MATH-U-SEE
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Math-U-See Placement Tests - Explainer Video
Lifetime access to Beta streaming instruction videos and online South African version Instruction Manual & lesson solutions. USA - Skip Count Songs MP3s and Songbook PDFs, and other online resources from any browser. You'll also have access to the Math-U-See Digital Manipulatives. Access begins at time of online purchase or redemption of access code.
Note: After you purchase your digital pack (DP) you will receive an email with your access code. Please allow a minimum of 48hrs for activation.
Note: Digital Packs do not include Student Workbook or Tests.
Beta builds on the foundation in Alpha by applying students mastery of single-digit addition and subtraction to multiple-digit addition and subtraction. One of the stepping stones between these two levels is the concept of place value, which is an important milestone for truly grasping any multiple-digit operation.
VIDEO REVIEW
Focus
Addition and subtraction for multiple-digit numbers and other topics.
Includes
- Streaming instruction videos
- Online South African version Instruction Manual, lesson solutions
- Skip Count Songs MP3s and Songbook PDFs, and other online resources from any browser.
- Access to the Math-U-See Digital Manipulatives. (this includes all the manipulatives: the block set, fraction overlays and algebra and decimal inserts) see additional 'Special Note' at the end of the contents list.
Major Concepts and Skills Include
- Understanding place value and using it to add or subtract
- Fluently adding any combination of whole numbers
- Solving for an unknown addend
- Fluently subtracting any combination of whole numbers
- Solving abstract and real-world problems involving addition and subtraction
Additional concepts and skills
- Telling and writing time by hours and minutes
- Understanding, adding, and subtracting U.S. currency
- Measuring and estimating length with inches, feet, centimeters, and meters
- Comparing numbers and lengths
- Expressing differences between numbers as inequalities
- Finding the perimeter of any polygon
- Representing and interpreting data in plots and graphs
Contents
- Lesson 1 Place Value and the Manipulatives
- Lesson 2 Sequencing; Word Problem Tips
- Lesson 3 Inequalities; Facts Review
- Lesson 4 Rounding to Ten and Estimation
- Lesson 5 Multiple Digit Addition and Place Value Notation
- Lesson 6 Skip Count by 2; Facts Review
- Lesson 7 Addition with Regrouping (Carrying)
- Lesson 8 Skip Count by 10, 10 Cent Coins
- Lesson 9 Skip Count by 5, 5 Cent Coins; Facts Review
- Lesson 10 Money: Decimal Point and the Rand
- Lesson 11 Rounding to Hundreds, Multiple Digit Addition with Regrouping
- Lesson 12 Adding Money; Mental Maths
- Lesson 13 Column Addition; 20 Cent Coins
- Lesson 14 Measurement: Centimetre, Metre,12 Inches=1 Foot
- Lesson 15 Perimeter; Millimetre; Facts Review
- Lesson 16 Thousands and Place Value Notation
- Lesson 17 Rounding to Thousands and Estimation
- Lesson 18 Multiple Digit Column Addition; Mental Maths
- Lesson 19 More Multiple Digit Column Addition; Gram and Kilogram
- Lesson 20 Multiple Digit Subtraction
- Lesson 21 Telling Time, Minutes; Mental Maths
- Lesson 22 Subtraction with Regrouping (Borrowing)
- Lesson 23 Telling Time, Hours
- Lesson 24 Subtraction, Three Digit Numbers; Mental Maths
- Lesson 25 Ordinal Numbers, Tally Marks, Days and Months
- Lesson 26 Subtraction, Four digit Numbers
- Lesson 27 Subtraction, Money; Mental Maths
- Lesson 28 Subtraction, Multiple Digit Numbers
- Lesson 29 Reading Gauges and Thermometers
- Lesson 30 Bar Graphs and Line Graphs
- Appendix Nineovers or Striking Nines
- Solutions and Test Solutions
- Tables, Glossary, Index
Special Note about the Manipulatives regarding the Digital Pack.
The physical manipulatives are an integral part of the Math-U-See instructional method and have been for more than 25 years. We do understand, however, that they can be difficult for families that are on the go and that they have physical limitations when building large problems. While instructors and students can use the digital version to build problems just as they would with the physical, we strongly believe that the digital should be used as a supplement after students have demonstrated understanding of the concept using the physical manipulatives. Research shows that the more different ways a student is exposed to a concept, the more likely they are to understand and retain it. In fact, according to Wenglinsky, When students are exposed to hands-on learning on a weekly rather than a monthly basis, they prove to be 72% of a grade level ahead in mathematics and 40% of a grade level ahead in science.
