Partnering With Parents in Elementary School Math : A Guide for Teachers and Leaders Paperback / softback

by Hilary L. Kreisberg, Matthew L. Beyranevand

Part of the Corwin Mathematics Series series

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How to build productive relationships in math educationÂ I wasnâ€™t taught this way.

I canâ€™t help my child!Â These are common refrains from todayâ€™s parents and guardians, who are often overwhelmed, confused, worried, and frustrated about how to best support their children with what they see as the "new math." The problem has been compounded by the shift to more distance learning in response to a global pandemic.Â Partnering With Parents in Elementary School MathÂ provides educators with long overdue guidance on how to productively partner and communicate with families about their childrenâ€™s mathematics learning.

It includes reproducible surveys, letters, and planning documents that can be used to improve the home-school relationship, which in turn helps students, parents, teachers, and education leaders alike.

Readers will find guidance on how to: Â Â Â·Â Understand and empathize with what fuels parentsâ€™ anxieties and concerns Â·Â Align as a school and set parentsâ€™ expectations about what math instruction their children will experience and how it will help them Â·Â Communicate clearly and productively with parents about their studentsâ€™ progress, strengths, and needs in mathÂ Â·Â Run informative and fun family eventsÂ Â·Â support homeworkÂ Â·Â Coach parents to portray a productive disposition about math in front of their children Educators, families, and students are best served when proactive, productive, and healthy relationships have been developed with each other and with the realities of todayâ€²s math education.

This guide shows how these relationships can be built.Â