SEGway Posted April 9, 2014 Share Posted April 9, 2014 I just learned that the Singapore Standards Edition will probably be phased out in the next few years in favor of a CC aligned version of Primary Mathematics. So, here's my dilemma. My oldest is in 3rd grade and on track to finish 3B on schedule this year. I already purchased textbooks, workbooks and the HIGs for 4A/B. I have three youngers who I anticipate using SM with in the future. Would I lose anything terribly important by switching to US edition (which might be printed a few years longer?) for 5A/B and 6A/B for my oldest? I could get the Standards HIGs for level 5 (for concept teaching helps) while it's still being published and an answer key for US ed. 4-6. (I read somewhere that Standards 6 is a lot of review with just a few new concepts, so I was planning to go with an answer key, not the TG for that level anyway. There's not an HIG available for Standards 6, right?) Then I could plan to utilize my textbooks/HIGs for teaching the younger kids and have them practice with US ed. workbooks. (again, using an answer key for those workbooks instead of buying another whole set of HIGs) Is that setting myself up to go crazy? Is anyone familiar enough with both tracks for these questions to even make sense? :P I don't think I can swing buying all four kids all the workbook levels up front just to make sure they're available when I need them. However, I probably could buy 5A/B 6A/B for my oldest in advance if I really needed to. Any thoughts? I'd appreciate any feedback you've got! Sarah Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dana Posted April 9, 2014 Share Posted April 9, 2014 I really like Standards over US edition. I don't know about the cc changes :P We moved from 5B to Prealgebra and my son was ready for it, so that's a possibility as well. I'd probably try to keep with standards & grab the workbooks now - or have kids do the workbook work on blank paper so workbooks can work for multiple kids. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monica_in_Switzerland Posted April 9, 2014 Share Posted April 9, 2014 NOT an expert, but... You could also just use the WBs as non-consumables and have the kids copy the problems out. I can't remember in what grade I started working out of a textbook and needing to copy out problems, but it was probably around 5th? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vaquitita Posted April 9, 2014 Share Posted April 9, 2014 Where did you hear that they were going to be phased out? when I looked for info on this, they were saying that they were going to keep making the Standards edition... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SEGway Posted April 9, 2014 Author Share Posted April 9, 2014 Well...I went back to read the thread I was thinking of, and it didn't say precisely what I remembered. http://forums.welltrainedmind.com/topic/506315-jenny-from-singapore-math-says/?hl=%2Bstandards+%2Bedition+%2Bdiscontinued It seems more like, a third option is in the wings. When we phase out one, it will probably be the Standards Ed. All the names are the ones they've always had. We can't guarantee how long they'll be available. So, maybe I'm borrowing trouble? I just don't want to buy the texts/HIG's ahead (as I find them used) and have it bite me because I can't get any of the workbooks. I considered having her writing the problems in a graph comp book, but there are quite a few puzzle-ish pages that would be hard to replicate by working the problems on a separate paper. I suppose it could be done. But it doesn't seem optimal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vaquitita Posted April 10, 2014 Share Posted April 10, 2014 (edited) Nm Edited December 13, 2015 by vaquitita Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kathryn Posted April 10, 2014 Share Posted April 10, 2014 I bought the whole series last year when they first started saying they were probably going to discontinue Standards. We've never used the books as consumables though. I paper clip a transparent sheet on to he workbook page and he does his work with a dry erase marker. We are a week from finishing 3B and haven't had a problem with this method so far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SEGway Posted April 10, 2014 Author Share Posted April 10, 2014 I guess I would most like to know if I'm overlooking something key in contemplating teaching from one set of HIG/texts (standards ed.) and giving independent work from another (US set). Some people do this already with just the IP, right? Do they really not play well enough together for that to work? Esp. if I have an answer key? I feel like my particular kids take the material (whatever subject) more seriously when they have their own workbooks, and it's Theirs (vs. "I'm trying to keep the book nice to last through all your siblings, so make do with a sheet of paper next to it." kwim?). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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