Alpha focuses on teaching the concepts of single digit addition and subtraction. We use systematic teaching strategies to help students commit the addition and subtraction facts to memory.
Placement
Click here to do the Alpha Placement Test (0.2 MB)
Focus
Addition and subtraction for single-digit numbers and other topics.
Includes
- A Instruction Manual with lesson-by-lesson instructions and full solutions
Major Concepts and Skills Include
- Understanding place value
- Extending the counting sequence
- Fluently adding all single-digit numbers
- Solving for an unknown addend
- Understanding the relationship between addition and subtraction
- Fluently subtracting all single-digit numbers
Additional concepts and skills
- Telling and writing time by hours and minutes
- Recognizing and drawing rectangles, squares, and circles
- Measuring length by repeating units
- Introducing halves and fourths
- Counting by 2s, 5s, 10s, and 100s
- Reading, writing and interpreting word problems
Contents
- Lesson 1 Place Value and the Manipulatives
- Lesson 2 Counting to 20
- Lesson 3 Unit Bars
- Lesson 4 Addition, Symbols, +0; Word Problem Tips
- Lesson 5 Addition +1
- Lesson 6 Counting to 100; Skip Counting by 10
- Lesson 7 Addition +2; Communicative Property; Place Value; Facts Review
- Lesson 8 Solve for Unknown
- Lesson 9 Addition +9; Mental Maths
- Lesson 10 Addition +8; Facts Review
- Lesson 11 Shapes: Circles, Triangles; Skip Counting by 2
- Lesson 12 Addition, Doubles; Mental Maths; Teaching Tips
- Lesson 13 Shapes: Rectangles, Squares; Skip Counting by 5
- Lesson 14 Addition, Doubles+1 and Associative Property
- Lesson 15 Addition, Making 10; Mental Maths
- Lesson 16 Addition, Making 9
- Lesson 17 Addition of the Extras, 3+5, 4+7, 5+7, Facts Review
- Lesson 18 Introduction to Subtraction; Mental Maths
- Lesson 19 Subtraction, -1, -0
- Lesson 20 Subtraction, -2; Facts Review
- Lesson 21 Subtraction, -9; Mental Maths
- Lesson 22 Subtraction, -8
- Lesson 23 Subtraction, Doubles; Facts Review
- Lesson 24 Subtraction, Making 10; Mental Maths
- Lesson 25 Subtraction, Making 9
- Lesson 26 Subtraction, Extras; Facts Review
- Lesson 27 Subtraction by 7, or Adding up by 3; Mental Maths
- Lesson 28 Subtraction by 6, or Adding up by 4
- Lesson 29 Subtraction by 5, or Adding up by 5
- Lesson 30 Subtraction by 3 and 4 or Adding up by 6 and 7;
- Facts Review Appendix A
- Telling Time, Minutes Appendix B
- Telling Time, Hours Solutions and
- Test Solutions Glossary and Index
PLEASE NOTE: This item is a part of a set – the DVD’s are required.
The FULL set of 4 Math-U-See books, per level, is comprised of:
- Instruction Manual
- DVD’s
- Student Book
- Test book
