Upcoming Parent Math Academy

Dear Parents,

Math instruction today is different from what most of us experienced in the past.  In order to provide you with information on current instructional approaches and strategies, we will be offering a Math Academy for Parents once a month.  For your convenience, there will be two sessions to choose from:  a morning session from 9:00-10:00 am and an evening session from 5:00-6:00 pm.  We value your time, so these sessions will be limited to one hour, and we will cover what we think is most relevant based on current instruction in the classroom.  We will spend the first half-hour with overall information, and we will break into groups by grade level for the second half-hour.  

The overall session for our first Parent Math Academy will be on the importance of the area model in developing conceptual understanding.  The breakout segments are:

·        3rd grade - Multiplication Fact Fluency

·        4th Grade - Long Division

·        5th Grade - Multiplying Fractions.  

Your invitation to the Parent Math Academy on Thursday, December 11^th is shown below. 

We have also created a Math Blog for Parents.  If you haven’t already, please sign up to receive blog updates by entering you email address in the designated section on the blog.  The blog can be found at paineintmath.blogspot.com.  We have just added a section on instructional videos by grade level.  We will be creating/adding short video segments on various strategies being taught in the classroom.  These videos can be utilized by both parents and students.

Our goal with the Parent Math Blog and Parent Math Academy is to provide parents with important information and a better understanding of the concepts and strategies being taught in the math classroom today.  If you have any questions, please email Lisa.Lothspeich@trussvillecityschools.com, Math Instructional Coach.

We look forward to seeing you at the Parent Math Academy!