LMD Posted April 24, 2012 Share Posted April 24, 2012 ]i everyone, looking for some perspectives on math for my 2nd grade DD. She is not gifted, but accelerated (she would be 1st grade at school & is finishing up singapore 2B atm). We both really like singapore and she is thriving. We also use Miquon, Beast academy (when she asks) & recently I've been letting her play with khan academy. We also do living math books'. Now, we've hit a little bit of a financial strain atm, and of course singapore 3A was the only one missing when I got a great bargain on singapore textbooks :lol:. I've been toying with the idea of going with MEP for a semester instead - the fact that MEP has interactive online from Y3 is a plus. I would still continue with Miquon & make Beast Academy more required, and probably add the IP/CWP books. My worry is that MEP (being spiral) will not cover the same things singapore 3A does, and thus DD will be under-prepared when we come back to singapore for 3B. I am reluctant to jump around too much, especially with math, and would rather just stick to one spine. However I won't lie - I really do like MEP too, I would be happy to use it, and part of me would enjoy the change for a semester... soooo, wwyd? Suck up and manage the cost to continue with singapore (do-able) or take a worry free MEP detour? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AK_Mom4 Posted April 24, 2012 Share Posted April 24, 2012 If you like Singapore and money is tight and you are only missing 3A, would it work to start 3B and move a bit more slowly? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crimson Wife Posted April 25, 2012 Share Posted April 25, 2012 3A covers some pretty important topics (multi-digit multiplication and long division) so I wouldn't skip it entirely. A lot of 3B can be done without 3A since they are measurement topics. I would start those chapters in 3B and then save up for 3A. My oldest did 3A/B out of order because she didn't have her times tables memorized when she started 3A. I skipped the chapters on multiplication & division and did them last. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MomatHWTK Posted April 25, 2012 Share Posted April 25, 2012 I'd use this: http://www.thesingaporemaths.com/ and the Khan Academy Singapore lessons to cover the 3A materials. Use printable worksheets for review and call it a day (or a semester). ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmoira Posted April 25, 2012 Share Posted April 25, 2012 ]soooo, wwyd? Suck up and manage the cost to continue with singapore (do-able) or take a worry free MEP detour?I love MEP, but there's not enough overlap in the single term to meet your needs. MEP 3A has only a brief review of the times tables and no pencil and paper algorithms for multiplication (it's all done mentally, using the distributive property until y3b). The big focus on y3a other than introducing vertical addition (already covered in Singapore, IIRC) is rounding and estimation. You would do far better to purchase a few units from the Math Mammoth Blue series. The subtopics line up nicely with the Singapore S&S. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmoira Posted April 25, 2012 Share Posted April 25, 2012 3A covers some pretty important topics (multi-digit multiplication and long division) so I wouldn't skip it entirely.Are you sure? The S&S at Singaporemath.com shows 2-digit multiplication as being introduced in 4A. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julie of KY Posted April 25, 2012 Share Posted April 25, 2012 If you are going to do Beast Academy anyway, that is a full curriculum. I would supplement as you wish, but I wouldn't worry about MEP not covering something if you are going to contniue with Beast Academy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crimson Wife Posted April 25, 2012 Share Posted April 25, 2012 Are you sure? The S&S at Singaporemath.com shows 2-digit multiplication as being introduced in 4A. Sorry to be unclear- 3A covers multiplication of a 3 digit number by a one digit number. I consider that to be multi-digit multiplication because it requires the algorithm rather than just the times tables but I can see where that is an ambiguously worded statement. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LMD Posted April 25, 2012 Author Share Posted April 25, 2012 Thanks so much for the replies everyone, I knew you guys would think of something! AK_Mom4 & Crimson Wife - It didn't occur to me to do A/B out of order! That may work... I'll have a close look at B. MomatHWTK - Thanks for this suggestion - quite a good option, will look into it closer! nmoira - but there's not enough overlap in the single term to meet your needs. This was my worry, I know that MEP is spiral and likely wouldn't cover the topics fully in only a semester. Sigh, and I thought I'd found an excuse to use another curriculum :tongue_smilie: I'll have a look into MM, thanks for the suggestion. Julie of KY - I'm not 100% about Beast Academy at this stage. I would love to continue with it, but I don't think we'll be able to order them as they come out, more likely we'll wait until there are a few levels and do a big order as their shipping to Aus. is pretty tough to swallow! I will keep it in mind though... My main worry is jumping around too much, we'll definately be back to singapore for 3B onwards, but I don't want to mess DD around too much in between... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenbrdsly Posted April 26, 2012 Share Posted April 26, 2012 Well, this won't help with the MEP or SM question, but here are some ideas for cheap math in general. I hope that helps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boscopup Posted April 26, 2012 Share Posted April 26, 2012 I'll have a look into MM, thanks for the suggestion. You may want to do the blue topic books if you use MM for this. MM doesn't line up well with Singapore at that stage. In the grade level light blue books, MM does long division in 4B. We switched from MM to Singapore after doing the long division part of 4B, then moved to Singapore 4A and just skipped some redundant stuff. At grade 3, their scope and sequence was wildly different. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stripe Posted April 26, 2012 Share Posted April 26, 2012 I love MEP, but there's not enough overlap in the single term to meet your needs. MEP 3A has only a brief review of the times tables and no pencil and paper algorithms for multiplication (it's all done mentally, using the distributive property until y3b). What about the multiplication in y2? it's similar to beast academy's presentation. But why would you need any of these things if you have beast academy already? Why not use what you've got already? I don't see why you'd need something else. Beast academy covers multiplication. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LMD Posted April 26, 2012 Author Share Posted April 26, 2012 What about the multiplication in y2? it's similar to beast academy's presentation. But why would you need any of these things if you have beast academy already? Why not use what you've got already? I don't see why you'd need something else. Beast academy covers multiplication. ok, I keep forgetting that Beast Academy is a great whole program, since we use it as a supplement, and because I'm unsure about being able to get my hands on further levels. But you're right, I could put it away for now and use it for the first part of 3rd grade, this is probably the easiest way to go... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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