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Mastering Essential Math Skills Book 2 Middle Grades/High School from Math Essentials is not just a math book, but a system of teaching math. Mastering Essential Math Skills is based on a system of teaching that was developed by a math instructor over a twenty-year period. The system has allowed sixth-grade students to bypass the seventh-grade program and move directly into the eighth-grade program. The book is divided into eight chapters, which cover whole numbers, fractions, decimals, percent, geometry, integers, charts and graphs, and problem solving. Each daily lesson contains five key parts: two speed drills, review exercises, helpful hints, a section containing new material, and a daily word problem.
Each lesson in the book has a corresponding video lesson taught by veteran sixth-grade teacher, Richard Fisher. The book also includes a final review, answer key, glossary, important symbols, multiplication table, square roots chart, and fraction/decimal equivalents chart.
Mastering Essential Math Skills is best used on a daily basis. You can use this math program as your main curriculum or use it as a supplement to reinforce concepts your student may be struggling with. This math program is very easy to follow and students can complete their work within 20 minutes each day.
Although this book states it is for middle grades and high school, I would recommend the book for middle school grades only. When my 8th grader, soon to be 9th grader, flipped through this book she said, “I already know this.” Even my 12th grader said, “I am not doing something I already know.” Needless to say, this book was not a good fit for our family; but if you have a middle school student who struggles with whole numbers, fractions, decimals, percent, or integers, this book would be a great tool to reinforce math concepts. I would not recommend this book for high school students.
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