Eureka Math Parent Workshop

KindergartenPresented By:

Ms. Vereen Instructional Lead Teacher

What’s Your Child Learning in Kindergarten

Mathematics?In kindergarten, your child will focus

primarily on two important areas. The first is learning numbers and what numbers represent. The second is

addition and subtraction. Students will also learn to identify and work with

shapes. Activities in these areas include:

• Counting how many objects are in a group and comparing the quantities of

two groups of objects

• Comparing two numbers to identify which is greater or less than the other

• Understanding addition as putting together and subtraction as taking

away from

• Adding and subtracting very small numbers quickly and accurately

What’s Your Child Learning in Kindergarten

Mathematics?• Breaking up numbers less than or equal

to 10 in more than one way (for example, 9=6+3, 9=5+4)

• For any number from 1 to 9, finding the missing quantity that is needed to

reach 10

• Representing addition and subtraction word problems using objects or by

drawing pictures

• Solving addition and subtraction word problems involving numbers that add

up to 10 or less or by subtracting from a number 10 or less

Problem Solving Skills & Strategies

Kindergarten First Grade Second Grade

• Represent addition and subtraction with objects, fingers, mental images, drawings, sounds (such as claps), acting out situations, verbal explanations, expressions, and equations.

• Solve word problems by adding or subtracting numbers up through 10 using objects and drawings.

• Solve word problems by adding or subtracting numbers up through 20

• Solve addition and subtraction problems for different unknown numbers (20-?=15, 9+4=?)

• Solve one-and two-step word problems by adding or subtracting numbers up through 100

Problem Solving Skills & Strategies

• Your child will learn to find the “partners” that make ten for any number. This drawing shows that if you have 8, it takes 2 more to make 10.

• From there, students learn to think of ten as a unit and to break all the teen numbers down to a ten and some leftover ones.

What is Eureka Math? Math?

• A curriculum that connects math to the real world in ways that take the fear out of math and build student confidence.

• A presentation of math in a logical progression from Kindergarten through 12th grade.

• An approach that allows teachers to know what incoming students have already learned, as well as, ensures that students are prepared for what comes next.

What is Eureka Math?

• A way to dramatically reduce gaps in student learning, instill persistence in problem solving, and prepare students to understand advanced math.

• A cohesive method to the ultimate goal: students who are not merely literate, but fluent, in mathematics.

• A methodology that is unfamiliar to those of us who grew up memorizing math facts and formulas, Eureka teaches mathematics as a story to build students’ knowledge logically and thoroughly to achieve deep understanding.

Lesson Study

Components of a Lesson:

• Fluency Practice

• Application Problem

• Concept Development

• Student Debrief

Lesson Study: Fluency Practice

• Daily, substantial, sustained, and supported by the lesson structure

• 8-12 minutes of easy-to-administer activities

• Energetic activities that allow students to see measureable progress

• Promotes automaticity – allows students to reserve their cognitive energy for higher-level thinking

• Support conceptual understanding and application as well as the mathematical practices

Lesson Study: Fluency Practice

Fluency activities serve a variety of purposes:

Maintenance: Staying sharp on previously learned skills

Preparation: Targeted practice for the current lesson

Anticipation: Building skills to prepare students for the in-depth work of future lessons

In fluency work, all students are actively engaged with familiar content. This provides a daily

opportunity for continuous improvement and individual

success.

Lesson Study: Application Problems• Application problems are either after

the fluency exercises and before the conceptual development or after the conceptual development and before the student debrief

• Application problems are commonly 7-12 minutes

• The Read, Draw, Write (RDW) process is modeled and encouraged through daily problem solving

• Application problems can be powerful formative assessments

• Students problem solve independently, choosing appropriate strategies and skills, even when not prompted by their teacher

Lesson Study: Concept Development

• Constitutes the major portion of instruction and generally comprises at least 20 minutes of the total lesson time. 

• Builds toward new learning through intentional sequencing within the lesson and across the module.

• Often utilizes the deliberate progression from concrete to pictorial to abstract, which compliments and supports an increasingly complex understanding of concepts.

• Accompanied by thoughtfully sequenced problem sets and reproducible student sheets.

Lesson Study: Student Debrief

• Encourages students to articulate the focus of the lesson and the learning that has occurred.

• Promotes mathematical conversation with and among students.

• Allows student work to be shared and analyzed.

• Closes the lesson with daily informal assessment known as Exit Tickets.

Helping Your Child Learn Outside of School

• Use everyday objects to allow your child to count and group a collection of objects

• Encourage your child to construct numbers in multiple ways. For example, what are some ways that you can make 10? Answers might include 5+5, 6+4, 8+2, etc. Have your child explain his or her thinking.

• Have your child create story problems to represent addition and subtraction of small numbers. For example, “Ann had eight balloons. Then she gave three away, so she only had five left.”

• Encourage your child to stick with it whenever a problem seems difficult. This will help your child see that everyone can learn in math.

• Praise your child when he/she makes an effort and share in the excitement when he/she solves a problem or understands something for the first time.

Partnering with Your Child’s Teacher

Don’t be afraid to reach out to your child’s teacher—you are an important part of your child’s education. Ask to see a sample of your child’s work or

bring a sample with you. Ask the teacher questions like:

• Is my child at the level where he/she should be at this point of the school year?

• Where is my child excelling?

• What do you think is giving my child the most trouble? How can I help my child improve in this area?

• What can I do to help my child with upcoming work?