1. Mathematics for the 21st Century
Paw Creek Elementary
Amy LeHew, Elementary Math Specialist

2. Let’s Start with some MATH!
Solve

3. Over 1 in 5 US Adults Are Innumerate
21% of Americans possess numeracy skills at the lowest level [which] means that people cannot work out the change from $2 when buying goods worth $1.58.
(Murray, p. 2)

4. Last week, I was at a restaurant with friends
“I’m not good at math,
have Amy figure it out.”

5. “I’m not good reading, can you read this to me?”
Next time we go…
“I’m not good reading, can you read this to me?”

6. Why is it socially acceptable to be innumerate?
Same Reaction?
Illiteracy
Innumeracy
Why is it socially acceptable to be innumerate?

7. MIS-Understanding mathematics

8. After we read to/with a child, we ask…
What do you think?
Do you agree with the character/why?
What would you do?
When a child solves a math problem, we ask…
Did you get the right answer?

9. What does comprehension (numeracy) look like in math?
Choose the best estimate for
12/ /8 1 2 19 21

10. Choose the best estimate for 12/13 7/8
12/ /8 1 2 19 21
According to NAEP
(National Assessment of Educational Progress)
MOST 4th grade students in the U.S chose…
What does that mean?

11. Students with involved parents, no matter what their income or background, are more likely to:
Earn higher grades and test scores, and enroll in higher-level programs;
Be promoted, pass their classes, and earn credits;
Attend school regularly;
Have better social skills, show improved behavior, and adapt well to school; and
Graduate and go on to post secondary education.
Research Shows…
According to A New Wave of Evidence: The Impact of School, Family and Community Connections on Student Achievement, a research review published by the Southwest Educational Development Laboratory in 2002, students with involved parents, no matter what their income or background, are more likely to:

12. Innumeracy/Illiteracy
Family and community involvement can have a powerful and positive impact on student outcomes.
Innumeracy/Illiteracy

13. Close to 100
Draw 4 cards
Write the 4 digits you drew on the recording sheet.
Add your total.
Your score is how far you are from 100

14. Choose 4 cards and create two 2-digit numbers
Draw 6 cards
Choose 4 cards and create two 2-digit numbers
Close to 100 / 1000

15. Close to 10
Close to 1,000
Close to 100 / 1000

16. What happens when we ask a child to explain their thinking in math?
Talk about the math!
What happens when we ask a child to explain their thinking in math?
… how did you decide to? … is there another way? … tell me about your strategy

17. 7 Steps to 100
Tens
Ones
Goal = 100 6 4 6 3

18. What were you talking about?
Talk about the math!
What were you talking about?
… how did you decide to? … is there another way? … tell me about your strategy

19. How can I help my child?

20. The Parent’s Role
Parents, too, need time to learn about the new ways of teaching and learning. We have had to learn new ways to support our kids at home.
Much of the homework looks different: games, writing assignments, shorter assessments, less emphasis on memorization of facts, etc.
It is all part of an effective and well-rounded program, but it is challenging nonetheless.

21. How Can I Best Help My Child ?
Remember the
restaurant!
The first is as simple as speaking positively about math to your child.
The the old ways of teaching have left many of us insecure about our math skills, it is easy to unintentionally convey low expectations to our children.

22. Questions to help your child with homework.
Where do you think you should begin?
What do you already know that might help?
Can you draw a picture or make a table to work it out?
Let’s talk through some steps, and see if we can’t “talk it out.”