A Little Infusion of Math : Workbook #1: 10-Day Summer Math Practice for 4th and 5th Grade Level Learners by Connie Giles

Are you looking for a little math practice for your fourth or fifth grade student, to help keep their "math brain" going during the summer months? This is the workbook for you! This little workbook is designed to be a short to medium infusion of math practice to do in the middle of the summer, at the end of the summer as you get ready to go back to school, or to spread out across the whole summer for regular math sessions. It contains ten days worth of math practice, but it can be spread out any way you like. You can do it all at once for a good solid block of math practice, or break it up into whatever type of practice sessions work for you. This book includes practice in the basic four operations to help fourth and fifth graders improve their speed, comfort and smoothness with these operations that they are familiar with and need to gain fluent proficiency at. Students need their addition, subtraction, multiplication and division skills to be sharp, in order to be ready for the next year's math, which will build on those basic four operations. The foundation must be strong, and this book provides lots of good practice in this area without making it overwhelming. The workbook also contains just the right amount of practice with word problems and breaks the problems down to help kids understand what they are being asked to do. If kids can gain a deeper comprehension of what word problems mean and be able to analyze them and figure out what to do, they will find math a lot less frustrating. This workbook has very clear explanations and practice in this area, asking kids to identify what operation each word problem is asking for, with an emphasis on kids' memorizing the definitions of multiplication and division. We can't just do multiplication and division. We also have to understand exactly what it is they are. This book is also a great choice for many students because it is full of tips, reminders, and ways to help them understand how to do their work, how to check their work, and how to avoid common pitfalls and errors. It helps kids slow down and focus on the steps of doing math and how exactly to check their work, by doing the reverse. You check addition by subtracting, for example. Also, this book is lighthearted and easygoing with lots of little animal pictures to color, or smile at, as the child works, and reward pages in the middle and end, to award kids for all their effort. Parents and teachers are asked to get involved with the student in specific ways, to help keep kids accountable as they go, increase their focus, and guide their understanding. This is a substantive and happy little book that will be a great addition to your summer practice plans. It is always sad when kids forget so much of what they learned the previous year and have a stressful first few months of the new school year, struggling to catch back up. Often, kids fall behind and might never get fully back on track because of letting their "math brains" go unused during the summer months. It is a huge mistake to take so long away from learning and practicing. Let's set our kids up for success instead of failure. Give them what they need. Practice, practice, practice and do better in the coming year. Make the transition to the next school grade smoother and easier. Buy this book today! Read more