Maths

For this week I'm trying a more hands on approach to all the kids subjects: especially the ones that need support. Beth has been working through Jacobs algebra slowly. She can do the work but really the level of questions are leaving her more confused than confident. So ...

• Mon & Tues: Beth to do Set 1 beside me: discuss each question before she does it.
  
  Then we're looking at equations in more than one variable. Chapter one is simply looking at the possibilities, can two numbers represent x and y in an equation. Slowly work Beth through each of these questions.
  
  
• Tue: continue working through the questions.. look at set 4 and see how she goes. (In between work with the boys on Fractions.)
  
  
• Wed: Review Exercises again discuss each group of questions before she does it.
  
  
• Thurs: Chapter two is simply taking what we were doing in the previous chapter and formalizing it as a formula.
  

Josh and Ben, See how they go together again. If it goes well give Josh the chance to work on Keys when he finished early.

Up to now I've had the kids work through key's to Fractions in order to get up to speed. It works to a point. They have lots of practice, but I'm not sure if either boy has really gotten a good understanding of how fractions work. For Grade 5...

• Mon & Tues: Looking at multiplying functions as per Singapore Maths. Go over this slowly and make sure he is confident before we head off on the exercises.
  
  
• Tue: Word Problems: Remind him that these are all dealing with multiplication, since that's what we are studying. Diagrams and find the multiplication equation in the story.
  
  
• Wed: Practice 3, should be simple enough if we take 5 min at the beginning. Practice 4 is like it but without the improper fraction. We might be able to get through both.
  
  
• Thurs: Finish up from Wed, and if going well work on the word problems. Again these will all involve multiplication just like we were working on.

If that doesn't work for Josh then have him continue solo. I think it will though.