We believe all students can be successful in mathematics as long as they are willing to work and ask for help when they need it. We encourage you to contact your child’s teacher if your student has additional questions that this guide or other resources do not answer. Read More...
A good place to start when assisting a student with CPM mathematics is with the Parent Guide for the course your child is enrolled in. To obtain Parent Guides for no charge, click on Textbooks at the top of the website, select your student's textbook and click on Parent Guide. The purpose of the Parent Guide is to assist you should your child need help with homework or the ideas in the course. This guide was written to address the major topics in each chapter of the textbook. Detailed examples follow a summary of the concept or skill and include complete solutions. The examples are similar to the work your child has done in class. Additional problems, with answers, are provided for your child to practice.
There will be some topics that your child understands quickly and some concepts that may take longer to master. The big ideas of the course take time to learn. This means that students are not necessarily expected to master a concept when it is first introduced. When a topic is first introduced in the textbook, there will be several problems to do for practice. Subsequent lessons and homework assignments will continue to practice the concept or skill over weeks and months so that mastery will develop over time.
Practice and discussion are required to understand mathematics. When your child comes to you with a question about a homework problem, often you may simply need to ask your child to read the problem and then ask her/him what the problem is asking. Reading the problem aloud is often more effective than reading it silently. When you are working problems together, have your child talk about the problems. Then have your child practice on his/her own.
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