Author's Preface
Prologue: A High School Senior's Mother's Tears

PART 1 Why do children become dropouts?

Chapter 1: The Reality of Middle School Math Classrooms
Seohyun shining in math class
Jeongmin, who kept his mouth shut because he hated math
Hyojin, who skips math class and studies roughly
Geon-hee has no choice but to give up math class.
Ask a Current Teacher: How is math different today from the math of our parents' generation?

Chapter 2: The Math Study Practices of 90% of Elementary School Students That Ruin Math
Children who have never reviewed their textbooks
Children who only make superficial progress
Children who have never encountered mathematics in real life
Children who memorize and solve math problems until they are sick of it
Ask a current teacher: When should I send my child to an academy, and which academy should I send them to?

PART 2: A Roadmap to the Starting and Ending Points of Elementary Mathematics
What's different about parents of children who excel in math?

Chapter 1 Elementary Mathematics Curriculum
-Numbers and operations
Key concepts of natural numbers | Operations workbooks for elementary school students starting from the first semester of second grade | Key concepts of fractions, the flower of elementary math | Summary of study methods for fraction operations | Key concepts and operations for decimals
-diagram
Definition and Properties of Plane Figures | Is Shape Sense Innate?!!
-measurement
Measuring time, length, volume, and weight
-Regularity
Preparing for real middle school math
-Data and possibilities
Fundamentals of Probability and Statistics in Secondary Schools
-Ask a current teacher: What are the must-study units in conjunction with middle school math?

Chapter 2: Elementary, Middle, and High School Math Study Roadmap
-The final destination of mathematics study
-Complete roadmap from 1st grade of elementary school to 3rd grade of high school
-Don't be anxious because you don't do what others do!
-Middle and high school roadmap leading up to the CSAT
- Elementary elective activity roadmap
Math Fairy Tales, Math Books | Math Educational Materials | Board Games | Creative and Thinking Math | Competitions, Gifted Education Centers | PBL Activities, Math Debates | Math Software, Math Documentaries | Giftedness Isn't Innate!
- Ask a current teacher: I want to know the timing, method, and depth of the current in-depth study.

PART 3: The 3 Keys to Elementary Math Advancement That Lead to a Top Grade on the College Scholastic Ability Test
3 Math Prerequisites You Must Do in Elementary School

Chapter 1: Prerequisites for Elementary Mathematics 1: Complete Learning
-Method 1 for complete learning Preview
Previewing tips for 1st and 2nd graders | Previewing tips for 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th graders | Previewing tips for 1st graders | Previewing tips for students attending private academies
- Lesson 2: Method for Complete Learning
- Method 3 Review for Complete Learning
Review Methods for Grades 1 and 2 | Review Methods for Grades 3, 4, 5, and 6 | Review Routines from a Current Teacher
-Ask a current teacher: Is there a standard for whether someone is good at math or not?

Chapter 2: Prerequisites for Elementary Mathematics 2: Real-Life Mathematics
-Elementary math concepts precede real-life practice
Fractions | Decimals | Shape Shifts | Averages | Ratios and Proportions | Area of ​​a Circle
-Secondary mathematics concepts and practical life precedence
Equation | Function | Pythagorean theorem | Probability | Irrational numbers
-Ask a current teacher: What is the difference between elementary, middle, and high school math?

Chapter 3: Prerequisites for Elementary Mathematics: Achievement Mathematics
-Method 1 for Achievement in Math: Task Focus
Planting the Roots of Homework Obsession in 1st and 2nd Graders | Building the Stem of Homework Obsession in 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th Graders
Math problem-solving strategies taught by a current teacher
-Notes on How to Achieve Math 2
Elementary 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th grade applied workbook error notebook | What if your child finds it difficult to write an error notebook on their own? | Elementary 5th and 6th grade advanced workbook problem-solving notebook
-Ask a current teacher: What should I do with my child who keeps making mistakes in calculations?

Epilogue: The Laughter of an Elementary School Child
supplement
Recommended Math Fairy Tales for 1st and 2nd Graders | Recommended Math Books for 3rd and 4th Graders | Recommended Math Books for 5th and 6th Graders | Recommended Workbooks for Basic, Applied, and Advanced Math | Preview Progress Chart for Each Semester
References

Children whose parents know the curriculum and have a roadmap will have a stable math background.

Now that fifth graders are typically expected to take middle school math classes, do you know the reality of middle school math classes? Only about five out of 30 students are actually paying attention.
The rest either ignore it, saying they learned it at school, are sick of math and can't wait to finish their paper, or are miserable because they don't know what the teacher is explaining.
Even children who are attending class are often unable to accurately explain the definition of an isosceles triangle that they learned in elementary school when solving trigonometry problems.

Why is this so difficult, given the importance of math, when parents put so much emphasis on it? The author, a mother of an elementary school student and a current middle school math teacher with 20 years of experience, suggests two reasons.
This is precisely because of the wrong elementary school math study method and the lack of a roadmap (plan).


In fact, 90% of elementary school students are using the wrong elementary school math study method.
You are not properly studying the textbook that most accurately explains mathematical concepts.
For these children and their parents, textbooks are just books they learn from during school hours.
Instead, the problem books that others say are good are broken down into concept-type-advanced-extremely advanced sections and students solve several books per semester.
Solving a lot of problems without a clear grasp of the concepts is a study method that quickly collapses with just a little application.


Next is the absence of a roadmap.
Parents need to clearly define the goals of their children's math studies and establish a roadmap for elementary, middle, and high school math studies tailored to their children's abilities, but they are failing to do so.
So why can't parents create a roadmap? It's because they don't fully understand the elementary, middle, and high school curriculum.
Since I don't know the curriculum properly, I don't know what my child is learning now, how it will connect to middle school, and how to help them with the difficult parts of the course they are taking.
So, if you just copy what others do, you will fail.

The author, whose mother is a math teacher, studied and analyzed elementary school math textbooks in detail for three years to help her daughter, an elementary school student with a very average math background, study math.
As a result, we present a proper elementary school math study method that will prevent students from crying over math in middle school, and we explain the elementary school math curriculum and its connection to middle school in an easy-to-understand way that elementary school parents need when creating their children's study roadmap.


There is a saying that the wind and moon heard are scary.
The same goes for math.
The author, who realized through field experience that it is more important to have a sense of understanding after hearing something once than to hear it for the first time, also provides good examples of how to positively influence elementary school students to encounter middle school mathematics in real life.
We have moved beyond the days when parental love was enough and now we have an era where children are driven by parents who make plans and provide support.
This book will help you plan your math studies and find guidance from a coach.