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Differentiated Math Sprints 3 Blackline Masters

CEBAdmin — Thu, 18 Feb 2021 23:31:50 +0000

From the Publisher

Math Sprints Blackline Master is a series of 6 books for classroom use.

The Singapore Math^® curriculum stresses the use of mental math. These sprint books are written with that in mind and are useful to all elementary teachers interested in developing mental math fluency in their children.

The section below explains how to give a sprint. You will see that students are racing to beat their own scores each time they take one of these tests. In the excitement of the sprint, applause is given to the student who gets the most problems correct on the first half, and to the student who improves the most on the second half. This applause, is, of course, well-meaning. But what about those students who rarely, if ever, receive applause? How can we keep them motivated to take the sprints when the same few children are always receiving the applause? Equally important is another concern: how do we keep the strongest math students challenged taking sprints with their classmates?

This book is written to address these concerns. Each sprint is differentiated. The A sheet of each half of the sprint is for the majority of the class. The B sheet is for the strongest students. If you look closely at the A and B sheets of each sprint, the answers to the problems are the same. Many of the problems on the B sheets, however, require more mental calculation. These sprints will allow access to the excitement of sprints for all of your students.

If you teach in a fairly homogeneous classroom, using differentiated sprints is not important. In that case, use the A versions of both halves for one sprint for all of your students, and perhaps, later in the year, use the B versions. Bonus … this will give you double the number of sprints!

Generally speaking, sprints are used in the classroom two to three times per week. Once a teacher becomes experienced administering a sprint, the entire process, start to finish, should take about 10 minutes. You can re-use sprints. For example, if you give sprint 305 one week, you can give it again a couple of weeks later. The students will not remember it.

You may want to buy a sprint book at a grade below the level you teach so that students get used to taking sprints and feel very successful with them. Particularly if their mental math fluency is not where it should be, you can help them build it gradually by starting at a lower grade level.

Above is extracted from the preface of Math Sprints Blackline Master.

Answers are after each set of sprints.

Instructions on “How to Give a Sprint” are included in this black-line master.

This black-line master is not a teaching book and does NOT provide instruction on mental math strategies. This black-line master is for classroom setting. A workbook version (with identical sprints) is available for home or tutorial situations.

Our recommendation:
Math Sprints is recommended for parents or teachers to use with their students to help them gain speed and accuracy in all computation skills. It includes some drill on basic math facts, but primarily goes beyond the basic facts to other mental math skills.

This series can be used as a supplement to Singapore Math^® curriculum to provide practice with mental math. They do NOT provide instruction on mental math strategies. They are practice books, not teaching books. The workbook version is meant for home or tutorial situations with one or a few students at different levels, and the black-line master version is meant for use in a classroom.

This blackline master is for school situations.

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Differentiated Math Sprints 4 Blackline Masters

CEBAdmin — Thu, 18 Feb 2021 23:13:48 +0000

From the Publisher

Math Sprints Blackline Master is a series of 6 books for classroom use.

Above is extracted from the preface of Math Sprints Blackline Master.

Answers are after each set of sprints.

Instructions on “How to Give a Sprint” are included in this black-line master.

This blackline master is for school situations.

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Singapore Primary Math: Challenging Word Problems 6 (CC Edition)

CEBAdmin — Thu, 12 Nov 2020 22:23:14 +0000

Sample

Challenging Word Problems for the Primary Mathematics series provides not only ample practice of graded exercises for students of mixed abilities but also offers better math students with challenging questions. This series is written to supplement and complement Singapore’s Primary Mathematics textbooks, both U.S. and Standards Editions, distributed by Singapore Math Inc.^® for use in the U.S. and Canada.

Adopting a topical approach in which mathematical concepts and skills are taught and reinforced, Challenging Word Problems is a six-book series for Primary Mathematics. The series, with one book for each level 1-6, serves to improve students’ problem-solving skills and enhance their mathematical reasoning.

The Challenging Word Problems series is recommended as a source of challenging problems for capable students and complements the Primary Mathematics series. They can also be used with any math curriculum, as long as the students have the necessary computation skills. Problems can be selected from it for a daily challenge for the class discussion, or capable students can attempt the problems independently. Do not expect even capable students to be able to answer all the problems without any assistance. Students will have to apply a variety of problem solving strategies, including using concrete manipulatives as needed. Though solutions are provided at the back, a specific strategy is not required, and alternate methods are quite possible to arrive at the answer. They are a good source of problems where students can practice explaining their reasoning or demonstrate their problem-solving abilities.

Each book in the series features the following:

Worked Examples for each topic show common methods of solution used in the Primary Mathematics textbook
Practice Questions allow students to apply and practice questions similar to the ones discussed in the Worked Examples and in Primary Mathematics textbooks
Challenging Problems provide opportunities for more capable students to solve harder word problems and further develop their problem-solving skills
Miscellaneous Questions allow students to review and test their understanding of the concepts discussed in each topic and in Primary Mathematics textbooks
Answers allow teachers or students to check their answers to all practice exercises and challenging problems
Selected solutions provide commonly used methods of solution to non-routine questions, while encouraging creative or intuitive solutions as wellChallenging Word Problems for Primary Mathematics 6
1. Algebra
2. Fractions
3. Percentage
4. Ratio
5. Speed
6. Circle
7. Volume
8. Data Analysis
9. Angles
10. Mixed Problems 1
  
  Whole Numbers
  Fractions and Decimals
  Circles
11. Mixed Problems 2
  
  Data Analysis
  Speed
  Fractions and Decimals
  Angles
  Ratio
  Circles
12. Mixed Problems 3
  
  Negative Numbers
  Probability
13. Answers
Answers are in the back of each book.

Information from Preface of Challenging Word Problems for Primary Mathematics (reproduced with the permission of the publishers).

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Singapore Primary Math Challenging Word Problems 5; CC Ed.

CEBAdmin — Thu, 12 Nov 2020 22:18:43 +0000

Primary Mathematics Common Core Edition is based on the highly successful Primary Mathematics series from Singapore. The use of Primary Mathematics has contributed to Singapore’s first place ranking in the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS) in 1995, 1999, and 2003. With the support of Marshall Cavendish Education mathematics materials, developed using the Singapore approach, students in Singapore continue to rank top in various international studies, including the most recent 2011 TIMSS results.

This Primary Mathematics series has been updated to align with the Common Core State Standards for mathematics.

Designed to equip students with a strong foundation in mathematics and critical thinking skills, the Primary Mathematics Common Core Edition program offers an integrated solution to different learning needs in the classroom for Kindergarten and Grades 1 to 5.