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Re: Parent Night
Posted:
Aug 26, 2000 1:35 PM
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Here are some resources that might help you as you plan for your
parent night.
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Teacher Advice on Connecting School and Home
by Leah Poynter, ENC Publishing
http://www.enc.org/topics/innovate/implementing/documents/1,1341,FOC-000722-index,00.shtm
[Veteran elementary teacher, Margaret Riddle, has made communicating
with parents a top priority. She finds that once they understand the
curriculum, parents feel more comfortable in helping their students
learn mathematics. ]
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Helping at Home by Kate Kline and Lynae Sakshaug
http://www.nctm.org/tcm/1999/04/home.htm
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Creating True Collaborations
By Julia Harris and LaTida Lester, ENC Publishing Group
http://www.enc.org/topics/family/articles/documents/0,1341,FOC-000729-index,00.shtm
[Virginia Thompson, founder and director of FAMILY MATH at the
University of California, Berkeley, offers a staggering observation:
"I would say that 80 to 90 percent of us have had disabling
mathematics experiences," she says. With such an overwhelmingly
negative attitude toward mathematics, is it any wonder that parents or
caregivers often--however unwittingly--communicate to their children a
sense of frustration with math? While they may realize the necessity
of mathematics credentials in today's marketplace, it is difficult to
see past the filter of their own experience. As a result, students
must negotiate a disabling incongruity: mathematics is so difficult
that even their parents cringe at the thought, yet it is essential to
their future and so they must find some way to surmount their
difficulties and succeed. ]
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Helping your Child Learn Math
http://www.ed.gov/pubs/parents/Math/
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