Be a Cheerleader for Your Child
Teams have cheerleaders because visible support can help athletes reach their goals. Students deserve the same support when they’re tackling school goals as they do when playing sports. You can be a cheerleader for your child, build their self-esteem, confidence and coping skills.
Here are some encouraging things to tell your child while they are working toward a goal:
• Practice makes perfect. Let your child know that effort is important—and that it will pay off in the end.
• We’re all on the same team. Remind your child that you, them and the school are all working together toward the same goal: their success.
• Make sure your child sees the results of their hard work.
When we support student goal setting, it creates an environment that reinforces the fact that although all people are individuals with their own unique interests, we can all work together and provide support and help when needed.
Family Math Fun
What Do You Ask Yourself
You will want to keep this sheet handy when solving Math Word Problems. When you are not sure how to get started on a challenging problem, let this sheet be your guide.
A stepwise approach to problem solving:
1) Read through the entire problem first without doing anything else.
2) Think “What is the problem asking for?” Re-state the problem in your own words. Box any math action words. Use this chart to help determine what operation to use.
Word Problems
Addition
● Total is unknown
● Putting things together
Subtraction
● Total is known
● Taking things apart
● Comparing 2 amounts
Multiplication
● Total is unknown
● Combining groups
Division
● Total is known
● Sorting or separating to create groups
3) Underline the question and Circle the numbers in the problem you will need to use.
4) Solve and Check what answer I got. Re-read the question, does my answer make sense?