performance…how does this connect to math?
Math Night Facilitator Introductions
• Name
• Role at Covington Elementary
• What is your experience with math?
• Growing up?
• As an adult?
• What do you hope to learn about or walk away with from tonight’s
Math event?
Parent and Family Introductions
• Name
• Student’s Name
• What is your experience with math?
• Growing up?
• As an adult?
• What do you hope to learn about or walk away with from tonight’s
Math event?
Why is it Critical that You are Here?
Lets look at some data…
• Only 44 percent of 2013 U.S. high school graduates are ready for college-level math.
• Just 26 percent of 2009 U.S. students took Algebra I before high school. (this is up
from 20 percent in 2005)
• Only 12 percent of black students and 17 percent of Hispanic students took Algebra I
before high school in 2009. Conversely, 48 percent of Asian students took Algebra I
before high school in 2009.*
• In 2013, 42 percent of American fourth grade students and 35 percent of eighth
grade students performed at or above the proficient level in mathematics.
• 9 percent of Hispanic and 10 percent of black U.S. students took advanced Algebra
or calculus in 2008, compared with 22 percent of white students and 43 percent of
Asian students.*
*Science has proven there is no genetic disposition preparing one group better for
mathematics; systematic access and equity issues exist contributing to these
disproportionalities
STEM: Science Technology Engineering & Math
Math Readiness—Practice Now or Pay Later?
Remedial classes do not cause students to not graduate but
are a result of students not being prepared for college
Cost of Remedial Math Classes for students not prepared for
the rigors of College Mathematics **Tuition has increased!
“In the past three decades, jobs requiring
routine manual or routine cognitive skills
have disappeared from the labor market,
and jobs requiring solving unstructured
problems, communication, and non-routine
manual work have grown as a proportion of
the labor market. The best chance of
preparing young people for decent paying
jobs in the decades ahead is preparing them
with the skills to solve these kinds of
complex tasks.”
We are preparing our students for jobs and
careers that don’t exist right now
Table Talk
• What are you thinking?
• What are you wondering?
V
V
21st Century Thinkers and Common Core Standards
Common Core Content Standard:
Multiply Two Digit Numbers
Table Talk
•What parts of the video did you
identify with?
•How does this video support your
current thinking about math?
•In what ways does this video push you
to think differently about your child’s
math experience?
Doing Math: Problem # 1
12 ×
3
4
= ____
3
4
Joey runs of a mile every day for 12 days, how many
miles does he run altogether?
• Individual Think Time
• Partner/Group
• Whole Group Share
• Discuss Connection to 8 Mathematical Practices
Standards of Mathematical Practice
Handouts on Tables…
• What does this mean for students learning math?
• What does this mean for adults supporting them?
Standards of Mathematical Practice
What Mathematical Practice Standards were evident in
working on the previous activity?
Table Talk:
• What did the “Teacher” do to support student thinking?
• What did the “Students” do to engage in mathematics?
Doing Math: Problem #2
90 – 81 + 72 – 63 + 54 – 45 + 36 – 27 + 18 – 9
• Individual Think Time
• Partner/Group
• Whole Group Share
• Discuss Connection to 8 Mathematical Practices
21st Century Thinkers and Common Core Standards
What Can You Do to Create a
Century Learner who Loves
Mathematics
st
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Doing Math at Home
• Allow Students to Do the Math
• Do not give answers, take the pencil or show your way
• Allow Students to have “productive struggle”
• Grapple with ideas, ask questions and take breaks from tough problems
• Emphasize and praise effort rather than “smartness”
• If you want your child to keep trying to solve a complex problem even when
they have never seen one like it before….praise effort
• Study of children in China vs. US (30 seconds vs. hours)
• Ask students to explain their thinking, show their work with pictures
and share what their revisions in thinking have been
• Model all of the above in the context of everyday living
• Math is problem solving, not just calculation—bring them into your world
Productive Struggle & Mathematics
www.youcubed.org
+Free Student Course
+Parent & Teacher Course
+Math Games/Apps
+Research Articles
Founded by Stanford
Professor Dr. Jo Boaler
Author of What’s Math Got
to Do with It? and others
Doing Math at Home
• Allow Students to Do the Math
• Do not give answers, take the pencil or show your way
• Allow Students to have “productive struggle”
• Grapple with ideas, ask questions and take breaks from tough problems
• Emphasize and praise effort rather than “smartness”
• If you want your child to keep trying to solve a complex problem even when
they have never seen one like it before….praise effort
• Study of children in China vs. US (30 seconds vs. hours)
• Ask students to explain their thinking, show their work with pictures
and share what their revisions in thinking have been
• Model all of the above in the context of everyday living
• Math is problem solving, not just calculation—bring them into your world
Mindset & Mathematics
Carol Dweck
Stanford University
Author of Mindset
Stanford University’s youcubed.org
Other Resources
• Teacher Tips for Math Success
• www.greatschools.org/milestones Watch videos of kids doing math
at each grade level
• www.stmath.com Access children’s math work with Jiji the penguin
at home (grades 2-5)
• www.corestandards.org Access your child’s Math AND reading
standards
• www.pta.org National PTA’s published resources for common core
success!
Parent University Feedback
Special Thanks
• Anjali Sachdev, Family Advocate and Community Engagement Partner
• Allegro Dance Academy
• Kentwood Leadership Students
• Covington Staff
Next Parent University
• Last Wednesday of the Month: April 29th
• Topic: Technology—Tips, Tricks and use in the School Setting
Dance Celebration
• Move to Gym