Common Core

The results of this year’s Common Core-related standardized tests show scores for New York’s schoolchildren inching up. About one-fifth of the children…

In fourth grade, your child will use the four operations to solve word problems involving money. In order to do this, she will first learn to decompose,…

To decompose means to break apart. Your child has already decomposed whole numbers with number bonds, tape diagrams, and place value charts. In fourth…

In fourth grade, your child will use the metric system to measure length, mass, and capacity. Length refers to the measurement of something from end to…

New York state’s education commissioner said Tuesday that new state-specific learning standards will offer several improvements over the controversial…

When your child first learns to multiply two two-digit numbers, she will use the area model. This visual tool illustrates how to decompose numbers and…

When first learning to multiply two two-digit numbers your child will use the area model.To start, your child will use her knowledge of place value to…

Your child’s introduction to multiplication is through repeated addition. He will draw an array to visualize, or see, five groups of four stars. He will…

Learning to assess the reasonableness of an answer is an important mathematical skill. It’s your child’s way of seeing if she’s on the right track when…

In third grade, your child will solve two-step word problems using addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. Let’s try one: There were ten…