Title 1 Parent Night Common Core at Home Tami Matney

Common Core Math: Why a Change in Focus? Better preparation for the higher demands of college and careers More time to master the concepts Greater organization of instructional focus throughout the grade levels (builds rather than cycles) Emphasis on real-world problem solving Inspire a greater interest in mathematics

What does this mean for my child? *Explore and Making sense of the what and why in real-world problem leads to understanding. *Be able to explain the why to others in speaking and writing *Critique and explain the reasoning of others. *Math class is not quiet – “sit and get” is no longer an accepted practice.

Use TIPS Think- What is the problem asking me to do? (compare, estimate, rank, etc…? What operations will I need to use?) Information- What is the needed data (information) from the problem? (underline and rewrite it) Plan- A visual representation of the work needed to solve it. (label) Solution- Present the solution in a way that someone else could understand what you are thinking (presentation ready).Great place to use math vocabulary!

Let’s Try TIPS! Jack loves his new Lincoln Log Building Set. The set contains 1000 logs. He is planning on building Paul Bunyan’s lumber town. He will need 5 houses, one barn, and one dining hall to build the town. If houses take 65 logs to build each on, barns take 425 logs to build each one, and dining halls take 215 logs to build each one, will Jack have enough logs to build the whole village? Prove your answer.

How can I help at home? Work on adding and subtracting using smart strategies (doubles, groups of tens, counting back, comparing, mental math) Multiplication and division strategies (familiar facts, arrays, equal groups, repeated additions, area models, partial products) Practice measurement and fractions- let your child help make something in the kitchen- talk about the math that is used.

My child says “My teacher doesn’t do it that way.” What can I do? 1.Realize there is more than one way to solve math problems. 2.Use TIPS at home. 3. Ask your child to show you how he or she has learned to do it in math class. Look at the examples from class. 4.Rather than showing them how you learned it, put a mark beside the problem and write a note to the teacher.

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