Relax. Everything will be okay.

We have nearly made it through the first nine weeks of our Math in Focus curriculum adoption.  It has certainly not been without its headaches and frustrations.  Nothing new ever is.  There is new vocabulary, new manipulatives, new sequencing, and new pacing.  Parents don't "get it," so a few students milk that with their assignments and increase the headaches and frustrations at home.

That being said, relax, everything will be okay.  It will take a year or two for the gaps to be filled, allowing the sequencing and pacing to take full effect.  We will have to do significant supplemental work during the process, but we are good at that.  We do it every day.

To help the parents, there is a Math in Focus resource available if they have a computer with internet access at home.  We have it linked on our Parents tab at Harrison.  If it is not linked on your school site, ask you webmaster to do so.