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Math Tips and Strategies
What should students do at home to put their math skills into practice? Parents should encourage their child to use mental math to solve everyday problems. I know that in a classroom, a teacher needs to see the written steps because there is such limited time for one-on-one conversations. However, parents have the time to have a brief conversation each day. It can start as simply as counting the … [Read more...]
How Parents Can Help Their Children with Math
A RITES blog by Learning Specialist and Home-school Coordinator Debra Nassau, M.A.Like many parents, you may find that you’re not familiar with the math strategies that your child is learning in school. Along with the Common Core standards have come methods and strategies that are different than the ones many of us learned when we were in school. Although today’s math lessons may be challenging … [Read more...]