Just the Math Facts

Bay County Academy uses the Chicago Math, Everyday Math series for math instruction in grades K-5. This program was designed and researched by the University of Chicago as a new way to teach math. It was developed with the belief that children rarely learn a concept the first time they experience it. Therefore, skills and concepts are introduced on a basic level starting in kindergarten and taught progressively until the child masters the topic. The students and teachers love it!

Unlike the way many adults today learned math, Everyday Math gives students the opportunity to understand how and why the problems work. Mathematics means more when it is rooted in real-life problems. Starting in Kindergarten, students use manipulatives to figure out solutions to problems. The students use base-ten blocks, tangrams, attribute blocks, calculators, dice, money, clocks, fraction squares, balances, rulers, and a variety of other materials.

Everyday Math challenges students by introducing concepts that are not usually taught at their respective grade levels. A visitor to the school may see kindergarteners beginning to divide objects and a first grader using fractions. Algebra concepts are introduced in early elementary so when children return to these concepts later in school they already have a base. Students are also given regular arithmetic practice in their workbooks, their skills books, and by playing math games that encourage mental skills.

In the middle school, the students use Impact Math, which is similar to the Everyday Math program because it teaches students how to solve a problem. The answers are not just given, the students needs to find the answer and the way to arrive at the answer. Impact Math is a three year algebra course, which, upon completion, the students will be prepared to enter high school geometry. Even at this higher level the students use manipulatives to solve real-life problems. When they encounter a situation in their future these math programs will have prepared students to attack and solve the problem.

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