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Singapore Math Parent Night

Singapore Math Parent Night. September 12, 2012. Welcome. Goals of the Night Provide parents with a better understand of Singapore Math Provide answers to parents about S ingapore M ath. Why Singapore Math?. Improved performance on testing Prepares students to be competitive g lobally

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Singapore Math Parent Night

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  1. Singapore Math Parent Night September 12, 2012

  2. Welcome Goals of the Night • Provide parents with a better understand of Singapore Math • Provide answers to parents about Singapore Math

  3. Why Singapore Math? • Improved performance on testing • Prepares students to be competitive globally • Visual Based Math • Concrete to Pictorial to Abstract

  4. Singapore Math gives a solid math foundation upon which to build increasing complex skills, and makes it less likely that will forget and have to be retaught the same thing next year. • New York Times October 1, 2010

  5. Highlights • Language based so student to make connections between pictures words and numbers. • Accelerated program that drives all abilities • Revisits skills previously learned • Higher level thinking

  6. Overview Singapore Math uses five components daily: • Mental Math (5 minutes) • Teacher Directed Instruction (15 Minutes) • Activity (15 minutes) • Model Drawing (10 Minutes) • Independent Practice (15 minutes)

  7. Place Value Game Round 1- Make the Greatest Number Round 2- Make the Least Number Round 3- Make the number closest to 50,000 How to play: • When a number called out put it on a line. • You must place numbers before the next numbers are called. • You may not have a zero in the ten thousands place.

  8. Place Value Game ,

  9. What Can You Do At Home? • Be supportive and talk to you child about math. • Use your child’s teacher as a resources. Feel free to write questions in the workbook so the teacher can better assist the child. • Practice math routinely. • Involve your child in the math you use everyday.

  10. What Can You Do At Home? • Find real-world situation to practice mental math • Wait until your child understands a concept before teaching him a computational short cut. • Talk about the Math you see in picture books.

  11. Question and Answer Session

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