StaceyinLA Posted September 8, 2017 Share Posted September 8, 2017 Do you use the TM, or does the book offer enough explanation/skill reinforcement? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nixpix5 Posted September 8, 2017 Share Posted September 8, 2017 My daughter did Horizon grade 1 last year and I found the teaching manual to be useless to be honest. It doesn't really tell you how to reach a concept it just says "teach x" basically. I stopped using it about half way through the first book. First grade math is pretty easy to teach so it really isn't necessary if you are good at pulling out manipulatives and filling in gaps when needed. My daughter breezed through all of grade 1 and then went on and did Singspore 1B after that. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverMoon Posted September 8, 2017 Share Posted September 8, 2017 I own it. I may have used some extra practice pages from it for the first time I used Horizons 1. DS/7 (the "baby") is using it now and I never took the TM out of the closet. Fwiw, I haven't paid more than $10 for any of my Horizons TMs, from used book sites. Even if it has the old cover it still works. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StaceyinLA Posted September 8, 2017 Author Share Posted September 8, 2017 Thank you for the input! I know sometimes there are a lot of added activities in the teacher's manuals so I just wanted to be sure we wouldn't be missing a bunch of that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MerryAtHope Posted September 8, 2017 Share Posted September 8, 2017 My daughter did Horizon grade 1 last year and I found the teaching manual to be useless to be honest. It doesn't really tell you how to reach a concept it just says "teach x" basically. I stopped using it about half way through the first book. First grade math is pretty easy to teach so it really isn't necessary if you are good at pulling out manipulatives and filling in gaps when needed. My daughter breezed through all of grade 1 and then went on and did Singspore 1B after that. I agree, I really didn't find the TM's helpful until it was faster for me to go get the TM for the solutions than for me to work all of the problems myself. The worksheets really don't include any instruction in levels 1-3 (in levels 4-6, there are instructions written to the student--usually half a page to a page). I always worked a first problem on the page to give my kids a visual example. The TM will have you work on a concept before it comes up in the worksheets (for example, before skip-counting comes up on a worksheet, the student will practice that orally). So, if you don't have the TM, occasionally a topic on a worksheet might be a surprise and seem like it's a lot to expect. Other than that though, I mainly found that the TM's didn't really tell me how to teach the worksheets. It seemed like the focus was on extra/supplemental activities. I didn't find them at all intuitive! But they're nice for an answer key in the upper levels. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8filltheheart Posted September 8, 2017 Share Posted September 8, 2017 I have never used any of my TMs. i just teach them. I start using the answer keys for 3rd grade up though b/c it is just easier than doing the math. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mschickie Posted September 10, 2017 Share Posted September 10, 2017 I used mine for the extra sheets, drills and the answer key. Yes I know I can do the math myself but it did save me some time. I never really used any of the lesson plans. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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