Parent Math Academy on December 11, 2014

We completed our first monthly Parent Math Academy on Thursday, December 11th. Thank you to the parents who attended.  We enjoyed discussing math instruction with you, and hope you learned some things that will be useful in supporting your child.  

Please use the following links to access the PowerPoints from the sessions.

Mrs. Lothspeich discussing area models with parents.

Overview Session - How the Area Model can be used for Conceptual Understanding

3rd Grade Break-out Session - Multiplication Fluency

Mrs. Walls explaining the partial quotient method.

4th Grade Break-out Session - Partial Quotient Method

Mrs. Bramlett using models to multiply fractions.

5th Grade Break-out Session - Multiplying Fractions

Our next Parent Math Academy will be on Tuesday, January 13th.   We will have a morning session from 9:00-10:00 am and an evening session from 5:00-6:00 pm.  We hope to see you there!

Parent Math Academy - December 11, 2014

Math instruction today is different from what most parents experienced.  In order to provide our parents with information on current instructional approaches and strategies, we will be offering a Math Academy for Parents once a month.  For your convenience, there will be two sessions to choose from:  a morning session from 9:00-10:00 am and an evening session from 5:00-6:00 pm.  We value your time, so these sessions will be limited to one hour, and we will cover what we think is most relevant based on current instruction in the classroom.

We will spend the first half-hour with overall information, and we will break into groups by grade level for the second half-hour.  The overall session for our first Parent Math Academy will be on the importance of the area model in developing conceptual understanding.  The breakout segments are: 3rd grade - Multiplication Fact Fluency, 4th Grade - Long Division, and 5th Grade - Multiplying Fractions.  

Our goal with the Parent Math Academy is to provide parents with important information and a better understanding of the concepts and strategies being taught in the classroom.  We hope to see you there!