Second grader Molly Thompson gets help from resource teacher Jennifer Curry how to complete a math problem at Jackson Elementary's Reading/Math Night.
Fourth graders Abigail Fuss and Jayla Braden present their answers and explanations to their math problem at Jackson Elementary's Reading/Math Night.
Parents had a chance to connect with what their children are learning in school, at Jackson Elementary's Reading/Math Night, Sept. 22. This was Jackson's second annual Reading/Math Night.
This event aims to "increase communication between home and school," according to resource teacher Jennifer Curry.
"It also helps them know what their kid's learning, what standards they're learning in each grade level," she said.
The evening event starts out with a presentation from teachers about helpful hints for parents to help their child while learning, practicing and using their reading and math skills at home and away from school.
A scavenger hunt follows the presentation, putting those reading and math skills to use. The parents with their children, divide into grade-level groups ventured forth. Each grade level group started out with a math- problem clue to figure out which room number to go to.
One group started out with the clue the room was on the second floor and the sum of the room number is four. The student had to solve the math problem, with help from their parent to find out which room to go to. There would be a match/reading problem to solve at each destination. Teachers and staff were stationed at each room destination to administer and help children solve the room's problem. Children and parents were then given another clue as to which room to go to next.
Curry said a lot of parents will ask what they can do to help their kids at home, so events like this gives them ideas on how to help their children with reading strategies and math strategies.
Strategies learned at the event were included in a printout for parents to take home, as well as included in the school's newsletter, allowing parents who didn't attend the event to have the strategies as well.
Curry said it is very important for parents to attend events like this with their children, because it increases the communication between home and school of what their kids are learning and what they're expected to learn.
Not only is the event helpful for parents, but it is a fun, enjoyable activity for children to participate in that is challenging for them as well.
"The hardest thing is where you have to do minus and plus and math facts, I'm not good at that," second grader Molly Thompson said.
"The more you practice, the easier it will make it," mother Robyn Thompson said. "At least this is a fun way to do it."
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