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Teaching your kids new math, 6-8 / by Kris Jamsa, PhD.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: --For dummiesPublisher: Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., [2023]Copyright date: ©2023Description: xi, 402 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 1119986397
  • 9781119986393
Other title:
  • Teaching your kids new math, 6-8 for dummies
  • Teaching your kids new math grades 6-8
  • Teaching your kids new math grades 6 through 8
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Contents:
Securing the foundation. Parent, provider, and now, math teacher ; Adding to what they already know ; Subtracting any knowledge gaps ; Multiplying their multiplication skills ; Divide and conquer ; Mastering fractions ; The point of decimals ; Prime time factors -- Sailing through sixth-grade math. Getting around shapes ; Working with numbers less than zero ; Starting with simple statistics ; Making sense of ratios ; Working with exponents ; Getting started with Algebra ; Calculating an applying percentages ; Making sense of the metric system -- Succeeding at seventh-grade math. Revisiting ratios with unit rates ; Converting fractions to decimals ; Properties of operations ; The geometry of angles ; Statistics aren't perfect ; Introducing probabilities -- Graduating to eighth-grade math. Solving two-variable expressions ; Numbers, like people, aren't always rational ; Raising the status with exponents ; Calculating a line's slope and intercept ; Circling back to geometry ; Taking another chance on probability and statistics -- The part of tens. Ten types of mathematics ; Ten things to consider before high school.
Summary: "Teaching Your Kids New Math, Grades 6-8, For Dummies teaches you the new standard way of teaching kids math. It's all about thinking through how to solve problems and using strategies, rather than just memorizing the procedures. In this book, parents, guardians, and tutors will learn how to use these methods and standards to effectively teach kids Common Core math for grades 6-8. Teaching Your Kids New Math, Grades 6-8, For Dummies shows you how schools are teaching kids math these days, and gives you tools to support kids through the homework and test prep process. Learn how to teach 6th through 8th grade math according to the Common Core, Discover the new methods and formulas that are standard for math instruction, Get best teaching practices, example problems, and tips about common math pitfalls, Help your kids with math homework and enhance the homeschool journey."--Publisher marketing.
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Children's Book Children's Book Dr. James Carlson Library Parent/Teacher Resource Collection-Children's 510.71 J32 Available 33111011106800
Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Parent/Teacher Resource Collection-Children's 510.71 J32 Available 33111011227341
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

It's not too late to learn new math tricks--and help kids learn them, too!

Teaching Your Kids New Math, Grades 6-8, For Dummies teaches you the new standard way of teaching kids math. It's all about thinking through how to solve problems and using strategies, rather than just memorizing the procedures. In this book, parents, guardians, and tutors will learn how to use these methods and standards to effectively teach kids Common Core math for grades 6-8. Teaching Your Kids New Math, Grades 6-8, For Dummies shows you how schools are teaching kids math these days, and gives you tools to support kids through the homework and test prep process.

You'll love this book's clear explanations and examples organized by grade level. With Teaching Your Kids New Math, Grades 6-8, For Dummies ?? you'll also get access to online tools, including dozens of math worksheets for additional support.

Learn how to teach 6th through 8th grade math according to the Common Core Discover the new methods and formulas that are standard for math instruction Get best teaching practices, example problems, and tips about common math pitfalls Help your kids with math homework and enhance the homeschool journey

This is the perfect Dummies guide for anyone who needs guidance on how to teach kids math using new methods and concepts--they're different from what we learned in school! Future math teachers will also love this user-friendly guide to middle-grade math.

Includes index.

"Teaching Your Kids New Math, Grades 6-8, For Dummies teaches you the new standard way of teaching kids math. It's all about thinking through how to solve problems and using strategies, rather than just memorizing the procedures. In this book, parents, guardians, and tutors will learn how to use these methods and standards to effectively teach kids Common Core math for grades 6-8. Teaching Your Kids New Math, Grades 6-8, For Dummies shows you how schools are teaching kids math these days, and gives you tools to support kids through the homework and test prep process. Learn how to teach 6th through 8th grade math according to the Common Core, Discover the new methods and formulas that are standard for math instruction, Get best teaching practices, example problems, and tips about common math pitfalls, Help your kids with math homework and enhance the homeschool journey."--Publisher marketing.

Securing the foundation. Parent, provider, and now, math teacher ; Adding to what they already know ; Subtracting any knowledge gaps ; Multiplying their multiplication skills ; Divide and conquer ; Mastering fractions ; The point of decimals ; Prime time factors -- Sailing through sixth-grade math. Getting around shapes ; Working with numbers less than zero ; Starting with simple statistics ; Making sense of ratios ; Working with exponents ; Getting started with Algebra ; Calculating an applying percentages ; Making sense of the metric system -- Succeeding at seventh-grade math. Revisiting ratios with unit rates ; Converting fractions to decimals ; Properties of operations ; The geometry of angles ; Statistics aren't perfect ; Introducing probabilities -- Graduating to eighth-grade math. Solving two-variable expressions ; Numbers, like people, aren't always rational ; Raising the status with exponents ; Calculating a line's slope and intercept ; Circling back to geometry ; Taking another chance on probability and statistics -- The part of tens. Ten types of mathematics ; Ten things to consider before high school.

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