1. Welcome to KMS Math Parent Night 2015

2. The Goal tonight is to have parents develop an understanding of the Kerman Middle School curriculum and practices to help their student(s) be successful in math.

3. We are 1 Team Student Parents District Success

4. 8 Math Practices Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them. Model with mathematics. Look for and make use of structure. Look for and express regularity in repeated reasoning. Use appropriate tools strategically. Reason abstractly and quantitatively. Construct viable arguments and critique the reasoning of others. Attend to precision.

5. The Four C’s 1. Communicate 2. Collaborate 3. Critical Thinking 4. Creativity

6. Kerman Middle School 60% Assessments 40% Assignments Kerman High School 70% Assessments 30% Assignments

7. How can Parents help at home? 1. Stress the importance of Working Hard 2. Stress the importance of Staying On Task 3. Create a Homework Time and Place that is Quiet 4. Check Planners 5. Know when Tests are and help students study 6. Help Students not miss Review Days 7. Encourage Studying with Classmates 8. Check Parent Portal 9. Encourage the use of Math Resources 10. Encourage After school and Cal Soap Tutoring

8. Start Here www.kermanusd.com

9. Click EasyBridge

10. Email Address Math Password is their 5 digit Student ID

11. Under the Arrow, Click “digits…”

12. Programs

14. Click 7th or 8th Grade

18. Students can review any part of any lesson anytime. The Key Concept is the main point of the lesson. Each Part has the examples with solution details.

19. Classes

21. Look for Topic 1 Review Homework

25. “Help Me Solve This” guides students with step by step instructions and show them the correct set-up they should use to start the problems.

26. “View an Example” shows each step and what the answer is to a similar example.

27. “Video” shows them a step by step video of a tutor explaining a similar problem.

28. Calculator

29. Students get instant feedback and can do similar exercises until the master the problem.

30. Topic Tests are similar in the format of the review. Teachers customize these so they are not too long and can be done in one class period or block.

33. Online Math Resources 1.You Tube 2.Khan Academy 3.Front Row Math

34. Parent Portal Screenshots 2015

35. https://aeries.kermanusd.com/Parent/LoginParent.aspx

36. main screen

37. calendar and attendance summary

38. gradebook summary

39. state testing/accessible students

40. attendance/enrollment

41. gradebook summary

42. gradebook details

43. test details/test scores