Jumping Joey’s Number Line Supports the Common Core Standards Shifts

Recently, there have been 6 shifts in New York State towards the Common Core Standards for Math.

Jumping Joey’s Number Line agrees with these Common Core Standards shifts. As Educators, we feel that the Common Core Standards will lead to increased academic achievement.

“Common Core Standards Shift 1: Focus”

With this shift, students focus on essential work, increasing mathematical skills and forming a firm foundation that they can utilize. Jumping Joey’s Number Line works to strengthen all four operations of arithmetic seeks to instill a mental number line, which students can use to calculate. Such a mental number line has been shown by psychologists to increase academic achievement, test scores, and grades.

“Common Core Standards Shift 2: Coherence”

With this shift, students look to understand how learning connects across the grades. Jumping Joey’s Number Line is an integrated program where elements fit together in a coherent way leading to increased knowledge.

“Common Core Standards Shift 3: Fluency”

With this shift, students are asked to increase their speed and accuracy of simple calculations. Each of Jumping Joey’s Number Line Products works with repetition and practice to increase number fluency, which build structure for advanced concepts.

“Common Core Standards Shift 4: Deep Understanding”

With this shift, teachers demand more than just the right answer; understanding the work is of increased importance. Jumping Joey’s Number Line works to build problem solving skills and increase confidence with numbers, so students can take on math challenges.

“Common Core Standards Shift 5: Application”

With this shift, students are asked to apply number concepts in context. Jumping Joey’s Number Line supports both numerical and word problems and allows the student to make connections between the two.

“Common Core Standards Shift 6: Dual Intensity”

With this shift, students are asked to practice and understand. Parrot math is not an option. Jumping Joey’s Number Line is an engaging, enjoyable, effective, and efficient tool that is motivating and builds long-term understanding.

As the Common Core Standards continue rise in importance, Jumping Joey’s Number Line is there to support students, teachers, and parents.

Matthew Mandelbaum and Jamie Cohen are parents and learning specialists and are the creators of Jumping Joey’s Number Line. Jumping Joey’s Number Line is an innovative, child-centered, multi-sensory arithmetic learning system for Pre-K through Elementary. Jumping Joey’s Number Line fosters enjoyable, engaging, effective and efficient mathematical experiences, where students are motivated and build a strong math foundation with long-term understanding. Students feel successful and excited about learning opportunities, and confident in their emerging abilities.