Making math count at home IDRA 2016
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Paula Johnson, M.A., IDRA Education Associate Annual IDRA La Semana del Niño Parent Institute on April 29, 2016 Math is all around us. Whether you’re indoors, outdoors, or on the go, making math part of your daily routines helps your child understand that math is fun – and important. This interactive session for parents and educators will demonstrate how to incorporate numeracy and math topics into real-life events for students of all ages.
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Making math count at home IDRA 2016
- 1. Assuring educational opportunity for every child Assuring educational opportunity for every child Intercultural Development Research Association Making Math Count at Home 2016 Annual Le Semana del Niño Parent Institute Paula Johnson, M.A., IDRA Education Associate
- 2. Assuring educational opportunity for every child Presentation at: Annual IDRA La Semana Del Niño Parent Institute, April 2016 Math is all around us. Whether you’re indoors, outdoors, or on the go, making math part of your daily routines helps your child understand that math is fun – and important. This interactive session for parents and educators will demonstrate how to incorporate numeracy and math topics into real-life events for students of all ages. Matemáticas existe en todas partes. Ya sea que esté adentro, al aire libre, o en la calle la matemática forma parte de su rutina diaria. Todo esto ayuda para que sus hijos entendan que las matemáticas son divertidas – e importante. Esta sesión interactiva para padres y educadores demostrará cómo incorporar temas del cálculo y las matemáticas en los eventos de la vida real para estudiantes de toda edad. Watch videos from the live stream are on IDRA’s YouTube channel. See photos from this event on IDRA’s Flickr page See the program agenda from the event (pdf). Learn more about IDRA. Sign up for IDRA email news.
- 3. Assuring educational opportunity for every child Assuring educational opportunity for every child Intercultural Development Research Association Mathematics or Numeracy? Nu·mer·a·cy (arithmetic, numerical literacy) 1) the branch of mathematics that deals with addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division 2) the use of numbers in calculations
- 4. Assuring educational opportunity for every child Assuring educational opportunity for every child Intercultural Development Research Association Mathematics or Numeracy? Math·e·mat·ics 1) the study of the relationships among numbers, shapes, and quantities, 2) it uses signs, symbols, and proofs and includes arithmetic, algebra, calculus, geometry, and trigonometry.
- 5. Assuring educational opportunity for every child Assuring educational opportunity for every child Intercultural Development Research Association Why is numeracy important? • Numeracy develops logical thinking and reasoning strategies in their daily lives • Numeracy is used to solve problems and make sense of time, numbers, patterns and shapes for activities like cooking, reading a map or bill, reading instructions and even playing sports
- 6. Assuring educational opportunity for every child Assuring educational opportunity for every child Intercultural Development Research Association Let’s think about 48? • What is 1 less than 48? • What is 10 more than 48? • How far back to 40? • How many more to get to 50? • Where is 48 positioned on a number line? • What is half of 48?
- 7. Assuring educational opportunity for every child Assuring educational opportunity for every child Intercultural Development Research Association Let’s Talk Numbers • How many ways can a number be represented? • Why is it important? • When will students use this knowledge?
- 8. Assuring educational opportunity for every child Assuring educational opportunity for every child Intercultural Development Research Association Numeracy at Home • Numeracy involves using mathematics efficiently in our day-to-day lives. Every day we use number, measurement and space. • Each time we shop or go to the bank we use numbers. • Our understanding of space is used to pack a lunchbox or to park a car. • We need to understand how to measure things when we sew, cook, build, tell the time or listen to a weather report.
- 9. Assuring educational opportunity for every child Assuring educational opportunity for every child Intercultural Development Research Association Helping your child with counting • One of the earliest skills children have to develop is counting. • To “count” we need to match the number words with the correct number of “things”, then we need to remember the numbers in order.
- 10. Assuring educational opportunity for every child Assuring educational opportunity for every child Intercultural Development Research Association Helping your child with Measurement • Children need to observe how measurement is used in practical situations. • First, they need to talk about the things that we can measure and the things that we can use to measure them. • Then they will need to learn about the units we use for measuring, such as liters, kilograms and meters.
- 11. Assuring educational opportunity for every child Assuring educational opportunity for every child Intercultural Development Research Association Interpreting Data
- 12. Assuring educational opportunity for every child Assuring educational opportunity for every child Intercultural Development Research Association
- 13. Assuring educational opportunity for every child Intercultural Development Research Association Dr. María “Cuca” Robledo Montecel, President & CEO 5815 Callaghan Road, Suite 101 San Antonio, Texas 78228 210-444-1710 • contact@idra.org www.idra.org Ensuring that educational opportunity and success for all students are guaranteed Sign up for IDRA email news.