Maths Assessment Books

[HAPPYH]

janet_lee88:

Hi HappyH,

Visible Thinking can be used as a workbook in schools...it's not like the normal assessment book. There are no CA/SA tests in the book...just purely a good form of revision. I should be getting it for P3

Yes, yes It can be used as workbooks. It covers quite a range of problem sums.

[HAPPYH]

Champion:

Good Morning to All :grphug:


somehow my 2 DDs Visible Thinking Maths Assessment Books are \"sleeping\" comfortably in the drawer

When ask to do Maths Assessment book, both of them have different \"preference\"

P1 DD2 prefers Primary 1 Step-by-Step Maths (New Syllabus) by Simon Eio;

P4 DD1 prefers Primary 4 Longman Practice Build Your Maths Foundation

Visible Thinking only \"comes into the picture\" when mummy here :rant: else they will find the excuse to :siam: :siam:

Dear Champion,

How do you find \"Longmann practice build your foundation?\" I flipped thro' that book (P3) and thought it is very good to learn the new topics like angles, perimeter etc... because the questions at the front (addition, sub, multiplication, division etc...) were easy to do (may be for me it is easy; my DD will do badly who knows ) My DD is weak in mass, and I thought that book may help her as they use simple questions. May be I am wrong to make all these conclusions since I spent less than five minutes to see the book

Could you share your or your DD's feedback with me? Thank you.

[Champion]

Dear Champion,


How do you find \"Longmann practice build your foundation?\" I flipped thro' that book (P3) and thought it is very good to learn the new topics like angles, perimeter etc... because the questions at the front (addition, sub, multiplication, division etc...) were easy to do (may be for me it is easy; my DD will do badly who knows ) My DD is weak in mass, and I thought that book may help her as they use simple questions. May be I am wrong to make all these conclusions since I spent less than five minutes to see the book

Could you share your or your DD's feedback with me? Thank you.[/quote]

Hi,
DD1 prefers to use the Longman series as she is able to handle the book herself without much pushing and coaching from me

Longman series books are not as difficult if you compare with others and I feel that I don't want DD1 to lose interest in Maths if each time I give her a difficult one to attempt So far, she able to work on this book till the topics that school teachers has covered...

[HAPPYH]

Champion:

Dear Champion,


How do you find \"Longmann practice build your foundation?\" I flipped thro' that book (P3) and thought it is very good to learn the new topics like angles, perimeter etc... because the questions at the front (addition, sub, multiplication, division etc...) were easy to do (may be for me it is easy; my DD will do badly who knows ) My DD is weak in mass, and I thought that book may help her as they use simple questions. May be I am wrong to make all these conclusions since I spent less than five minutes to see the book

Could you share your or your DD's feedback with me? Thank you.

Hi,
DD1 prefers to use the Longman series as she is able to handle the book herself without much pushing and coaching from me

Longman series books are not as difficult if you compare with others and I feel that I don't want DD1 to lose interest in Maths if each time I give her a difficult one to attempt So far, she able to work on this book till the topics that school teachers has covered...[/quote]

I need this constant reminder in blue. Yes, you are right. My DD is straightaway switched off if I give Andrew Er worksheets or Sandya Sundar Challenging Maths. She is fine with visible thinking as she can look at the examples if she does not know. She can handle it by herself. Thank you so much.

[plum-cake]

Hi HappyH

Mine is also P3 and using visible thinking. at home I use this book as guide to teach her. I am having Sandya Sundar Challenging Maths but only I choose the Qs and ask her to try. Other Qs I’ll explain them in the w.board and ask her to try.
Thanks for sharing the infor…

[evergreen]

banging my head, how to teach algebra for lower level

[evergreen]

banging my head, how to teach algebra for lower level

900- ( )=603
( )-127=343
( )-674=279

any kindsoul, pls explain

[alan000]

evergreen:

banging my head, how to teach algebra for lower level

900- ( )=603
( )-127=343
( )-674=279

any kindsoul, pls explain

Dear Evergreen,

I use the \"Part, Part, Whole\" Math as taught in schools. Have the child understand that 2 parts makes a whole first.

That is, for eg, the child should see 900 as a the \"whole\" as associated in a model.

If a \"Part\" is removed (or subtracted), in this case, this is the \"unknown\".

The other \"Part\" remaining is \"603\".

Hence to find the \"unknown\" part, we take the \"Whole\" minus the \"603\".

Hope this helps:-)

[evergreen]

i am really new to models,can u pls explain the other two also

[alan000]

Dear Evergreen,


For the second qn, let your child know that there is an unknown whole, a part of 127 is removed and the remaining part left is 343. To find the whole, combine the 2 parts to give the whole.

For the third qn, the same concept applies. 674 is the part removed from the whole. If the remaining part is 279, adding the two parts form the answer to the whole.

Part + Part = Whole
Whole - Part = Part

Best regards.