Everything Parent's Guide to Common Core Math: Grades K-5
Item #: | 067968 |
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ISBN: | 9781440586804 |
Grades: | K-5 |
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The Common Core, a new set of national educational standards, has been adopted by 45 states across the nation. But you may be having a hard time understanding what your kids are bringing home from school. If you want to help your children with their homework, you need to learn these new methods, which focus on critical thinking and conceptual understanding.
With the help of an experienced math teacher, you'll learn:
- What your child will be learning in grades K-5
- The multiple new ways to look at math problems
- The rationale behind the Common Core math standards
- How to help your child with homework and studying
With easy-to-understand examples, problem-solving tips, and lots of practice exercises, The Everything Parent's Guide to Common Core Math: Grades K-5 will give you the confidence you need to help your kids meet the mathematical expectations for their grade level and excel at school.
Struggling to help your children with their math homework because it looks strange to you? You can show them how you know to do it, but it conflicts with how they are learning at school. Avoid confusion and arm yourself with the basics of CC math. Some of it is conceptual, but there is a different language as well that can be confusing. Learn what is covered in the grade levels, multiple ways to look at math problems, the rationale for the CC standards, and what you really want to know - how to help your child with their homework and prepare for exams. sc, 304pp. ~ Sara