2. 3. Websites /Instructions- Murphy
Slides 3-12: 3= Why websites help
4=I can’t get my child to study
5=Are we studying the “right” thing
6= Directions to Internet Resources
7= Grade level activities
8= Finding the right Unit of practice
9= Tips on bringing up grades
10= Becoming more involved
11= Additional Websites
12= Internet Browsing Tips
13. Helping your Child Learn Math-Jones
Slides 13-15: 13= Important Things To Know.
14=Problems Can Be Solved Differently
15=Mental Math
16. Parent’s Resource for Mathematics-Jones
8. Card Games- Thweat

3.  Have you ever thought:
 I can’t get my child to study…
 How can I be sure I am getting my child to
study the “right” thing…
 Can I help my child bring up their grades…
 Could I be more involved…

4. I can’t get my child to study…
 Statistics have proven that 75% of students
improve scores, grades, and application
through interactive “games”.
http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2009/12/
07/met_558480.shtml
 Students interest in content also increase by
almost 50% when technology or learning
tools are used. www.learn-with-math-
games.com/

5. How can I be sure I am getting my
child to study the “right” thing…
 Cuffee Center, Recreation Center, and
Neighborhood Centers have internet access.
 Go to http://www.cpschools.com/index.php
 Type Thurgood Marshall in the “Search Box” then
click on Home Page
 Or-set up your child’s Edline Account

6. Directions to Resources Continued
 Once in Thurgood Marshall’s Home Page:
Click on “TME Technology Rod” in the
Bottom right corner.
 From that page: click on your child’s grade
level.

7. Grade level Activities:
 Each Grade level has a separate subject
folder.
 Third grade SOL’s are K-2 review so they
could go back to any grade level.
 4th graders can go back and review 3rd
grade: Math, Science, and Reading because
they are connected.
 5th graders can go back and review 4th grade
all subjects.

8. Once you have chosen your
subject:
 Find the Unit we are on by either:
› asking your child
› looking at their homework
› or finding the last set of activities placed in their
“Notebook”.
 Scroll down: SOL’s for the entire year on
these pages.

9. Can I help my child bring up their
grades…
 Focus on your child’s most difficult subject at first.
 Ex: If your child is struggling with reading comprehension, then
you might want to:
› Go to your child’s last grade level (If they are in 3rd grade-
practice 2nd grade reading activities.)
 At least 20-30 minutes every day should show improvement.
 When your child is stronger in that subject: go to this year’s
grade level and practice those activities.
 Children has quizzes or tests at least once a week, use these
sights to study. They won’t even feel as if they are studying. 

10. Could I be more involved…
 When you are in the Thurgood Marshall
(TME) Home Page: there are links to
additional information.
 Open up your child’s edline account.
 E-mail your child’s teacher and ask: you
could cut things from home and send them in
with your child, send in extra supplies, color
games that will be used during lessons, etc.

11. Additional Websites
 4th Grade-Math
 http://www.rockingham.k12.va.us/resources/elemen
tary/4math.htm
 4th Grade-English
 http://www.rockingham.k12.va.us/resources/elemen
tary/4english.htm
 4th Grade-Science
 http://www.rockingham.k12.va.us/resources/elemen
tary/4science.htm
 4th Grade Virginia Studies
 http://www.rockingham.k12.va.us/resources/elemen
tary/4history.htm

12. Internet Browsing Tips:
 Browse through the Rockingham Website to help guide and
understand SOL’s and activities.
 The more they are practicing anything, the more they will get
better and become more confident.
 This is how I explain homework and studying to students and
even my own children.
 Homework would be considered a “Coach’s Practice” for a
sport.
 Study (computer extra time) would be considered extra practice
for your sport.
 Quizzes and tests are games leading up to the championship.
 SOL’s are the Championship.
 You can’t do well at the Championship without all the Coach’s
and extra practices.

13.  Wrong answers can help
 Be patient, all children want to succeed.
 The wrong answer might be because your
child thinks the question is asking something
else.
 Ask your child to explain how problems are
solved
 You might have learned something the
teacher finds helpful.

14.  Problems may have only one solution.
 There may be many ways to get the right
answer.

15.  Completing SIMPLE math in your head is
important.
 Help children with mental math.
 Encourage your child to estimate.
 Allow your child to use math strategies that
make sense.
 Ask “Is your answer reasonable.”
 Ask to see their notes or work they did that
day in class.

16.  Chesapeake Public School’s Mission Statement
 Chesapeake Public Schools’ Philosophy of
Mathematics Curriculum
 Mathematics Standards of Learning K-5
 Home Activities are located on pages 18-29
 Geometry and Mathematical Vocabulary on
pages 33- 39
› Glossary of Terms for the Elementary Student
› Two Dimensional Objects
› Three Dimensional Objects
 Internet Sites that Support Math Instruction
 Literature List for the Elementary Student