Disclosure: I received this complimentary product through the
HOMESCHOOL REVIEW CREW.
I love word problems! If you know me then you probably know that Scrabble is my favorite game in the world. Word problems can sometimes be challenging to explain so I was thrilled to review Challenging Word Problems Level 3 from Singapore Math Live. We received the workbook and access to all the online videos.
Our physical book
Our online video course
In our videos, students watch Brenda Barnett, a homeschooling parent
with a desire to help families maximize their Singapore Math skills,
work out the solutions on a whiteboard. Older students can watch these
videos themselves and work through all the word problem strategies while
parents of younger children may want to watch these videos themselves
and utilize the strategies taught to then pass onto their younger
children. Basically, these videos are a great tool or resource to help
strengthen your families world problem skills as needed!
What contents or topics does this book cover? Problems include
- addition and subtraction
- multiplication and division
- metal calculation
- length
- mass and weight
- capacity
- money
- fractions
- time
- data analysis
- geometry
- area and perimeter
This program is designed to enhance a students problem solving and
critical thinking skills through daily exposure to strategies and
methods in as little as 10-20 minutes a day. It is a great supplement
to any math curriculum. Students will attempt problems for ~ 5 minutes
in their workbook (this is a required component for these videos) and
then view the solutions and watch the solutions to learn what stumped
them. I love having these videos, they are super great for visual
learners (and audio as well)!
Above you can see some of the practice questions in our workbook.
And here you can see the video for the solutions for these practice problems.
The total video for the solutions to these practice problems is just over 15 minutes. I really like that it shows you were the solutions are for each problem: 1st problem starts at 24 seconds, 2nd problems starts at 3 minutes, 3rd problem starts at 5 minutes and 48 seconds, and so on. This way, students can easily find the problems that they are struggling with or need more help with.
Completed Practice Questions
As I mentioned before, sometimes students may not need help with certain problems like above and may not need to watch the videos for those solutions. And that's okay. They can simply watch the videos of the problems that stump them. I think these videos are a great resource and tool to have as a supplemental math.
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