Singapore Math - How many exercises a day do you do?

[Chloe]

My dd is doing Singapore 4A right now. I've been having her do 2 exercises a day, but lately it seems like it's taking her quite a while. Is this too much? Should we stick to one exercise a day, plus drill?

[Laura Corin]

I usually do about six or seven a week, so usually one a day, sometimes two.

 

Laura

[Matryoshka]

One or two, depending on what's being covered.

[katilac]

Singapore lessons are not consistent in the amount of time they take, how hard they are, or how many problems they include. We play it pretty much by ear - - dds can easily do three some days, just one others.

 

I used to look at the book and tell them how many to do, but now they're doing a pretty good job of gauging for themselves. Occasionally, I'll say "there's only one more ratio exercise, why don't you finish it so we can start fresh next week" but that's about it.

[Shasta Mom]

We found our progress came to a screeching halt at 4A. 2 and 3 we would do 2 or 3 exercises a day - now it's mostly one, and occasionally two....

[mcconnellboys]

I go through a lesson in the textbook, which I count as the info from one workbook assignment to the next - and then he does that workbook assignment on his own.

 

We generally do the textbook exercises orally, but sometimes there are practice problems that he needs to write down.

 

Sometimes there are two workbook exercises at the end of a lesson. If those are long or more involved, then I do one that day and the other one the next. If they are short, with few problems, then I may do both that same day.

 

On days when we have the practice pages in the text, I let him work through those on his own in lieu of doing a workbook exercise.

 

I use the multi-page reviews in the workbooks (generally about 5 pages long) as tests.

 

He also does daily drill work. This year, I'm using MUS Delta for that. Next year, it will be some of the Singapore extra practice workbooks and perhaps some of the Key to... series books.

[SunshineMom]

We usually do about 1 lesson a day however some lessons need more explanation or experimenting. The last few days my 5yr wanted to do something different for math so we played dividing games, measuring items,etc. I am pretty flexible, we also play money and time games instead of just sticking to the workbook. I think that the workbook stuff can get a little boring so doing "real math" is much more fun!

[elegantlion]

We normally did 2 a day. I did slow down for 4a, we just finished it last week, to make sure he understood the process of fractions. There were some days we only did one.

[Karie]

We are in 5A and do one lesson a day. BUT... we also add in CWP and ds is doing the Keys To... books also. Then, when a unit is finished, he does IP for that particular unit. If he was doing only the workbook, he'd do more.

[JWSJ]

We range from 1 to 5 lessons each day.

 

When he gets on a roll, I'll let him continue until it's finished.

[Guest Lorna]

Sometimes we do two or three exercises a day but more regularly we do just one. As Katilac says, Singapore are inconsistent with the difficulty or length of lessons. I generally find the early stages of the workbooks (often with more arithmetic) take longer than the later ones (often with more geometry). Review and revision exercises also take longer.

With NEM 2 I have found it unnecessary to do the whole exercises. We do every second question and them use the others for review.

I allow plenty of time for the experimental cut-outs, tesselations etc because I consider them important to consolidating understanding. They certainly take time here. :001_smile:

[Arch at Home]

We do one excercise per day plus CWP if there are no word problems in the excercise. To balence out the inconsistancies in quantity, I have them do 1/2 to a whole page of Mental Math from the Home Instructor's Guide.

[Narrow Gate Academy]

We only do one exercise a day along with 1 or 2 CWP.

[Mary in GA]

In 6A now doing pretty much 1 per day since level 4 or 5. Reviews over 2-3 days depending on length. We are also using another program along w/Singapore for standardized testing purposes. Sometimes we do CWP as well.

 

Mary

[cathmom]

We do part of one.:eek:

 

DD age 10 is extremely math-phobic and to do an entire lesson would be way too much for both of us.

[Chloe]

I think we'll cut back to one exercise a day, plus drill, unless it's a really short or easy lesson. Math is a bit of a struggle for dd.