Teaching Your Kids New Math, 6-8 For Dummies

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 journeyThis 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.

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 journeyThis 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.

Introduction 1Part 1: Securing the Foundation 5Chapter 1: Parent, Provider, and Now, Math Teacher 7Chapter 2: Adding to What They Already Know 13Chapter 3: Subtracting Any Knowledge Gaps 31Chapter 4: Multiplying Their Multiplication Skills 49Chapter 5: Divide and Conquer 67Chapter 6: Mastering Fractions 83Chapter 7: The Point of Decimals 101Chapter 8: Prime Time Factors 119Part 2: Sailing through Sixth-Grade Math 129Chapter 9: Getting Around Shapes 131Chapter 10: Working with Numbers Less than Zero 143Chapter 11: Starting with Simple Statistics 161Chapter 12: Making Sense of Ratios 185Chapter 13: Working with Exponents 195Chapter 14: Getting Started with Algebra 207Chapter 15: Calculating and Applying Percentages 225Chapter 16: Making Sense of the Metric System 239Part 3: Succeeding at Seventh-Grade Math 247Chapter 17: Revisiting Ratios with Unit Rates 249Chapter 18: Converting Fractions to Decimals 255Chapter 19: Properties of Operations 261Chapter 20: The Geometry of Angles 269Chapter 21: Statistics Aren't Perfect 283Chapter 22: Introducing Probabilities 291Part 4: Graduating to Eighth-Grade Math 303Chapter 23: Solving Two-Variable Expressions 305Chapter 24: Numbers, Like People, Aren't Always Rational 315Chapter 25: Raising the Status with Exponents 319Chapter 26: Calculating a Line's Slope and Intercept 335Chapter 27: Circling Back to Geometry 351Chapter 28: Taking Another Chance on Probability and Statistics 365Part 5: The Part of Tens 383Chapter 29: Ten Types of Mathematics 385Chapter 30: Ten Things to Consider before High School 389Index 393