MistyMountain Posted April 17, 2017 Share Posted April 17, 2017 Those who use the intensive practice books do you use it in lieu of the workbook or as a supplement to it or some other combo? I do not want to add more problems but I picked up a copy and want to give it a try with ds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crimson Wife Posted April 17, 2017 Share Posted April 17, 2017 My kids used it in lieu of the regular workbook but staggered 1 semester behind. So if the student was doing the 4A textbook, he/she would be using the 3B IP (and also the 3B CWP). It was a way of building review into Singapore in a way that still challenged them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
desertflower Posted April 17, 2017 Share Posted April 17, 2017 With my oldest child I just used the IP instead of the WB. With my middle child I used the WB for SM 1. I may used IP 1 over the summer. Pick and choose problems. :) Honestly, I just didn't have time to pick and choose problems from IP this past few months; otherwise, I would have while she was doing the WB. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommaslp Posted April 17, 2017 Share Posted April 17, 2017 this is a great idea! so the IP lines up with each lesson? is it listed in the HIG which pages to do in IP? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forty-two Posted April 17, 2017 Share Posted April 17, 2017 (edited) this is a great idea! so the IP lines up with each lesson? is it listed in the HIG which pages to do in IP? IP lines up with each *chapter*, but not with each *lesson*. When I did just the textbook and IP, I did a chapter in the text and then the corresponding chapter in IP. (ETA: If the student can't go through a whole chapter of the tb without additional practice, then ime probably it would be better to use IP *alongside* the wb than as a *replacement* for the workbook.) Now I use the tb and wb together (dd needed more computation practice even though she got the concepts fairly easily), and do IP a semester behind, to both review and go deeper. Edited April 17, 2017 by forty-two Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LMD Posted April 17, 2017 Share Posted April 17, 2017 We mainly used the IP instead of the wb too. Basically, the problems in the textbook plus IP were often enough, if we needed more then we pulled out the workbook... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SanDiegoMom Posted April 18, 2017 Share Posted April 18, 2017 We just used IP. Never got a regular workbook. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RenaInTexas Posted April 18, 2017 Share Posted April 18, 2017 (edited) We use it in addition to. We don't do the textbook problems. We use the workbook as classwork; completing it together to learn and practice the content. Then IP is independent work done one week behind the workbook to confirm/solidify mastery. Works very well for us. Edited April 18, 2017 by RenaInTexas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fralala Posted April 18, 2017 Share Posted April 18, 2017 We use it as review/practice between levels. Also, we find we occasionally have very light days with SM where the entire lesson/practice takes less than 15 minutes, and on those days I'll pick one or two of the more challenging problems out of the IP book to look at. Or I might come to a Friday and not want to move on to the new chapter/concept right before the weekend, so we'll work in the IP book instead. Since we're generally working a level behind in the IP book, we can really flip to any page and practice anything we want. It's just a nice book to have around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyingaway Posted April 18, 2017 Share Posted April 18, 2017 We're another who uses it as a review. Generally about three months after we did the workbook. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoCal_Bear Posted April 18, 2017 Share Posted April 18, 2017 I use it for review in addition to the TB/WB. Generally a semester (book) behind, so while we are doing 5B, we are working through the 5A IP book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kbutton Posted April 20, 2017 Share Posted April 20, 2017 I have used it with one child instead of the WB, and I am using it as a review/supplement with the other. Different brains. :-) Love the IP books! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alice Posted April 20, 2017 Share Posted April 20, 2017 We use it instead of the workbook. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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