Keeping parents informed & engaged
COVID-19 Distant Learning resourcesIt takes a whole village
|
Parent and school partnership can benefit children in ways unimaginable. Please use the following as resources to further assist your children in achieving their best in math. By learning and practicing in school and having opportunities to be engaged with someone from home about what they've learned will help them better succeed.
Expectations for students & parents
1st step:
GEARING UP for MATHematical MINDS
One of the things I've realized as a student, teacher and math learner is that MINDSETS are important. If we hold the belief that something is possible, we will strive to attain it. If we deem something as difficult or hard then we tend to not engage with it. We need to change our mindsets, the way we believe, that if something is DIFFICULT, it will help us learn better. Today something may be difficult/challenging but that doesn't mean we'll never learn it...we just haven't learned it YET. Allowing ourselves to make mistakes, especially in math, will help us better learn and not repeat. With perseverance and help from teacher and an adult from home, students can achieve.
Parents, if you're one of those adults who proclaims, "I'm not a math person," you're not helping your child. Saying so gives your child a reason to just say that they can't do math because they aren't a "math person." There is no such thing as a "math person;" everyone has the capacity to achieve in math. Jo Boaler, a professor at Stanford University and author of MATHEMATICAL MINDSETS, gives us great insights to what mistakes actually do to our brain. Check out the articles below and a quick reference to "Instead of Saying...Say This" to help your child build a growth mindset.
Parents, if you're one of those adults who proclaims, "I'm not a math person," you're not helping your child. Saying so gives your child a reason to just say that they can't do math because they aren't a "math person." There is no such thing as a "math person;" everyone has the capacity to achieve in math. Jo Boaler, a professor at Stanford University and author of MATHEMATICAL MINDSETS, gives us great insights to what mistakes actually do to our brain. Check out the articles below and a quick reference to "Instead of Saying...Say This" to help your child build a growth mindset.
Games & resources
Sign-up for a free account at ZEARN and add your child! This is a great resource to get extra practice at home. It is aligned with the Common Core State Standards, so parents, you can follow along and LEARN or "ZEARN" with your child from outside the classroom. This is a great resource, especially if your child was ABSENT on a given day. Ask me for the lesson and you can access a video that'll help guide them.
ABCya is the leader in free educational computer games and mobile apps for kids. The innovation of a grade school teacher, ABCya is an award-winning destination for elementary students that offers hundreds of fun, engaging learning activities.
Millions of kids, parents, and teachers visit ABCya.com each month, playing over 1 billion games last year. Apple, The New York Times, USA Today, Parents Magazine and Scholastic, to name just a few, have featured ABCya’s popular educational games.
Millions of kids, parents, and teachers visit ABCya.com each month, playing over 1 billion games last year. Apple, The New York Times, USA Today, Parents Magazine and Scholastic, to name just a few, have featured ABCya’s popular educational games.
Eureka Math Card Games was developed with the intention of
building fluency in math in a fun and engaging way. All you need
is a deck of cards! Rules and instructions are included.
building fluency in math in a fun and engaging way. All you need
is a deck of cards! Rules and instructions are included.
The South Seneca Elementary Math Support Page is intended to give parents and students a better understanding of the math concepts presented in classrooms throughout the elementary building.
South Seneca's Family Math Resource offers a great deal of videos and games for students to exercise their brains with. It was compiled by our own math specialist, Mrs. Boland.
Khan Academy is an online tool that can help educate students and parents. They offer a Common Core Math curriculum with videos for tutorial/review and practice problems that mimmick what we do in class.
|
strategies & tips
**HIGHLY RECOMMEND DOWNLOADING PARENT TIP SHEETS**