Author: Jenise Grundy

Making Sure Children
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What your child’s teacher is doing:
Differentiating in math by strategy stage.
Teaching small group targeted mini lessons.
Allowing your child to learn through math games which correspond to stage.
Facilitating Number Talks daily.
What SES is doing:
Placing a school-wide focus on strategy development and numeracy.
Providing student support with strategy development.
Promoting strategy based math (Exemplar of the week, Number Talks, First in Math, etc.)
Offering parent workshops to inform and help parents to understand our shift in mathematics.
What parents can do:
Learn about the GloSS and IKAN Assessments
Know your child’s strategy stage.
Know where your child needs to be by the end of the year.
Give your child opportunities to work on strategy development and mental math at home.

Your Child’s Stage and Goals:

My Child’s Name: __________________
My child’s current global stage is _____
By the end of the school year, my child should be on stage ________
One thing I can do at home to help: ____________________________________

For More Information:
Contact Stockbridge Elementary School
Beatrice Holmes, Math Coach
Beatrice.holmes@henry.k12.ga.us
or visit:
http://schoolwires.henry.k12.ga.usDomain/8870
For games by stages visit the nzmaths website:
http://www.nzmaths.co.nz/number-knowledge-activities

Targeting My Child’s Numeracy Development

Stockbridge Elementary School
“Striving, Exceeding, and Succeeding”

Know Your Child’s Strategy Stage!

What tests will my child take?
Three times a year, your child will take benchmark assessments in math. The purpose is to test your child’s numeracy development. This assessment consists of two parts: the GloSS: (which measures mathematical reasoning or strategies) and the IKAN (which measures number knowledge). The goal of these assessments are to develop Computational Fluency. Computational Fluency helps children develop more efficient, fluent, and accurate ways to compute with ease.
GloSS: Global Assessment of Strategy Stages
Assesses the strategies known and mastered by your child.
3 Parts (domains):
Addition/subtraction
Multiplication/division
Ratio/Proportions
Scoring: Your child is given a score, or strategy stage for each domain. They are also given an overall global stage.
IKAN: Individual Knowledge Assessment of Number
This assesses your child’s number knowledge and fluency.
4 Key Areas (domains)
Place value
Fractions
Number Order Sequence
Basic Facts

What does my child’s stage mean?

Stage 0 - Your child has difficulty counting a set of objects accurately.
What you can do:
Model how to count a small number of objects around the house, touching each as you count.
Play a game of hopscotch, counting the squares one by one.

Stage 1 - Your child can count two separate sets of objects from one, but has difficulty determining the total of the two sets combined.
What you can do:
Model how to count small sets of objects around the house, touching each as you count.
Count the sets of utensils as you remove them from the dishwasher. Then count the total number of forks and spoons.

Stages 2 and 3- Your child can find the total number of two sets by physically counting from one or visualizing the objects within the sets and counting them from one.
What you can do:
Use dot cards with different arrangements to help your child unitize quantities.
Practice physically counting on one or two more to a unitized set of objects. Example: 4 objects and count on two more objects to six.

Stage 3-Your child is able to visualize sets of objects to solve simple addition and subtraction problems.
What you can do:
First, hold a small number of objects in each hand. Tell your child how many you have in each hand. Next, ask them to visualize the number in all without opening your hands. Then, open your hands to see if their answer was correct.

Stage 4-Your child can count on or count back to solve simple addition or subtraction problems
What you can do:
Play games that promote making a ten or use doubles to
add or subtract, such as I Spy Addition.
Play games and encourage them to use facts they know to
help find the answers they do not know.

Stage 5- Your child uses simple part-whole strategies (make a ten, use doubles) to solve addition and subtraction problems. They use facts they know to help find answers to unknown facts.
What you can do:
When solving problems, challenge them to find a different way to solve it (you can try it too).
Play games like Pairs to 1000, Times Tables Practice The Game, Counting Fractions

Stage 6- Your child uses various part-whole strategies to solve problems. Strategies may include but are not limited to: compensation, rounding, doubling and halving. Use multiplication and division to solve problems involving fractions of a number.
What you can do:
When solving problems, challenge them to find a different way to solve it (you can try it too).
Play games like Match Multiplication and Division Facts, Divided by Ten

Stages 7-8- Your child uses a wide variety part-whole strategies to solve problems involving whole numbers, integers, decimals and fractions. Strategies may include but are not limited to: compensation, rounding, doubling and halving.
What you can do:
When solving problems, challenge them to find a different way to solve it (you can try it too).
Play games like Match Multiplication and Division Facts, Divided by Ten.