shawthorne44 Posted July 27, 2017 Share Posted July 27, 2017 If the child can go straight to the IP problems, is there a need to do one of the easier books? I am very much of a do-them-all person. So, I have a problem with skipping any of the problems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crimson Wife Posted July 27, 2017 Share Posted July 27, 2017 I think that a child needs to do either the workbook OR both the IP and CWP books in addition to the textbook. The HIG is for the parent, not the student. Textbook + HIG isn't enough IMHO. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowbeltmom Posted July 27, 2017 Share Posted July 27, 2017 I used the textbook, workbook, IP, and Challenging Word Problems with my kids. They completed all of the problems in the books. I don't regret the time they spent completing all of the books. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoCal_Bear Posted July 27, 2017 Share Posted July 27, 2017 (edited) +1 on what crimsonwife says. Though I am uncertain if there is a type and OP meant SM TB + IP. We actually did use TB and WB and IP a semester behind. CWP was maybe a unit or two behind.I think CWP is worthy of doing. It's really not very hard to integrate it. I just assign a page a day which is just 2 maybe 3 word problems. Edited July 27, 2017 by calbear 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crimson Wife Posted July 27, 2017 Share Posted July 27, 2017 Oldest DD did textbook plus IP & CWP 1 semester behind (e.g. 4A textbook + 3B IP & CWP). DS did textbook + BA 1 level behind (e.g. Singapore 4 with BA 3). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fralala Posted July 27, 2017 Share Posted July 27, 2017 I think Singapore problems are extraordinarily well-written in terms of reinforcing the concepts in each lesson and an integral part of the lesson-- I did not realize this until I tried to use several other programs, and wow. The Singapore workbook doesn't have many problems for each concept, but the ones they have are not a waste of time. And the workbook isn't expensive. My preference is always to not do every problem in the textbook but to hand my kid the workbook as soon as it's clear he's ready to practice on his own. And I think the fact that you can't write in the textbook lends itself well to that kind of use. The IP problems are awesome, too, but I'm not sure they scaffold a kid's conceptual understanding in the same way the workbook does. If your student is mathematically gifted, that may indeed be enough, though. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JIN MOUSA Posted July 28, 2017 Share Posted July 28, 2017 I agree with fralala about how the WB problems relate so clearly to the TB lesson. In addition to being good practice for dd to reinforce what we've discussed, it is also a helpful assessment for me to see if she truly understands the concept. If she can't complete the WB on her own, then I know we're not quite ready to move on. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweetpea3829 Posted July 28, 2017 Share Posted July 28, 2017 I also agree with Fralala. We typically only use the Textbook for direct teaching. I'll pull a handful of problems and we'll work them together. Once I am satisfied that my student grasps the concept, I send them off with the corresponding WB pages. I try to stretch content out so that they are introduced/taught a concept, practice that concept the same day, practice again the next day, while being taught the next lesson, and then review of that concept via practice pages in the near future and periodically thereafter. Often, that extended review is from IP. And IP often takes the content a little deeper. I treat problem solving as its own subject. We work on it twice a week. I use Process Skills in Problem Solving first, and then CWP. Typically a half to full grade level behind our current content. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shawthorne44 Posted July 28, 2017 Author Share Posted July 28, 2017 Thank you all. We won't stop the workbook, then. DD is good with math but a complainer, so I think I was getting lazy. Yes, that was a typo, I was asking about switching straight to IP after textbook lesson. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ausmumof3 Posted July 28, 2017 Share Posted July 28, 2017 I did do it one year... Here it is expensive to get the workbooks due to shipping and $ conversion. On the one hand it did basically work but I feel that we lost ground that year so I probably won't do it again. I do skip problems because otherwise we would take two hours a day in many lessons. Maybe we are slow. We do use standards and it has more practice than the us edition which we used one year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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