The third graders at Francis Case work with the Everyday Math series. According to the Everyday Math Philosophy, students acquire knowledge and skills, and develop an understanding of mathematics from their own experience. Mathematics is more meaningful when it is rooted in real life contexts and situations.
Please assist your child with their Home Links each night they come home. Allow your child to 'teach' you what they have learned in class as their ways may be very different from the traditional ways you learned math. Be sure to refer to the Student Reference Book for additional help. It is a small reference book that your child may choose to bring home to aid in better understanding! It is to return to school after each use.
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The third graders at Francis Case work with the Everyday Math series. According to the Everyday Math Philosophy, students acquire knowledge and skills, and develop an understanding of mathematics from their own experience. Mathematics is more meaningful when it is rooted in real life contexts and situations.
Please assist your child with their Home Links each night they come home. Allow your child to 'teach' you what they have learned in class as their ways may be very different from the traditional ways you learned math. Be sure to refer to the Student Reference Book for additional help. It is a small reference book that your child may choose to bring home to aid in better understanding! It is to return to school after each use.
Check out these fun math sites!!
http://everydaymath.uchicago.edu/educators/computation
http://www.primarygames.com/math.htm