My Pals Are Here English Teacher 39;s Guide 2a Pdf
Darnell Rempe
...but this is ridiculous! I'm using MPH 3/4 and we're over half through the Diversity unit and I STILL can't figure this thing out. I have everything....HOTS, homework, test, extra notes, teacher's guide, activity books and textbooks. Nothing seems to line up! I don't understand what to do from the teacher's manual. Maybe I just can't get a grasp on the 5E thing, or whatever it is.
But unlike singapore math, there are no indicators when to stop in the textbook and do the activity book. The teacher's guide is numbered like 1,1, 1.2, 1.3, etc. (are these supposed to be daily lessons?) but the textbook isn't, and at times, the section headlines don't even match up, so it's very difficult to figure out where to stop/begin.
Today takes the cake. We are on Diversity - Animals. In the textbook, it describes four of the animal groups: fish, insects, mammals and birds. In the HOTS/homework book, it asks for five animal groups and shows pictures of amphibians/reptiles, but no insects! I finally find one little blurb on a page in the textbook that says (paraphrased) "These are only 4 of the animal groups. Use your library and the internet to discover more." REALLY?! OK, I get that they can't cover every animal group in one chapter/section, but to then cover topics in the homework that weren't specifically covered in the textbook....this is too much. I give!
Am I missing something? I can't spend an hour every day preparing JUST for science. I really wanted to like this curriculum. We are Christians, but want a secular science and I was SOOO hoping this would be for us. I also have a nanny who usually ends up doing some of their subjects with them, and almost exclusively does science with them, so I really can't ask her to spend an hour prepping.
Is it impossible to find what I'm looking for? A strong, secular science with a daily lesson plan that can be completed with my multi-level children (4, 2, and K) in about 20 minutes a day with minimal teacher prep. HELP!?
We use Nancy Larson and it is very clear and easy to use. I spend about 15 min a week glancing ahead in the manual and laying out supplies. It's the only thing that gets done with my crew! And it is secular.
Yeah, it was hard for me to implement. I bought the whole she-bang too and now I have huge MPH teacher guide, HOTS, etc... Sounds like you want something more open-and-go and I don't blame you, that's what I wanted as well. You might want to check out RSO Science, which is easier to use and secular, and I could see using it with all those ages, maybe supplement with extra books/videos for your older children. Your 4th grader (and maybe 2nd grader) might also like Mr. Q. Science. You can download the first year free. That's what we've ended up using, we've been learning a lot from that and it's so easy to use.
Yep, this is what drove me nuts about MPH. The program assumes that the teacher has a certain level of background knowledge and is fleshing out the textbook with that. We used MPH 5/6 to supplement Prentice-Hall Science Explorer so my DD could usually find the info she needed to complete MPH in her PHSE textbook. But sometimes we had to rely on the Internet, which was rather frustrating.
That's disappointing to hear that it seems so disjointed. I almost bought the student textbooks just to use as extra science readers. Maybe they would be ok just for that...but not if you used it as your only science.
Another option not mentioned yet is Noeo Science. It's secular, can be used with several different age groups. I haven't started ours yet (Yikes! I feel behind!)...so I don't know exactly how open and go it is...but it seems to be pretty easy to do.
I used MPH in conjuction with BFSU#2. I bought the whole shebang: workbooks. textbooks, teacher's guides, lab notebooks. The only thing we used was the textbooks which did have lovely color illustrations which worked well with BFSU. But mostly it was a waste of money.
Yep, I agree with all if the criticisms of MPH science. I bought the text only of Galore Park Junior Science books 1-3 (2-4th grade) and much prefer them. We read, answer the questions & narrate each section. I always intend to accomplish the "to do" boxes, but usually just reading/discussing them works just as well!
There are minimal differences between the U.S. and Standards editions. The Standards edition is in color and there are two additional prompts asking students to estimate their answer first, then check for reasonableness. The first example shows regrouping in the hundreds. Problems 1-5 ask students to recall addition with regrouping the ones or tens or hundreds.
My Pals Are Here includes two pages of instruction, another page with directions to a game and a final page exploring regrouping in the hundreds. Problem 5b on page 29 is the only problem that demonstrates regrouping in both the ones and hundreds places, although students are only asked to find the missing ones value in one addend.
Thank you so much for your reply. I have now finally narrowed it down to the primary maths standards version as I have been told this home instructors guide is better than the US version. Or dimensions maths, I have read some good things about this one. My son will do 4a and my daughter 1b. Which version would you start on. Also I have read that they start bar modeling in 3a so will my son miss out on this or should I go back to that level. Thank you for your time.
Hi Cassy thank you for your reply. After doing placement tests my son will do level 3 and my daughter level 1. I am now deciding between Standards version and Dimensions. What do you think. It is so hard to decide. I think my children would like the colour. Thank you and have a beautiful day.
Greetings Cassy,
Could you please tell me where to find the solutions for the workbooks for My Pals Math are Here -4b? I just bought the workbooks and it came without solutions. Are the solutions in the Pupil Books? We use the Problem Solving Beyond the Classroom and I love it that detailed solutions are in the back of each book. Thanks, Ed
Hello, Cassy, could you please tell me where to find the solutions for the workbooks for My Pals are Here? Unlike CWP, Problem Solving Beyond the Classroom and Intensive (which we currently use) the workbook for MPH does not have detailed solutions in the back of the book. Are the solutions in the Pupil books for MPH? Thanks, Ed
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