Last school year, our math curriculum was updated to meet the needs of the Common Core Standards. Our teachers incorporate both the Georgia Math Curriculum and Daily Warm-Ups with their students.
One of my main jobs as the Title 1 Teacher is to provide supplemental instruction to help our students use math strategies so that they can fluently solve math facts and know which math operation (addition, subtraction, multiplication, and/or division) they need to use to solve math problems. |
Number SenseNumber sense is a person's ability to use and understand numbers:
· knowing their relative values, · how to use them to make judgments, · how to use them in flexible ways when adding, subtracting, multiplying or dividing · how to develop useful strategies when counting, measuring or estimating. The blue link is for grades 2-5 The green link are activities parents can do at home. |
Fact FluencyLearning the basic facts is a struggle for many students. Research has shown that struggling students who used math strategies to master the basic facts (+, -, x, /) were more successful than students who just tried to memorize the facts.
The link below is a rhyme to help with learning the facts that add up to ten. |
Talking Math "Parents who use number words while speaking to their young children – even if the children don't seem to grasp their meanings at first – are giving them a considerable head start in learning math, new research suggests. " Read the rest of the article below to learn more.
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