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Math Essentials, Elementary School Level gives elementary school teachers the tools they need to help prepare all types of students for mathematics testing in grades 3 through 5. Math Essentials highlights Dr. Thompson's proven approach to teaching math and covers 40 key objectives correlated to the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) standards, including rounding whole numbers, finding equivalent fractions, multiplying two-digit whole numbers, solving word problems, interpreting line graphs, identifying polygons, estimating length and volume, and understanding time.The book is divided into five main sections, with each section containing eight objectives. Each objective includes three developmental lessons-one concrete, one pictorial, and one independent practice-and more than 100 related activity sheets. Practice tests are available at the end of each section, with an explanation of common errors made by students, to help teachers map their students' progress and to help students learn to perform in standardized testing situations.Praise for Math Essentials, Elementary School Level"A clear blueprint for teachers to progress from the manipulative experiences they provide for their classes to pictorial opportunities to an abstract level of thinking." -Jacqueline Weilmuenster, coordinator ofmathematics, Grapevine-Colleyville ISD, Grapevine, Texas"Effectively uses visual, verbal, and tactile methods in well-designed assessment activities." -Thomas Butts, Science and Mathematics Education, University of Texas at Dallas"A valuable resource for providing teachers the tools to develop independent math students." -Sandy Turner, elementary math coordinator,Irving ISD, Irving, TexasThompson, Frances McBroom is the author of 'Math Essentials, Elementary School Level Lessons And Activities for Test Preparation', published 2006 under ISBN 9780787988807 and ISBN 0787988804.
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