To encourage your child to continue to grow in the area of math, please consider the following ideas. These tips will help build numeracy and problem-solving skills in all learners.

• Be positive about math. Express confidence in your child's ability to do math.

• When your student completes homework, have them choose 1 to 2 problems and explain how they solved the problem to you.

• After your student answers a math problem, ask, "How do you know?"

• Encourage your student to talk about math during family activities:

  • When ordering a pizza, talk about fractions.

  • When cooking, have your child measure and make conversions.

  • Try to come up with more than one solution for everyday problems.

• When your student completes a multiple-choice question, have them choose an incorrect answer choice and explain to you the error.

• If your student struggles with a word problem, have them read the problem without the numbers first. Ask them to explain what's happening in the situation.

• Using calculators can help your student check their answers.

Tiles Within Clever That Provide Additional Resources/Support for Math

• CPalms offers math tutorials by grade level.

• iReady provides math lessons based upon student performance for grades K-5 and selected 6-8 students.

• Khan Academy provides math tutorials and practice.

• Desmos Graphing Calculator allows secondary students to see graphs and equations visually.