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Math for Your First- and Second-Grader: All You Need to Know to Be Your Child's Best Teacher (Family Learning Series) |  | Author: Steve Slavin
Publisher: Jossey-Bass
List Price: $16.95
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Rating:  5 reviews
Sales Rank: 84679
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1
Pages: 288
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.1
Dimensions (in): 9.2 x 7.5 x 0.8
ISBN: 0471042420
Dewey Decimal Number: 649.68
EAN: 9780471042426
ASIN: 0471042420
Publication Date: May 30, 1995
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Product Description
Make sure your child gets off to the right start in math! Help your child become more comfortable and confident with numbers Discover which mathematical concepts first-and second-graders should learn Enjoy helping your child master key math skills You can teach your child the basic skills that will lay the foundations for future success in math and science. Based on standard math curriculums, this book covers all the math that your first- and second-graders should be learning and gives you dozens of proven techniques for teaching these crucial skills. Steve Slavin, an educator with a special gift for math instruction, shows parents how to teach the fundamentals—counting, addition, subtraction, fractions, simple word problems, even the beginnings of multiplication and division—plus "new math" principles such as grouping. Simple activities build these skills in a fun way, step-by-step. All concerned parents, including home-schoolers, will applaud this confidence-building guide.
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great concept book February 10, 2009
Joylene (Nebraska)
great for helping me do supplemental education for my child - plus gave me ideas on what to focus on.
Perfect for Homeschoolers! July 26, 2008
Teri Ann Berg Olsen (Arizona)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This book wasn't actually written for the homeschool market, but every homeschool family should have this book! The author describes all of the basic math concepts so that they are easily understood. First and second grade math skills are built upon step-by-step, in fun but informative lessons that are just the right length for young children. Practical guidelines for parents explain how to verify that a child has learned the material. First- and second- grade final exams are included. It's a great bargain for such a solid foundation in math! If you have your child write the answers in a notebook, you can re-use this book with more than one child. It's also a great preparation for Saxon Math. We have used this book with all three of our boys, and by the time we finished they were easily ready for Saxon 3 and even skipped ahead to Saxon 5/4.
~Teri Ann Berg Olsen, author of Learning for Life: Educational Words of Wisdom
very good book November 19, 2005
Nancy Taylor (Arizona, USA)
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
A very good book on the first grade math topics. It provides sound and clear explanations seldom found in other books. Essential math concepts and skills are introduced with many excellent examples. I enjoyed it very much with my son.
The book is ideal for first graders even with the "2nd grade" part. Second graders may find it too easy. If you want to know what other kids are learning in schools, there is a nice web site at http://www.beestar.org. It provides free math practice every week based on school curricula nowadays.
A Review of "Math for Your 1st and 2nd Grader" July 20, 2005
Pam Tee
43 out of 43 found this review helpful
I took a look at this book (Math for Your 1st and 2nd Grader) at the library and now I am going to order it.
I have a 5 year-old that I am presently working with, and although I have a workbook, I am not entirely sure that I am presenting the soundest explanations of various concepts, and so I have come to Mr. Savin.
Pro's: Stephen Savin's writing is very clear and straight forward with plenty of examples in how to teach and verify that your child understands the material.
Possible Con: I do not know if this book is in current compliance with the NCTM standards. This book was written in 1995 and I know that the national standards have changed considerably since then.
That said, I made my decision to purchase based on the table of contents and 'where we are now' rather than some artificial standard: i.e. if this book covers what you are interested in teaching, then buy it.
Having said that, I have to point out that publishers are nuts to not put the entire table of contents on the Amazon "Search inside this book" feature. This book, like so many others, only has page one of the contents listed. Ridiculous.
Without writing out ALL of the 39 mini-lessons, I will write out the major chapters topics (with subsections where meaning is not clear) so that you might have an idea of what you are purchasing.
Chapter Titles:
For FIRST-GRADE MATH
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Counting
Adding Single-Digit Numbers
Subtracting Single-Digit Numbers
Building Math Skills
--Translating Words Into Numbers
--Intro Of The Concept Of Zero
--Filling In The Missing Number
Addition and Subtraction Drills
Addition Into Double Digits
Counting Money
Word Problems With Single-and Double-Digit Numbers
Introduction To Telling Time
Double-Digit Addition and Subtraction
Word Problems With and Without Money
Counting Pennies, Nickels, and Dimes
Ordinal Numbers
Introduction To Fractions
Counting To 100
First-Grade Final Exam
First-Grade Final Exam Answers
SECOND-GRADE MATH
Counting and Writing Numbers up to 200
Mathematical Symbols
Grouping Numbers in 10s and 1s
Adding Three Numbers and Double-and Triple-Digit Numbers
Subtracting Single-, Double-, and Triple-Digit Numbers
Word Problems in Addition and Subtraction
Regrouping, Expanded Notation, and Graphing
Addition with Carrying
Subtraction with Borrowing and Review of Carrying and Borrowing
Adding and Subtracting Money
Word Problems in Addition and Subtraction
Telling Time
Advanced Counting
--Counting from 1 to 1000
--Filling in the Missing Numbers
--Counting by 2s, 3s, 4s, 5s, and 10s
Introduction to Multiplication and Division
Shapes and Measurements
Second -Grade Final Exam
Second -Grade Final Exam Answers
Index
Five Stars. Writing is very clear and the lessons are not overly long, which fits the temperament of most young math explorers.
Excellent resource for homeschooling or as a supplement July 21, 1999
0 out of 9 found this review helpful
I am a former daycare teacher and this book strikes me as an excellent way to strengthen math skills for kids. There are math problems within the book that the kids can do. This is a good buy.
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