Talking Math with Your Kids Mackenzie Glen PS December 10th, 2015 - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Talking Math with Your Kids Mackenzie Glen PS December 10th, 2015 - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Talking Math with Your Kids Mackenzie Glen PS December 10th, 2015 Amy Lin E Q A O Q U E S T I O N N A I R E I L I K E M AT H . W H A T I S M AT H A N X I E T Y ? t h g i r memorization g n i e b s t s e t speed
“ I L I K E M AT H . ”
E Q A O Q U E S T I O N N A I R E
M AT H A N X I E T Y ?
W H A T I S
b e i n g r i g h t t e s t s memorization speed
math is about thinking not memorization
curiosity
“I can’t do math.” Yes I can! I will try harder. I can do it! I ask for help so I can do math. I remember strategies to use. I actually can. Take a break and come back to it.
“This is too hard. I give up!” Never ever give up! Learning is not easy - if I struggle my brain will grow. Hard just means it is a challenge. Try again! Just breathe. It’s not too hard. There’s no rush. Take your time.
“I made a mistake!” It’s good to make mistakes. We can learn something and fix it. We have erasers for that reason. We are born to make mistakes. It’s okay!
“Plan A didn’t work!” Try Plan B!
- r Plan C!
Good thing there are 26 letters! Approach the problem differently.
math-ish?
you could ask….
How many ways can you show the number 5?
W H AT C H I L D R E N L E A R N I N S C H O O L
- number
- geometry
- measurement
- patterns and algebra
- data management and probability
M AT H E M AT I C A L P R O C E S S E S
- Problem Solving
- Communicating
- Selecting Tool and Strategies
- Reasoning and Proving
- Reflecting
- Representing
- Connecting
N U M B E R S
- Is it about “FACTS” and “PROCEDURES”?
FA C T S
- these are examples of math facts
- facts and procedures are important for estimations
and calculations
H O W D O W E L E A R N FA C T S ?
- Traditional way: memory,
speed, repetition
- Present: we want students
to use appropriate STRATEGIES
8 + 2 + 1
S T R A T E G Y
A D D I N G U S I N G H U N D R E D S C H A R T
44 + 32
S U B T R A C T I N G U S I N G H U N D R E D S C H A R T
65 - 19
M U LT I P L I C AT I O N S T R AT E G I E S
25 x 44 20 5 40 4 800 200 80 20 800 + 200 + 80 + 20 = 1100
M AT H T O O L S
PAT T E R N B L O C K S
M A T H M A N I P U L A T I V E S
L I N K I N G C U B E S
M A T H T O O L S
I N T E G E R S
F R A C T I O N T O W E R S
1 / 2 3 / 8
1/2 + 3/8
F R A C T I O N T O W E R S
2/3-1/4 5/12
V I R T U A L M A N I P U L AT I V E S
National Library of Virtual Manipulatives www.mathclips.ca virtual manipulatives app
A R O U N D T H E H O U S E
T E A C H I N G T H R O U G H P R O B L E M S O LV I N G
E V I D E N C E O F S T U D E N T T H I N K I N G
H O W C A N I H E L P ?
“If parents want to give their children a gift, the best thing they can do is to teach their children to love challenges, be intrigued by mistakes, enjoy effort, and keep on learning. That way, their children don’t have to be slaves of praise. They will have a lifelong way to build and repair their own confidence.
- Carol S. Dweck
H O W M A N Y… ?
estimations
how many cinnamon hearts in the package? www.estimation180.org
Fermi Problems
How many km’s of spaghetti is eaten in a year in Toronto?
Fermi Problems
How many hairs are there
- n a human head?
Fermi Problems
How many pieces of popcorn does it take to fill this room?
visual patterns
www.visualpatterns.org
What are the next two steps?
How many squares in the 43rd position?
Would you rather?
www.figurethis.org
proportions
Recipe for 4 pancakes:
6 tablespoons flour 1/4 cup milk 1/4 cup water 1/2 teaspoon sugar 1 egg How much do you need for 10 pancakes?
fencing project
layout, posts, dimensions, lumber, cost
creating patterns
creating patterns
- a repeating pattern with two
things changing
- a growing pattern that grows
quickly
- a shrinking pattern that grows
slowly
pattern
pattern
pattern
2, 4, 6, …
what comes next?
pattern?
2, 4, 6, … 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12 2, 4, 6, 6, 4, 2 2, 4, 6, 2, 4, 6 2, 4, 6, 3, 5, 7 2, 4, 6, 10, 16, 26
C H E S S
financial literacy
$2 $5 $100 $110
Which grew more?
probability
- what is certain?
- what is likely?
- what is unlikely?
- what is impossible?
W H AT A R E T H E C H A N C E S ?
P R O B A B I L I T Y A N D D A TA M A N A G E M E N T
W H AT A R E T H E C H A N C E S O F… ?
- dying from a snake, bee,
- r other venomous bite
- r sting
- find a pearl in an oyster
- being hit by lightning
- being attacked by a shark
1 in 750 000 1 in 10 000 1 in 100 000 1 in 264 000 000
would you rather…
flip 3 coins and win if all match win if none match
You will find that in this village of 100 people:
- 21 people speak Chinese
- 10 earn less than a dollar a day
- 14 cannot read or write
- 47 do not have enough to eat
- 19 are under the age of 10
- 1 is a teacher
Computer Games and Apps
Spot the Dots
Pre-school to SK - Counting
number lines multiples finding sums clock master equivalents fractions
DragonBox
algebra
Mathletics
www.mathletics.ca
productive struggles
- allow your child to struggle
through the process of problem solving
- mistakes are learning
- pportunities
productive struggles
- appreciate the value of not
knowing
- growth, not anxiety