Elizabeth86 Posted March 21, 2017 Share Posted March 21, 2017 Could you tell me which you prefer and why? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elizabeth86 Posted March 21, 2017 Author Share Posted March 21, 2017 Also, tell me what manipulatives you would recommend for 1st grade. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cdan Posted March 21, 2017 Share Posted March 21, 2017 This is my first post. I am such a fan of Singapore Math that I had to come out of the shadows and respond. like the Standards Edition. It has a lot of reviews. After a new topic is taught, there is a review of everything up to that point. Sometimes it seems like too many so we just do the ones in the workbook. For manipulatives I use the multi link cubes and cuisinaire rods. I love the rods. I also love Singapore so much that when I heard the standards Edition would be replaced by a common core Edition that I bought all the workbooks up through 5B for my then 1st grader. I've used it with my three sons. I don't know a lot about the other Edition. I bought the Standards for the extra reviews. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penelope Posted March 21, 2017 Share Posted March 21, 2017 http://forums.welltrainedmind.com/topic/523199-singapore-math-which-edition-do-you-use/ http://forums.welltrainedmind.com/topic/413456-singapore-standards-vs-us/ http://forums.welltrainedmind.com/topic/464583-singapore-math-common-core/ http://forums.welltrainedmind.com/topic/517985-singapore-math-spell-it-out-for-me/ My most used manipulative have been my base-10 set. I have also gotten mileage out of my linking cubes. Both are not necessary. Some people love and would not do without their cuisenaire rods, but I am not a big fan of those. So it depends. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrSmith Posted March 21, 2017 Share Posted March 21, 2017 We used the Standards Edition because that's what they had. I'm not a big on "teaching to the test" so I'll use anything that I feel teaches the material properly (properly being relative and subjective). As for manipulatives, I wanted to keep everything abstract so we just used anything lying around at the time. The idea is not to get hung up on any one thing representing a given value (i.e., 10 has to be this long or this color or whatever). At 1st and 2nd I made sure that the ideas are imposed on the objects rather than the objects enforce the idea. That way you will know immediately if they don't understand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
That70'sLisa Posted March 21, 2017 Share Posted March 21, 2017 (edited) I prefer US Edition because it doesn't overwhelm with review. It has plenty of review for us, but not every single lesson. We supplement with Intensive Practice. I also like it because it has simple, clean, non-colorful pages, which seems to work well for me and my kids. We all have ADD and the simpler the layout, the better! I wasn't hs for first grade, so I can't help you there. Edited for missing words Edited March 22, 2017 by LisLisaKG75 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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