schedule of events 5:30 social hour library hosted by food $ense 6:00 welcome and introductions...

Schedule of Events

5:30 Social Hour Library

Hosted by Food $ense

6:00 Welcome and IntroductionsLibrary

Mike McCarthy, Principal

Amy Hurt, Interventionist/Coach

Lindsay Wood, Interventionist/Coach

7:20 Student PerformanceGym

MATH MADNESS NIGHT

WHAT IS COMMON CORE MATH?

HOW CAN I HELP MY CHILD LOVE MATH?

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?

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?

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?

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

STEM: Science Technology Engineering & Math Math

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!

“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

Table Talk

• What are you thinking? • What are you wondering?

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21st Century Thinkers and Common Core Standards

Common Core Content Standard: Multiply Two Digit Numbers

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?

Doing Math: Problem # 1

Joey runs of a mile every day for 12 days, how many miles does he run altogether?

• Individual Think Time• Partner/Group•Whole Group Share• Discuss Connection to 8 Mathematical Practices

Standards of Mathematical PracticeHandouts on Tables…• What does this mean for students learning math?• What does this mean for adults supporting them?

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?

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

21st Century Thinkers and Common Core Standards

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

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

Productive Struggle & Mathematics

www.youcubed.org +Free Student Course +Parent & Teacher Course +Math Games/Apps +Research Articles

Founded by Stanford Professor Dr. Jo BoalerAuthor of What’s Math Got to Do with It? and others

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

Mindset & Mathematics

Carol DweckStanford UniversityAuthor of Mindset

Stanford University’s youcubed.org

Other Resources

• Teacher Tips for Math Success• www.greatschools.org/milestones Watch videos of kids doing

math at each grade level• www.stmath.com Access children’s math work with Jiji the penguin at

home (grades 2-5)• www.corestandards.org Access your child’s Math AND reading

standards• www.pta.org National PTA’s published resources for common core

success!

Parent University Feedback

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

Dance Celebration

• Move to Gym