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Promote math success through family involvement. Inform parents about easy-to-implement math activities that can be incorporated into the familys daily routine. Sent home weekly, the 80 reproducible letters (two books with 40 letters in each book, every letter supplied in both English and Spanish versions) align with National Council of Teachers of English standards. Letters include answer keys where appropriate. Illustrated. Good Year Books.

Make math matter to students in grades K–3 using Place Value! This 64-page book helps students, especially struggling learners, understand the base-ten system. This book contains reproducible base-ten models, practice pages, assessments, games, and Web sites. It covers topics such as naming and writing numerals, counting, using expanded notation, ordering and comparing numbers, and applying knowledge about numbers. The book supports NCTM standards.

Differentiation that shifts your instruction and boosts ALL student learning! Nationally recognized math differentiation expert Nanci Smith debunks the myths surrounding differentiated instruction, revealing a practical approach to real learning differences. Theory-lite and practice-heavy, this book provides a concrete and manageable framework for helping all students know, understand, and even enjoy doing mathematics. Busy K-5 mathematics educators learn to Provide practical structures for assessing how students learn and process mathematical concepts Design, implement, manage, and formatively assess and respond to learning in a standards-aligned differentiated classroom; and Adjust current instructional materials to better meet students' needs Includes classroom videos and a companion website.

A prince tries to get Rapunzel to throw down her hair so he can rescue her, but she mishears him and throws down random objects from her room instead. This retelling of the classic fairy tale demonstrates how misunderstandings can lead to things working out 'happily ever after'.

Based on a conference held in connection with the IRA's Kansas City convention, and jointly sponsored by the IRA and the National Congress of Parents and Teachers.

Mathematics program integrating math, science, and language arts.

Print consumable for hands-on mathematical practice.

How to build productive relationships in math education I wasn’t taught this way. I can’t help my child! These are common refrains from today’s parents and guardians, who are often overwhelmed, confused, worried, and frustrated about how to best support their children with what they see as the "new math." The problem has been compounded by the shift to more distance learning in response to a global pandemic. Partnering With Parents in Elementary School Math provides educators with long overdue guidance on how to productively partner and communicate with families about their children’s mathematics learning. It includes reproducible surveys, letters, and planning documents that can be used to improve the home-school relationship, which in turn helps students, parents, teachers, and education leaders alike. Readers will find guidance on how to: · Understand and empathize with what fuels parents’ anxieties and concerns · Align as a school and set parents’ expectations about what math instruction their children will experience and how it will help them · Communicate clearly and productively with parents about their students’ progress, strengths, and needs in math · Run informative and fun family events · support homework · Coach parents to portray a productive disposition about math in front of their children Educators, families, and students are best served when proactive, productive, and healthy relationships have been developed with each other and with the realities of today′s math education. This guide shows how these relationships can be built.