Capt_Uhura Posted October 11, 2010 Share Posted October 11, 2010 Hello Hive, The SM i-Excel series looks interesting. A fellow hiver recommended it for it's instruction on problem solving. I've not seen it mention much here. Has anyone else used it? If so, what did you think of it? Capt_Uhura Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iskra Posted October 12, 2010 Share Posted October 12, 2010 I have not heard of it and I can't find it online. Can you provide a website link? What grades is it for? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iskra Posted October 12, 2010 Share Posted October 12, 2010 nm my previous post... I found it.... it looks intriguing.. description says it's a supplement Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dana Posted October 12, 2010 Share Posted October 12, 2010 I have not heard of it and I can't find it online. Can you provide a website link? What grades is it for? It's here in the supplemental material for Singapore. Looks like it's being replaced by another program. Glad I've already got the books :) Works well for Gr 1-6. I'm using them with the same level of the Singapore books. They're relatively short supplements & I just add in a topic or two as we need it during the year. So we did the bar models for multiplication and division a couple weeks ago for Bk 3, then we got started with the similar problems in the CWP books. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt_Uhura Posted October 19, 2010 Author Share Posted October 19, 2010 It seems some are out of stock b/c of replacements but I wasn't sure if the ones that were in stock were already replaced or not. They definitely looked intriguing. I might splurge for one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dana Posted October 19, 2010 Share Posted October 19, 2010 I have the ones that are one color (mountain climber and bear covers). They are short, but they do a good job of showing the bar models and moving with them from the math sentences to the word problems. If you're ordering something else, you may as well toss in an iExcel to try if you're interested :) Of course, today ds was doing a word problem from CWP, couldn't quite see it without the bar diagram and then threw a major fit when he couldn't see how to draw the bar diagram. :glare: Oh well. Tomorrow's another day. (And he did get the problem once he got the model finally drawn.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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