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Doing Math with Your Child K-6
http://cdn.rainbowresource.netdna-cdn.com/products/mmmsst.jpg
Ontario Math Curriculum
http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/curriculum/elementary/math18curr.pdf
Edugains
http://www.edugains.ca/newsite/HOME/index.html
A Guide to Effective Instruction in Mathematics, Kindergarten to Grade 6, Volume Four, Assessment and Home Connections.

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We use these to show our thinking in math!

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SO HOW CAN YOU HELP YOUR CHILD OUTSIDE OF THE CLASSROOM?

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SO HOW CAN YOU HELP YOUR CHILD OUTSIDE OF THE CLASSROOM?

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I will be creating an online digital portfolio that will keep you up to date with the types of learning activities that we will be doing in the classroom.

When your child is at home try

make real world connections with your child. Show them how math is apart of their everyday lives (e.g., going to the grocery store and talking about prices)

play online games with them to help improve their basic skills

visit websites that help gives math activity advice for parents. Check this one out!

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So what is a level 3 anyways?  How does my child achieve a level 4?

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So what is a level 3 anyways?  How does my child achieve a level 4?

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If your child successfully meets the learning goal that is set out for them in class then they will receive a level 3-, 3 or 3+ depending on the quality of their work. A level 4 means that your child went above and beyond the learning goal and showed a deeper understanding of the concept by making connections and link to other areas in the curriculum.

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Do we just look at right and wrong answers? NO

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Do we just look at right and wrong answers? NO

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The answer to that question is NO!

Here are some of the things that I look for when your child is solving a problem! They are found in the Ontario Curriculum:)

Knowledge and Understanding

Facts, terms, skills and strategies

Thinking

How they approach and solve a problem

Communication

Oral, visual, written or technology

Application

Can they use what they know and apply it to the real world!

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Understanding your child's end goal and understanding their learning styles/levels enables me to use the curriculum and expectations to develop assessment along that way that will help your child be successful and reflect on their learning.

Here is how I asses your child throughout the learning experience unit in order to determine if they are meeting the learning goals.

Assessment FOR Learning: (assessment that happens while your child is learning)

I walk around and talk to your child while they are engaging in the math task

I ask your child questions and listen carefully to their answers and reasoning

I observe and take notes and add them to their digital portfolio

I give them feedback that they can use to improve their work

Assessment OF learning: (assessment that happen at the end of a learning experience)

This might include a quiz, test or math project being handed in

I look at the final product at look at how your child demonstrated their understanding

Assessment AS learning: (Assessment that you child does with their peers!)

Students need valuable time to reflect on their learning by themselves and with peers

they may work with a friend and give advice or feedback to that friend and vice versa

they may write up their own reflection of how they think they are doing on the math task and set goals for themselves!

A Having a mix of assessments helps me to get a really good understanding how they are progressing towards their own learning goals. It also helps me to set new learning goals for them!

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How does your child know how to be successful?

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How does your child know how to be successful?

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In our class we set Learning Goals and Success Criteria

Learning Goals: These are goals that I set out for your child that link to the curriculum area we are working on so that we both know what we are trying to learn in the unit

Success criteria: This is something that we work together to build during each activity to decide what your child will need to do in order to be successful on the task.

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Each lesson starts with a problem to solve!

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Each lesson starts with a problem to solve!

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Your child will learn how to solve the problem by working through these 4 steps which we learn at the very beginning of the year!

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We use a fancy name for how a daily lesson goes and it's called..

"The 3 Part Math lesson"

Getting Started (activation)
-I introduce the questions
-review important concepts/strategies
-highlight important info
-or get your child started by solving a smaller problem

Working on it
-your child explores the questions in a small group
-I walk around asking questions and get your child to share their thinking

Consolidation
-time to share our thinking!
-I let the students share their strategies and new learning with the class
-together we decide which strategies worked the best and put them on a strategy wall for next time!

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What does your child do?
-shares their thinking with the class (small group or large group)
-makes math video's to showcase new learning
-reflects on what they did well and what they would do differently next time!

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What does your child do?
-works with group members to solve the problem
-shows their thinking using pictures, numbers and words
-try's different strategies to get to the answer

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What does your child do?
-actively participates in discussions
-shares ideas with peers
-try's their best and never gives up:)

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What I do to help prepare your child for success...

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What I do to help prepare your child for success...

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Everyone has access to the Ontario Math Curriculum which gives examples of the types of skills your child will be learning this year!

I use this document to help plan activities in math for your child

The math strands include;

Number Sense and Numeration

Measurement

Geometry and Spacial Sense

Patterning and Algebra

Data management and Probability

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Welcome Parents to Math in the 21st Century!

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Welcome Parents to Math in the 21st Century!

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Math has really changed over the years and has become extremely interactive and hands on! Your child get's a chance to uncover and discovery the mysteries of math through problem solving and exploration.

Through problem solving they learn to become more critical thinking which helps them to solve problems in the world outside of the classroom! Lets explore what math look like everyday for your child!