Todd Hawk

1st Grade Math Survival Guide Todd Hawk

This seemed so simple. Your son or daughter is entering first grade. Everyone is excited. You are looking forward to being this great parent and helping them with their homework. Then it happens... Number Bonds, Count On Strategy, Arrow Notation, Tape Diagram ... What are these things? This was supposed to be easy; after all, it's just first grade math. This is the one year you thought you would be able to help with no problem. All businesses have confusing terms and acronyms such as DRI (Directly Responsible Individual), B2B (Business to Business), and ROI (Return On Investment). Just like other industries, education has its own set of terminology and acronyms that are confusing to non-educators. Combine that with the constant development of "new" math programs with their own lingo, and you have a recipe for complete parental confusion. The goals of this guide: 1) Explain the confusing terminology 2) Give you insights about what teachers and the math programs are trying to do. 3) Help your to help you child survive and thrive in math.