Sixth Grade Math Minutes Review

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(More customer reviews)I first bought the 4th grade level math minutes and used it as morning seat-work for my students. It worked wonderfully at keeping my students busy and enhancing their skills. I love the math minutes so much that I bought 5th and 6th grade level (I teach 6th grade). I am going to start my students out at the beginning of the year with the 4th grade level book and have my students work up to the 6th grade level book.

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One Hundred Minutes to Better Basic SkillsHelp middle-grade students master essential math skills with the motivating, classroom-tested Math Minutes format featured in these two new books. Each book provides 100 Minutes of 10 problems each for students to complete within a one- to two-minute period. Providing daily practice in every key area of math instruction, Math Minutes is a fun way to improve students problem-solving speed (crucial for testing situations) and an instant assessment tool.

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The Children's Busy Book Review

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(More customer reviews)I'm only in the middle of this book, but so far it's great! It's got some great ideas for kids 6-10. I have a 6 year old, so some of these activities are too old. But I know I have them to look forward to! I have 4 year old too, but I know that he can do many of the things with my 6 year old! The subtitle actually says "...6 to 10-Year-Old..." and not 7-9.

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This book contains 365 activities (one for each day of the year) for six to ten year olds using things found around the home, it shows parents and day-care providers how to: Prevent boredom during even the longest stretches of rainy-day weather with ideas for indoor play, kitchen activities, and arts and crafts projects. Stimulate a child's natural curiosity with entertaining counting and language games and motor-skill activities. Encourage a child's physical, mental, and emotional growth with ideas for fun music, food, water and outdoor play. Keep toddlers occupied during long and short car trips.

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Summer Smarts: Activities and Skills to Prepare Your Child for Third Grade Review

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The Summer Smarts series provides an enjoyable, substantive bridge between grades during the summer, when a child most needs a refresher! And because young children begin to anticipate going back to school and face the pressures and expectations of a higher, more difficult grade, Summer Smarts activity books are designed to offer them a fun way to increase their confidence and self-esteem. This new series of activity workbooks is designed to meet the demand for the growing in-home educational market. It is the only series to include a unique integration of material, combining elementary school subjects such as phonics, spelling, math, and geography into one friendly workbook. Offers engaging, motivational exercises that reinforce the skills and knowledge learned during the previous school year.Arranged in a logical sequence, the worksheets move progressively from basic concepts to more difficult ones. A carefully selected Book Section supports a literature-based approach.

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Summer Bridge Activities Grades 1-2 Review

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(More customer reviews)While Summer Bridge has been a fairly decent way for my daughter to keep her skills fresh over the summer, it really wasn't challenging enough to hold her interest. She finished each day's work in about 10 minutes, and said she found the material boring. I think it'd be more useful to a child who needed a little remedial work before starting second grade. Much of the material was actually work that she'd done in kindergarten, and it's not as though my daughter's a prodigy; she's on a par with other children in a parochial school.
The other thing that annoyed me was incredibly sloppy editing - sorry, folks, but "gnat" is not spelled "knat", and there were a number of exercises that were misprinted. Since this isn't an inexpensive book, I don't appreciate spending money and finding it full of errors. Also, the instructions for some of the exercises were pretty unclear - there were a couple where I had to check the answers page to be sure of what my daughter needed to do. I'll hesitate before buying the same series next year, even though the concept is a sound one.

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Help children maintain skills while away from school with this award-winning series and original summer learning program! Daily activities in reading, writing, mathematics, and language arts with bonus activities in science and geography. Also included ar

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Summer Bridge Activities: 6th to 7th Grade Review

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(More customer reviews)This book is a great way to avoid your child feeling as though they have fallen behind or forgotten everything at the beginning of a new school year. My son has attention deficit disorder, and needed something over the summer to keep his skills and knowledge fresh. Other workbooks we have tried over summer breaks have been too overwhelming for him, but this seems to be a perfect fit. He is actually excited about working on this book over this summer. The only negative thing I would say is in comparison to "Summer Bridge" books for younger children, which to me are organized a little more logically. In those books, the child works through each page sequentially (Day 1 has a couple pages on each of the topics of math, spelling, etc.), while this book has you skip around a little more between each subject area. I really feel my son will be better equipped when the new school year starts, and not have so much catching up to do.

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Help children maintain skills while away from school with this award-winning series and original summer learning program! Daily activities in reading, writing, mathematics, and language arts with bonus activities in science and geography. Also included are full-color flash cards, incentive contract calendars, a certificate of completion, and the Summer Bridge Kids who guide children though their daily exercises.

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The Original Summer Bridge Activities: 2nd to 3rd Grade Review

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(More customer reviews)I have been using the summer bridge activity books for both of my children for the last couple of years. I think the books for primary grade children could be a little more challenging in the math area. Once you get to the 3rd-4th grade level they seem to be pretty close to school curriculum. If you are thinking of buying this for your k-3rd grade student you may find the need to supplement the math activities.


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Help children maintain skills while away from school with this award-winning series and original summer learning program! Daily activities in reading, writing, mathematics, and language arts with bonus activities in science and geography. Also included ar

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Summer Bridge Activities: 3rd to 4th Grade Review

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(More customer reviews)Engaging for the child. Mostly math and language activities of differnt types, styles, and complexities. Tasks get progressively harder toward the new school year. A good general purpose review and prep to keep skills fresh and build a few new ones before schools starts in August. Moderately well-illustrated. Encourages independent reading and offers a suggested reading list--though parents should review any of these books for appropriateness for their child. Books off this list that increase vocabulary and reading skill without frustrating your child are also very appropriate. The key is for the child to enjoy reading challenging materials--let your child choose what interests them as much as possible.

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Help children maintain skills while away from school with this award-winning series and original summer learning program! Daily activities in reading, writing, mathematics, and language arts with bonus activities in science and geography. Also included are full-color flash cards, incentive contract calendars, a certificate of completion, and the Summer Bridge Kids who guide children though their daily exercises.

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