From publisher Frank Schaffer and Singapore Asian Publications comes a series of books: Singapore Math: 70 Must-Know Word Problems. From the back cover: This book is designed to help students master word problems, which are often tricky and challenging…This book is perfect for students familiar with Singapore Math and for those who just need extra [...]

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From a discussion on the Well-Trained Mind Forums is a question about some the supplemental material available for the Primary Mathematics curriculum: On the (SingaporeMath.com) site there are some supplemental books I don’t recognize, but I can’t tell what they’re for–if they’re new-new or replacing-CWP-new Math Works? i-Excel? Math Express? Brain Maths? I wrote here [...]

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From a discussion on the Well-Trained Mind Forums comes a question about some the supplemental material available for the Primary Mathematics curriculum: On the (SingaporeMath.com) site there are some supplemental books I don’t recognize, but I can’t tell what they’re for–if they’re new-new or replacing-CWP-new Math Works? i-Excel? Math Express? Brain Maths? First, these aren’t [...]

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In Part 1 and 2,  I shared examples from the Teacher’s Guides and textbooks from four sets of materials used in Singapore and the United States. The materials are all from the third grade level: Primary Mathematics U.S. Edition (2003)  from SingaporeMath.com Primary Mathematics Standards Edition (2008)  from SingaporeMath.com My Pals Are Here Maths (2007) [...]

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In Part 1, I shared some examples from the Teacher’s Guide from four sets of materials used in Singapore and the United States. The materials are all from the third grade level: Primary Mathematics U.S. Edition (2003)  from SingaporeMath.com Primary Mathematics Standards Edition (2008)  from SingaporeMath.com My Pals Are Here Maths (2007) obtained in Singapore [...]

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