Computational Fluency

As teachers build computational fluency within their classrooms, they are focusing on the following:

Do the students know and draw on basic facts and other number relationships?
Do the students use and understand the structure of the base ten number system - for example, do the students know the result of adding 100 to 2340 or multiplying 40 x 500?
Do the students recognize related problems that can help with the problem?
Do the students use relationships among operations?
Do the students know what each number and numeral in the problem mean (including sub-problems)?
Can the students explain why the steps they used work?
Do the students have a clear way to record and keep track of their procedures?
Do the students have a few approaches for each operation so that a procedure can be selected for the problem?

Morning Math

The following sites provide great practice which will help to build fluency with computational skills:
http://del.icio.us/deanallison/skills

Multiplication Facts

It is expected that all students learn their multiplication facts up to the 12's by the end of 4th -5th grade. We continue to practice these facts weekly during our math classes. Many students could benefit from the extra practice at home. Click here to go to a website that has some fun activities that help students memorize these facts.

Math Resource Books

Great Source has published a series of math resource books that are designed to help support students and parents with mathematics. These books act as a mathematics "dictionary" and can be very useful at home when struggling with a math assignment. These books can be purchased from Great Source Education Group and are also available at Barnes & Noble. Copies of these books can be viewed in the middle school math classrooms and with both Math Teacher Leaders, Sandi and Allison.

Grades k-2 Math to Learn
Grades 3-4 Math to Know
Grades 4-6 Math at Hand
Grades 5-8 Math on Call

2006-2007 School Year

Welcome to the 2006-2007 school year! We are very excited to be working with your student in the area of mathematics. The mathematics teachers will continue to focus on skills, concepts, and problem solving throughout this school year. If you ever have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact your child's mathematics teacher.