Episode Details

Partnering with parents can be a blast! In this episode Pam and Kim describe how they organize and run math nights to help parents experience mathematizing and get excited about what their students will be learning.
Talking Points:

• Typical parent math nights vs. our parent math nights
• Opportunity to share grade level or school wide expectations
• Importance of a Q & A for parents
• Help parents experience math the way their students do
• Mathematizing for parents at the "sweet spot" level of math
• Suggestions for finding Problem Strings to use at math nights
• Logistics tips for parent math night
• Advantages of a series of parent nights