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my summer and welcome to it
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initial plan for the summer: teach C. how to figure percent increase and percent decrease and get a jump on Math A (algebra 1 & geometry) for the fall. Proceed according to advice from Rudbeckia Hirta's dad:
For your summer project, he suggests that you should focus on factoring and anything with fractions. Also multiplying binomials with the distributive law (the infamous FOIL). It's better to get afew basic skills down solidly.2.
quickly discover C. is nowhere near the point of being able to learn percent increase and decrease. Will have to "firm up" basic percent skills first.
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succumb to growing horror as realization that C. does not possess the first clue about percent dawns.
Every lining has its silver cloud
Two nights ago it came to me.
We are going back to the beginning.
As soon as we finish the Primary Mathematics 5B lesson on percent (fantastic!), we're starting page 1 of Primary Mathematics 3A and we're going to work our way straight through to 6B.
Enough's enough.
1. Whole Numbers
- Place Values
- Millions
- Approximation and Estimation
- Multiplying by Tens, Hundreds or Thousands
- Dividing by Tens, Hundreds or Thousands
- Order of Operations
- Word Problems
2. Multiplication and Division by a 2-digit Whole Number
- Multiplication
- Division
3. Fractions
- Fraction and Division
- Addition and Subtraction of Unlike Fractions
- Addition and Subtraction of Mixed Numbers
- Product of a Fraction and a Whole Number
- Product of Fractions
- Dividing a Fraction by a Whole Number
- Word Problems
REVIEW A
4. Area of Triangle
- Finding the Area of a Triangle
5. Ratio
- Finding Ratio
- Equivalent Ratios
- Comparing Three Quantities
6. Angles
- Measuring Angles
- Finding Unknown Angles
REVIEW B
the pause that refreshes
upon reflection
Plan B
* 5 to 10 minutes because I don't like reflecting on my practice. I prefer to obsess.
3 comments:
How much time do you have left in your summer?
FWIW, we started Primary Math 6A today. Kicking and screaming ensued.
Then we opened yesterday's mail and got a very pleasant surprise. My daughter's CMT scores (CT's state testing) arrived and were very good. She got a perfect 400 in math. Math is not her favorite, or strongest subject, but it's one we've focused on at home at length. I see the score as reflecting the coherence of the Singapore Math system.
After much oooohhing and ahhhing, I was able to get her to start 6A.
Right now, she doesn't seem to have any real weak areas. She's doing pretty good in decimals and fractions, so we're just going to charge ahead with the whole program.
How much time do you have left in your summer?
lol!
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