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Math
Links and Things to Help At Home
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Math Trailblazers
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This
year we will to use an excellent resource when teaching your child
Mathematics, called Math Trailblazers. This program is based on
the ideas that
mathematics is best learned in real-world contexts that make sense
to children; that al students deserve a richer and more challenging
curriculum; and that a balanced and practical approach to mathematics
learning is what students need.
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For
information just for Math Trailblazers Families click on the book.
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Math
Trailblazers: TIMS Tutors
Click on a math concept below to understand
how students are learning about them in class.
Some
things to consider:
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Your child really has a tough job this year. In addition to the transition from third to fourth grade, they are also transitioning between completing concrete work (simple arithmetic) into more complex, abstract work (problem solving). With help and cooperation from home and school, your child can be successful.
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Encourage your child to CHECK THEIR WORK. At times we think this must be a new concept to our children. Many careless mistakes are made that could easily be caught if students would check their work carefully. This is something you can encourage your child to do on their homework. Check to be sure they are taking the time to go back and look over their calculations.
- Encourage your child to show their work as well. Most word problems cannot be solved in their heads, so they need to show the operations of how the problem was solved. More often than wanting a 'right' answer, we look to see if the students can complete the correct processes to solve the problem. Please encourage this at home. They ARE permitted to underline or highlight 'key words' in each problem.
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Accelerated Math (ACC Math) allows each student to work at his or her on pace on important math skills. The student works on a prepared packet, then they scan their work on the computer. The computer prints them out a TOPS report which tells them which (if any) problems they missed as well as their next assignment. Students also take tests on this program. Our teachers like this program because it allows them to conference individually with the students on the problems they missed. Your math teachers and even your Reading/Social Studies teachers will help with conferencing. We require students to complete at least one assignment a week. Please encourage your child to work on ACC Math whenever they can. Students will be creating quarterly goals for themselves to reach once they are comfortable with the program after the first quarter.
(A student working on his ACC Math)
Click Here to See a Sample ACC Math Packet
Why do you want to see this? You can use the
packets that come home every other week to review
and practice with your child. All the right answers are
given, and you can make problems up to help
your child!!
- State Curriculum Pacing Guide -We follow the state's curriculum for our instruction. The state has issued a pacing guide which shows what we should work on each nine weeks. Click on the link to see the appropriate pacing guide.
You can print these
out or just view them.
*If you find any cool games or math sites you would like to share, just email them to Mrs. Kapp: jkapp@wcpss.net
and they may be added to our math site.
Check back in the future to find great math links, including review, games, and much more!!
EOG Review Websites
Click on the links below to find sites that have practice for the Math portion of the EOG