1. Schedule of Events 5:30 Social Hour Library Hosted by Food $ense 6:00 Welcome and Introductions Library Mike McCarthy, Principal Amy Hurt, Interventionist/Coach Lindsay Wood, Interventionist/Coach 7:20 Student Performance Gym MATH MADNESS NIGHT WHAT IS COMMON CORE MATH? HOW CAN I HELP MY CHILD LOVE MATH?

2. Agenda Welcome and Introductions Why it is critical that you are here? What is the Common Core Let’s do some math! How to teach your child to think like a mathematician Questions and Answers Dance performance…how does this connect to math?

3. Math Night Facilitator Introductions Name Role at Covington Elementary What is your experience with math? Growing up? As an adult? What do you hope to learn about or walk away with from tonight’s Math event?

4. Parent and Family Introductions Name Student’s Name What is your experience with math? Growing up? As an adult? What do you hope to learn about or walk away with from tonight’s Math event?

5. Why is it Critical that You are Here? Lets look at some data… Only 44 percent of 2013 U.S. high school graduates are ready for college-level math. Just 26 percent of 2009 U.S. students took Algebra I before high school. (this is up from 20 percent in 2005) Only 12 percent of black students and 17 percent of Hispanic students took Algebra I before high school in 2009. Conversely, 48 percent of Asian students took Algebra I before high school in 2009.* In 2013, 42 percent of American fourth grade students and 35 percent of eighth grade students performed at or above the proficient level in mathematics. 9 percent of Hispanic and 10 percent of black U.S. students took advanced Algebra or calculus in 2008, compared with 22 percent of white students and 43 percent of Asian students.* *Science has proven there is no genetic disposition preparing one group better for mathematics; systematic access and equity issues exist contributing to these disproportionalities

7. STEM: Science Technology Engineering & Math Math

8. Math Readiness—Practice Now or Pay Later? Remedial classes do not cause students to not graduate but are a result of students not being prepared for college Cost of Remedial Math Classes for students not prepared for the rigors of College Mathematics **Tuition has increased!

10. “In the past three decades, jobs requiring routine manual or routine cognitive skills have disappeared from the labor market, and jobs requiring solving unstructured problems, communication, and non-routine manual work have grown as a proportion of the labor market. The best chance of preparing young people for decent paying jobs in the decades ahead is preparing them with the skills to solve these kinds of complex tasks.” We are preparing our students for jobs and careers that don’t exist right now

11. Table Talk What are you thinking? What are you wondering?

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16. 21 st Century Thinkers and Common Core Standards

17. Common Core Content Standard: Multiply Two Digit Numbers

18. Table Talk What parts of the video did you identify with? How does this video support your current thinking about math? In what ways does this video push you to think differently about your child’s math experience?

19. Doing Math: Problem # 1

20. Standards of Mathematical Practice Handouts on Tables… What does this mean for students learning math? What does this mean for adults supporting them?

21. Standards of Mathematical Practice What Mathematical Practice Standards were evident in working on the previous activity? Table Talk: What did the “Teacher” do to support student thinking? What did the “Students” do to engage in mathematics?

22. Doing Math: Problem #2 90 – 81 + 72 – 63 + 54 – 45 + 36 – 27 + 18 – 9 Individual Think Time Partner/Group Whole Group Share Discuss Connection to 8 Mathematical Practices

23. 21 st Century Thinkers and Common Core Standards

24. What Can You Do to Create a 21 st Century Learner who Loves Mathematics

25. Doing Math at Home Allow Students to Do the Math Do not give answers, take the pencil or show your way Allow Students to have “productive struggle” Grapple with ideas, ask questions and take breaks from tough problems Emphasize and praise effort rather than “smartness” If you want your child to keep trying to solve a complex problem even when they have never seen one like it before….praise effort Study of children in China vs. US (30 seconds vs. hours) Ask students to explain their thinking, show their work with pictures and share what their revisions in thinking have been Model all of the above in the context of everyday living Math is problem solving, not just calculation—bring them into your world

26. Productive Struggle & Mathematics www.youcubed.org +Free Student Course +Parent & Teacher Course +Math Games/Apps +Research Articles Founded by Stanford Professor Dr. Jo Boaler Author of What’s Math Got to Do with It? and others

27. Doing Math at Home Allow Students to Do the Math Do not give answers, take the pencil or show your way Allow Students to have “productive struggle” Grapple with ideas, ask questions and take breaks from tough problems Emphasize and praise effort rather than “smartness” If you want your child to keep trying to solve a complex problem even when they have never seen one like it before….praise effort Study of children in China vs. US (30 seconds vs. hours) Ask students to explain their thinking, show their work with pictures and share what their revisions in thinking have been Model all of the above in the context of everyday living Math is problem solving, not just calculation—bring them into your world

28. Mindset & Mathematics Carol Dweck Stanford University Author of Mindset

29. Stanford University’s youcubed.org

30. Other Resources Teacher Tips for Math Success www.greatschools.org/milestones Watch videos of kids doing math at each grade level www.greatschools.org/milestones www.stmath.com Access children’s math work with Jiji the penguin at home (grades 2-5) www.stmath.com www.corestandards.org Access your child’s Math AND reading standards www.corestandards.org www.pta.org National PTA’s published resources for common core success! www.pta.org

31. Parent University Feedback

32. Special Thanks Anjali Sachdev, Family Advocate and Community Engagement Partner Allegro Dance Academy Kentwood Leadership Students Covington Staff Next Parent University Last Wednesday of the Month: April 29th Topic: Technology—Tips, Tricks and use in the School Setting

33. Dance Celebration Move to Gym