Princess5 Posted November 30, 2014 Share Posted November 30, 2014 My dd will finish Singapore essential b soon. Looking at Singapore 1a, 1b to continue. I got 1a, 1b textbooks from paperback swap. I know I will need to buy workbooks for sure. But do I need the HIG as well? What will I miss if I don't get them? Anyone done without them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wendyroo Posted November 30, 2014 Share Posted November 30, 2014 I bought the HIG for 1A. I flipped through it before we began, and I figured I would come back to it when I felt I needed instruction as to how to teach the concepts. I never looked at it again. I did not buy the HIG for 1B and I never missed it. DS just started 2A and I did not buy the HIG. I will reassess if I need them as we head into the higher levels. OTOH, I have a very strong math foundation and a firm, conceptual understanding of Singapore style math, so YMMV. Wendy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Princess5 Posted November 30, 2014 Author Share Posted November 30, 2014 Ok, was there a HIG for Singapore essential math a and b? I don't have any and didn't think they had? Did they? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wendyroo Posted November 30, 2014 Share Posted November 30, 2014 Ok, was there a HIG for Singapore essential math a and b? I don't have any and didn't think they had? Did they? No. In Essentials there are notes to the instructor in boxes at the bottom of the pages. Wendy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MotherGoose Posted November 30, 2014 Share Posted November 30, 2014 If you don't understand the Singapore style you need the HIG. It's not complicated, but it's not something that most traditionally-educated US adults will understand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lazzaroni Posted November 30, 2014 Share Posted November 30, 2014 FWIW, I have gone through Singapore 2B without needing the HIG but I did decide to get the HIG for Singapore 3 and above mostly because I found it second hand on a great sale and it does have some great teaching ideas in it. I can't say that I needed it though but I am pretty comfortable with the Singapore method so far. It really depends on your comfort level with the program. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SevenDaisies Posted December 1, 2014 Share Posted December 1, 2014 If you just use the textbook and workbook it may be hard to discern the Singapore method. The HIG spells it out. I personally feel that the HIG is most helpful in the younger grades. In levels 1 and 2, many of the examples in the HIG are not in the textbook. Many of these lessons explain how to demonstrate the concept using manipulatives. As you move up, manipulatives are used less frequently and more of the examples come from the textbook. The HIG gives more detailed information on how to explain those examples. As I get further in, I still use the HIG, but I find that I use it less. Additionally, there are Mental Math pages in the back of the HIG as well as appendices containing additional problems, graph or grid paper for copying as well as figures for copying (instead of having to trace figures in the textbook). The HIG also contains answers to the textbook and workbook. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julie of KY Posted December 1, 2014 Share Posted December 1, 2014 I've done all of SM without the HIG. I'm a math person and had no trouble figuring out what the book wanted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweetpea3829 Posted December 1, 2014 Share Posted December 1, 2014 I think it might depend on your student, too. I had no problem teaching first DS without the HIG, but he's very mathy and any mistakes *I* made, were not harmful to his understanding. Now second DS, he's a bit of a different story. I use the HIG when teaching him in 1A (and 1B) because I like that it lays out the method more clearly, which helps me to help him to understand better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vaquitita Posted December 12, 2014 Share Posted December 12, 2014 (edited) Nm Edited December 13, 2015 by vaquitita Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julie of KY Posted December 13, 2014 Share Posted December 13, 2014 I never used the HIG at any level and did fine. I do have strong math background however. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sk8ermaiden Posted December 13, 2014 Share Posted December 13, 2014 I ended up cracking the HIG for the last 1/3 of 1a. I am good at math and reading the HIG it makes sense to me, but looking at the problems at the book - I would have told her to do them a totally different way. I'd look through a book and see if they teach it the same way you would have taught it, and get it only if needed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craftyerin Posted December 13, 2014 Share Posted December 13, 2014 I have found the HIG vital to our success in 1A. We're about to start 1B, and I will definitely be ordering it again. I would not have known how to present concepts the "Singapore way" without the instructions in the HIG. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IdahoHomeschooler Posted December 13, 2014 Share Posted December 13, 2014 The HIG is part of Singapore math. I made the mistake of not using it, and later realized it contained a good portion of the content I didn't realize we were supposed to be doing. Singapore style math is more than just what is in the text and work books. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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