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Academics Academics Home Bell, Autumn Doyle, Deborah Herold, Samantha Figueroa, Amanda Frazier, Desiree Gajos, Maryann Gedeist, Shelby Grant, Gaylyn Hacker, Kimberly Johnson, Marcus Kinley, John Knight, Rebecca Berry, Andrea Landers, Pamela Lowery, Cory Velez-Marty, Gisela Oxendine, Inara Paulinyce, Shelly Semchuk, Kimberly Shirley, Desa-Rae Simmons, Melissa Hart, Jacqueline Thornton, Geri Tomberlin, Warren Tyson, Kimberly Caputo, Kelli White, Morris Williams, Gail Winter, Kevin Winter, Michael Worrell, Cortny Woythaler, Amanda Fahey, Julie Mairena,Valery Hart, Marcellus Squire, Autumn Moses, Dawn Norton, Douglas Smith, Lori Giglotti, Deanna Teston, Anna Witt, Katelin Ball, Neil Our school utilizes the SchoolMessenger system to deliver text messages, straight to your mobile phone with important information about events, school closings, safety alerts and more. Page 2 Academics Academics Home Bell, Autumn Doyle, Deborah Herold, Samantha Figueroa, Amanda Frazier, Desiree Gajos, Maryann Gedeist, Shelby Grant, Gaylyn Hacker, Kimberly Johnson, Marcus Kinley, John Knight, Rebecca Berry, Andrea Landers, Pamela Lowery, Cory Velez-Marty, Gisela Oxendine, Inara Paulinyce, Shelly Semchuk, Kimberly Shirley, Desa-Rae Simmons, Melissa Hart, Jacqueline Thornton, Geri Tomberlin, Warren Tyson, Kimberly Caputo, Kelli White, Morris Williams, Gail Winter, Kevin Winter, Michael Worrell, Cortny Woythaler, Amanda Fahey, Julie Mairena,Valery Hart, Marcellus Squire, Autumn Moses, Dawn Norton, Douglas Smith, Lori Giglotti, Deanna Teston, Anna Witt, Katelin Ball, Neil Hoping to help your 10th-grader with math skills? Here are some basic tips that experts suggest.Access online resourcesFor many parents, the biggest challenge they face helping their child with high school math is that the material is too difficult for them to easily help out. Familiarize yourself with the range of online resources, like Khan Academy and IXL that provide your child with plenty of opportunities to review the concepts they are studying, take tutorials, and do practice problems. Even if you cant solve the problems yourself, you can help steer your child toward helpful resources.Find a math mentorIf your child is struggling with math and doesnt understand what use it could ever be to her, it might help for their to have a mentor. This could be a friend or family member who uses math in their work, such as an accountant or an engineer or a programmer. Enlist this person to talk to your child to help to demystify math for her.Encourage persistenceSuccess in math has a lot to do with taking the time to understand a problem, thinking about different ways of solving it, and persevering if initial attempts to solve it fail. Encourage your child to stick it out with math that your child finds challenging and to seek help if your child needs it.Subscribe to magazines that feature mathSubscribe to magazines like Wired or Popular Science that cover subjects related to math in an entertaining and informative format.Watch movies that feature mathPlan a family movie-watching night around a film that features math, like A Beautiful Mind, Moneyball or The Da Vinci Code.Highlight real-world examples of math in the newsHighlight examples of the real-world use of the math concepts that your child is learning when youre watching the news together. Some are obvious, such as statistics and poll numbers that are often cited, and others are less so. Recent news stories that involved math included the complicated operation to right the capsized Costa Concordia cruise ship and Felix Baumgartners record-setting jump to earth from the stratosphere. Encourage your child do further research into stories that interest them and learn more about the math that was involved.Encourage investingConsider giving your child a small sum of money to invest in the stock market. If thats not an option, have them open a fantasy account and track its ups and downs as though your child were investing real money.Ask your child to teach youAsk your child to teach you the math they are studying. The best way to learn a concept is often to teach it to someone else, and verbalizing the ideas they are learning helps to clarify them for your child.Discuss math-related career optionsEncourage your child to explore ways in which math is used in different careers. How do doctors use math? Engineers? Bankers? What is your child starting to think of as career goals? Help them explore, by researching online or talking to other adults, the role of math in the fields they are starting to consider.Highlight math in sportsSports provide an engaging way of exploring a host of mathematical concepts. Any hard-core baseball fan knows that the game cant truly be appreciated without an understanding of some essential statistics, like a players batting average and runs batted in. Football is also full of statistics, such as the percentage of passes a quarterback completed. If your child is passionate about a sport, shell enjoy exploring it through math.To find out what your 10th-grader will be learning in math class, check out our 10th grade math skills page.Parent Toolkit resources were developed by NBC News Learn with the help of subject-matter experts, including Joyce Epstein, Director, Center on School, Family and Community Partnerships, Johns Hopkins University; Pamela Mason, Program DirectorLecturer on Education, Harvard Graduate School of Education; and Denise Walston, Director of Mathematics, Council of the Great City Schools, and align with the Common Core State Standards.

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