Coach’s Corner
Mathematics Coach
MS. Shamima Hossain
Here at P.S.151K, we work together to advance and deepen the math learning of all of our students. We are excited to welcome your family as partners in that work. Please see the link below to learn more about ways that you can support your child's math learning at home.
Do you want to know more about what your child is learning in math class? Follow the links below. Tip sheets provide an overview of each topic and include suggested strategies and models, key vocabulary, connections to previous learning, and tips for how you can support your child’s learning at home.
We’d like to introduce you to the Illustrative Mathematics curriculum. This problem-based curriculum makes rigorous elementary school mathematics accessible to all learners. In a problem-based curriculum, students spend most of their time in class working on carefully crafted and sequenced problems. Teachers help students understand the problems, ask questions to push their thinking, and orchestrate discussions to be sure that the mathematical takeaways are clear. Learners gain a rich and lasting understanding of mathematical concepts and procedures and experience applying this knowledge to new situations. Our scholars frequently collaborate with their classmates—they talk about math, listen to each other’s ideas, justify their thinking, and critique the reasoning of others. They gain experience communicating their ideas both verbally and in writing, developing skills that will serve them well throughout their lives.
This kind of instruction may look different from what you experienced in your own math education. Current research says that students need to be able to think flexibly in order to use mathematical skills in their lives. Flexible thinking relies on understanding concepts and making connections between them. Over time, students gain the skills and the confidence to independently solve problems that they've never seen before. We are excited to be able to support your students in their journey toward knowing, using, and enjoying mathematics.
Multilingual Coach
Ms. Alliers
At PS151K, your child is learning so much more than reading. They are learning how to learn, how to master new content areas, and how to handle themselves in and out of the classroom. To master reading and writing speaking and listening is to master thinking. Wonders & Maravillas is our reading curriculum and this program offers thorough grounding in foundational skills, while deeping understanding, and encouraging listening before speaking, speak before writing, and to think critically all along.