Parent Academy- Math
Conceptual Understanding and Procedural Fluency are the cornerstones of today’s mathematics learning. The Parent Teacher Academy equips parents with a skillset that fosters these nuances of math education with the goal of building problem solvers and Independent Thinkers rather all too often instruction that leads to dependent learners.
Our mission is to Engage, Empower and Explore. We Make Math Fun!
nThe Math Academy Engages parents in easy to learn task that promote math understand. All too often students have become dependent upon rote memorization, rules that narrowly apply and basic facts that inhibits a rich math experience. Together, we learn the foundations of math thinking and problem solving while engaging in real world math experiences.
The academy Empowers parents to make fundamental decisions about math content and math lessons whether they are free, one you have purchased or one that is provided by your school district. Engaging in these new task gives parents the power to guide their kiddos in having a new found relationship with math as lifelong learners.
The Parent Academy allows parents to Explore with the same strategies’ teachers use in the comfort of your own home via webinar training or small group onsite sessions. Exploration with new techniques will enhance you and your student’s math agility.
Math Academy Agenda
Number Sense
The ability to understand, relate and connect numbers to promote confidence and encourage flexible thinking.
Problem Solving
The ability to make sense of a problem and preserve in working through them.
Math Practices
Math Practices are internationally recognized benchmarks used to identify student behaviors to understand math and focus on developing reasoning and build upon math communication.
Lesson Strategy
A collection of instructional tasks used to enhance the learning process by the teacher-parent educator.
Math Manipulatives
The usage of manipulatives in learning math dates back many centuries. The interactive usage of objects deepens and enriches math understanding. Manipulative can be home made and or commercially purchased. Explore how the many ways to engage with manipulatives during a PTA session.
Resources
The Math Academy offers free access to resources as well as suggest ones that can be purchased and used at home.
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