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7/18/19 What is FDLRS? • The Florida Diagnostic & Learning Resources System (FDLRS) provides Building Successful Foundations Building Successful Foundations Building Successful Foundations diagnostic, instructional, and technology support services to district exceptional of Mathematics at Home of Mathematics at Home of Mathematics at Home education programs and families of students with disabilities. Service centers include 19 centers that directly serve school districts in the areas of Child Find, Naomi Church, FDLRS REACH Naomi Church, FDLRS REACH Naomi Church, FDLRS REACH Parent Services, Human Resource Broward County Public Schools Broward County Public Schools Broward County Public Schools Development (HRD), and Technology. www.fdlrs.org Welcome! Naomi Take Off Touch Down Church, ➤ If it applies to you Take M.S. Off (stand up) ➤ If it doesn’t, stay seated. I am a parent. The Why I am a teacher. I am a service provider. I am an administrator. My child loves Math. I want to help my child in Math. I play games at home with my child. Math makes me nervous. https://vimeo.c om/151941173 1

7/18/19 Why the “new” standards? • Mathematics Florida Standards (MAFS) U.S. Department of Education, 2003 Mazzocco, 2007 25% to 35% of students Most students fail to meet struggle with minimal mathematics mathematics knowledge and proficiency standards by application skills in the end of their formal general education schooling. classrooms, indicating the presence of mathematics difficulty. Washington, DC: American Institutes for Washington, DC: American Institutes Research, 2007 for Research, 2007 58% of 71% of adults cannot adults compute the cannot interest paid compute a on a loan. 10% tip. 2

7/18/19 Washington, DC: American Institutes for Research, 2007 78% of adults cannot calculate miles per gallon on a trip. LEARN EVERYTHING SO MANY WAYS? Mathematics Toolbox 3

7/18/19 Two Types of Math Standards in Florida Mathematics Florida Standards (MAFS) Standards of Mathematical Practice (SMP) What Students Learn Vs. How Students Learn Advice for Parents, from Professor Jo Boaler 1. Encourage children to play math puzzles and games. • Dominos • Battle Ship Would You • Trouble Rather… • Uno 4

7/18/19 Number Sense & 2. Always be encouraging and never tell kids they Computation Using are wrong when they are working on math problems. Number Cubes • Instead find the logic in their thinking – there is always some logic to what they say. PreK-K: Count total dots. Grades 1-3: Add dots using 2 or more cubes. Grades 4-6: Multiply dots of 2 cubes. Which One Doesn’t Belong (WODB) A B A B C D C D A B A B More Examples to Use at Home: http://wodb.ca C C D D 5

7/18/19 4. Never share with your children the idea that you 3. Never associate math with speed. were bad at math at school or you dislike it. The same study reports More than 50% of young that nearly all Americans adults report that they say, (93%) agree that “I’m not good at math,” developing good math skills according to a survey is essential to success in by Change the Equation. life. Math Myths 5. Encourage number sense. 1.“Some people have a gift for Math (and some don’t).” Number sense 2.“Everyone has a math wall – a is to math barrier they can’t go beyond.” what phonics is to reading. “A Growth Mindset in Mathematics” by Mike Anderson 6

7/18/19 Join the Fun - Shout it Out! Subitizing is “instantly seeing how many.” What is Subitizing? Fundamental skill in the development of students’ understanding of number (Baroody 1987) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wZVeT6_ZIm0 The spatial arrangement of sets influences Research shows that the how difficult they are to subitize. majority of struggling leaners do not have this skill. Helps draw student attention to groups and patterns. Subitizing for Do not take for granted that Struggling they have this skill - even students in intermediate Learners grades. Deficiencies in this area need to addressed in order for the student to develop proper number sense. Visual Representation of Addition and Subtraction Number • 5+2 Representations • 4+3 7

7/18/19 “mindset” 6. Perhaps most important of all – encourage (noun) a growth mindset. Dweck’s research has shown that most a set of beliefs or a way of people thinking that determines one’s behavior, outlook, and mental have one of two attitude. Mindsets: Fixed Mindset or Growth Mindset Growth Mindset Language Matters Video - Research on Praise and Mindset Fixed Mindset 8

7/18/19 Pr Prai aise Risk-Ta Taking and Ef Effort What Message Are You Sending? When we say… They think… - “You learned that so quickly! You’re so - ”If I don’t learn something quickly, I’m smart!” not smart.” - “Look at that drawing. Martha, is he the - “I shouldn’t try drawing anything hard or next Picasso or what?” they’ll see I’m no Picasso.” - “You’re brilliant, you got an A without - “I’d better quit studying or they won’t even studying!” think I’m brilliant.” Te Teach children that just like building muscles, carving I CAN’T DO THIS ne new ne neura ural pa pathw hways s TAKES ES TIME E and nd RE REPETI TITI TION. N. YET! 58 9

7/18/19 Take Chances, Make Mistakes, Get Messy! 10 What Questions Naomi Church, M.S. How To Build a Growth Mindset Naomi.Church@Browardschools.c at Home om • Movies and TV Shows Follow Us on Twitter • Books @FDLRSReach • Games @mrschurchsclass • Praising Effort instead of Ability http://mrschurch.net • Ask questions http://youcubed.org 10