JadeOrchidSong Posted June 19, 2012 Share Posted June 19, 2012 It is hard to spend over 120 dollars for just one year of math. What do your buy if you want to spend less than that? I am thinking the two textbooks, the workbook, and the workbook TM. is this enough? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ali in OR Posted June 19, 2012 Share Posted June 19, 2012 I'm going with the two textbooks, the workbook, the bank of test questions, and Geometer's Sketchpad. I've taught math before so I'm going to try winging it without the teacher's editions--that seems to be what would drive up the price the most. I think planning out the lessons will be pretty straightforward. The textbooks and workbooks include all of the answers, but not worked-out solutions--I think I can work through problems when needed. May not work for everyone though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mumto2 Posted June 19, 2012 Share Posted June 19, 2012 Pa It is hard to spend over 120 dollars for just one year of math. What do your buy if you want to spend less than that?I am thinking the two textbooks, the workbook, and the workbook TM. is this enough? For level 3 we had two textbooks, two teachers guides, and the workbook. I have no idea what i spent. Dd14 did it pretty much on her own with no problems. Just so you know we did NEM for the other levels and we do not have a geometers scetchpad. Just asked her-- she says the sketchbook was mentioned but not needed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matryoshka Posted June 19, 2012 Share Posted June 19, 2012 I had the textbooks, the Teacher's Guides, the workbook, and the Test Bank. If I had to do it again and money was an object, I'd get the Workbook TE over the text's TG's - the problems in the workbook are a higher difficulty. I didn't use the TG's much, but I did miss having full solutions to the workbook from time to time. Did like being able to make tests with the Test Bank (good to remember the scoring system is different for Singapore - they have grades/percents on the website). I managed to get along without Geometer's Sketchpad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elegantlion Posted June 19, 2012 Share Posted June 19, 2012 I just bought the text and teachers guide for 1A. We're using it for summer review and that's really all I had money for. I will probably add the workbook at level two. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JadeOrchidSong Posted June 19, 2012 Author Share Posted June 19, 2012 It is hard to spend over 120 dollars for just one year of math. What do your buy if you want to spend less than that?I am thinking the two textbooks, the workbook, and the workbook TM. is this enough? It would really nice if I could buy these from someone who has used them and want to recoup some money. I know it is hard to find thee used since they are still quite a new program! But I still am hoping. We have a year before we will start. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crimson Wife Posted June 19, 2012 Share Posted June 19, 2012 Unlike at the PM level, the DM workbook is optional. There are plenty of problems in the textbook. The DM workbook is actually more similar to the PM Intensive Practice books as they kick up the challenge level a lot. If money is tight, I would get the two textbooks and TM's. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodhaven Posted June 20, 2012 Share Posted June 20, 2012 We do use the workbooks, as well as the textbooks, but instead of using Sketchpad, we use this: http://www.geogebra.org/cms/ It's free. It's is similar to Sketchpad which you need for the geometry part of the books. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kate in Arabia Posted June 20, 2012 Share Posted June 20, 2012 Like others, we use the textbook and workbook along with the teacher guides for both. I have used all extensively. I bought the question bank for the first level but haven't used that at all, I won't be buying it for future levels. We also used Geogebra in place of the Sketchpad. There are some lessons where using the Sketchpad is written right into the lesson in the textbook, my ds has enjoyed working with it. Some of the commands are different in Geogebra, but have been easy to work around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JadeOrchidSong Posted June 20, 2012 Author Share Posted June 20, 2012 We do use the workbooks, as well as the textbooks, but instead of using Sketchpad, we use this: http://www.geogebra.org/cms/ It's free. It's is similar to Sketchpad which you need for the geometry part of the books.[/ Thanks for the link. I will surely use this in place of the one I have to buy. It is also good to know that the question bank is not that useful. I will use the textbooks and the workbook plus workbook TM, but I will not buy the textbook TMs. Does anyone have these used for sale. Just hoping:001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodhaven Posted June 21, 2012 Share Posted June 21, 2012 You are welcome! I'm planning on my younger kids using the DM books, so I have nothing used to trade/give away. Sorry!! I hope you find what you need for a good price!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mumto2 Posted June 22, 2012 Share Posted June 22, 2012 We do use the workbooks, as well as the textbooks, but instead of using Sketchpad, we use this: http://www.geogebra.org/cms/ It's free. It's is similar to Sketchpad which you need for the geometry part of the books. Just wanted to thank you for the web site. They will enjoy using it because they are curious about the sketchpad! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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