Math: If I use MEP as a spine and Singapore as a supplement...

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... then will the textbook give me anything the HIG will not?

 

I am planning to only order the HIG just so that I'm following the scope and sequence, picking up any tips on how to introduce material, and getting the mental math lists from the back.

 

I'll also order the Intensive Practice and Challenging Word Problems.

 

Is there any compelling reason that I should also order the textbook and/or workbook?

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... oops, I meant to put this in the K-8 forum. Off to cross post...

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How visual is your DC? The textbook is where the pictorial part of Concrete-pictorial-abstract is concentrated. My DD doesn't need much concrete, but benefits greatly from the pictorial, so the text is her friend.

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How visual is your DC? The textbook is where the pictorial part of Concrete-pictorial-abstract is concentrated. My DD doesn't need much concrete, but benefits greatly from the pictorial, so the text is her friend.

 

My DS (insert head-smacking smiley here) thinks that visuals are "cheating." So often I try to get him to look at the abacus, look at the rods, because I want those images to get into his mind so he can later on learn to conjure up the right image when he's doing another problem. But he just likes to jump ahead to abstractly computing on his own without the help of a visual/manipulative. So in that respect, no I don't think he'd need the textbook for that reason.

 

I suppose that I could also draw up examples from the HIG if occasions come up where we need a strong visual.