Schaghticoke Middle School

The purpose of this website is to give parents, guardians and caregivers, math resources to support the hybrid, in person and remote learning for the 2020-2021 school year.

1. Be aware of what your child struggled with last year and how that will affect ongoing learning

2. Advocate for your child

3. Know what the priority work is for your child at their grade level

4. Push children to know, understand and memorize basic math facts

5. Know all of the fluencies your child should have

6. Provide time for your child to work on math skills at home

7. Ask your child to do math that comes up in daily life

8. Have high expectations

9. Be positive

10. Support Homework/Don't Do it

11. Make math fun/Play games

• What is the problem asking you to do?

• Can you reread the problem out loud?

• What pieces of information are you given?

• What do you need to still find out/

• What have you already learned that can help you?

• What resources do you have? Are there links or videos that your teacher has provided?

• Can you draw a picture or diagram?

• What part of the problem is challenging you?

• Are there math tools that you can use?

• Can we look this up online?

• Can you attend an office hour with your teacher or email him/her?

• Read schedules, such as the television guide and bus transportation schedules for information.

• Look at a map to figure out how long a trip will take and what time you should leave in order to arrive on time.

• Calculate the gasoline mileage, and estimate the total cost of gasoline for a long trip

• Discuss charts, tables, and graphs from the newspaper and magazines. Ask your child to explain what the data shows.

• Encourage your child to compare prices and note the savings for items that are on sale.

• Give your child a budget and the responsibility for purchasing clothing or other items.