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Tips For Supporting Homework
Tips For Supporting Homework
Questions To Ask Your Student
Tell me about the problem you are solving.
What strategy are you using?
Why did you choose that strategy?
Talk me through what you tried and why you think it didn’t work.
Show me where you think the mistake might be and let’s see what we learn from it?
Have you ever done anything like this before?
What are things that you know that might help you solve this problem?
Making Your Own At-Home Math Kit
Students learn math by first modeling out their thinking with objects, then drawing out their solutions, then writing out their solutions. Having objects at home are a great way to support student math thinking.
Coins, Dice, Playing Cards, Pipe Cleaners, Craft Sticks, Playdough, Pasta, Egg Cartons, Ruler, Paper, Pencils
Family Games
Family Games
Benefits of Family Game Night
Help improve motor skills and hand-eye coordination.
Reinforce academic skills like math, spelling, and general knowledge, leading to better grades.
Practice in problem-solving: children who strategize and problem-solve with their parents develop better memory techniques and are more successful at solving various problems independently.
Through repetitive play, children become more familiar with numbers, recognizing patterns, understanding sequences, and develop a foundational understanding of basic arithmetic.
Suggested games for first grade: Shut the Box, Rat-A-Tat Cat, Connect 4, Candy Land, Uno, Sum Swamp, Chutes and Ladders, Hi Ho Cherry-O, Dominoes, Sequence for Kids, Dice Poppers.
1st Grade Math For Parents
1st Grade Math For Parents
Key Skills Your Student Is Learning
Developing understanding of addition, subtraction, and strategies for addition and subtraction within 20.
Developing understanding of whole number relationships and place value, including grouping in tens and ones.
Developing understanding of linear measurement and measuring lengths as iterating length units.
Reasoning about attributes of, and composing and decomposing geometric shapes.
You can find videos and lessons about each of these math skills on Khan Academy.
You can find examples of the kinds of math thinking your student will be doing in first grade by looking at this Math Milestones Page.
DISTRICT RESOURCES FOR UNDERSTANDING MATH
Click the i-Ready icon to access the i-Ready Family Center.
Each letter explains the math your student will be learning and ideas for practicing the math concept at home.
1st Eureka Fluency at Home.pdf1st Grade Fluency Practice
1st Grade Fluency Practice
Building your child's fluency skills in math allows them to recall basic math facts quickly and automatically, freeing up brainpower for more complex problem-solving. Fluency is a foundation for understanding higher-level math concepts and can improve a child's confidence and reduce math anxiety.
Khan Academy is a free resource that offers personalized learning resources for all ages in math and other subjects. This is a great resource if your child needs additional practice or different explanations for math concepts. Khan can also be used to introduce your child to new concepts in math if they are ready to accelerate.
ClassLink is the single-sign on platform used by Sandusky City Schools to access district approved materials like the electronic books, and student practice sites. Students use this link frequently in the classroom. Their user name is the last 2 digits of their graduation year followed by their first initial of their first name and then their last name. Their password is their 5 digit Progressbook ID number. Example Login: 34LSMITH.
This is a screen shot of a student's ClassLink landing page. The red box is outlining i-Ready. This is our district adopted math program for grades K-6. Click this link to access your child's i-Ready textbook and i-Ready assignments.
Looking for more parent resources? Check out the links below!
Looking for more parent resources? Check out the links below!
Bedtime Math
Bedtime Math
You can work math talks into your bedtime routine. Along with reading bedtime stories, you can also have fun doing some bedtime math. These are great even if you have children who are in different grades, or in preschool. You can all talk about math together! There is also an APP for your phone. https://bedtimemath.org/category/daily-math/
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