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