I have some questions for anyone who has used Math U See. I work with 6th graders teaching math in the resource room. What level do you think I should start them on? Most of them do not know their basic math facts but they are expected to know fractions, decimals and percents.
Another question. Has anyone used Math U See in an inclusion setting?
I showed one of the 6th grade math teachers the demo and he thought this would be a great program to use for inclusion.
Barbara
Re: Math U See
Hi ~ I was using MUS earlier this year with a 6th grader in a resource room setting (he has since been moved to the regular class). I started him in multiplication (Gamma) even though he had been through that before, as [u]everything[/u] afterwards requires facility with the facts. He is slow, and still needs to think for many of them, but I believed it worked. I especially liked how they taught multi-digit multiplication. I am thinking of tutoring one of my students in it over the summer starting with Delta (division) and hopefully working our way into Epsilon (fractions). If your students are weak in multiplication, start them in Gamma, move as quickly as you can, and get into Delta as soon as possible. Also, I supplemented with other books to cover concepts he needed to know for the state tests (such as geometry and measurement concepts) that weren’t covered. Hope this helps!
Jenn
There are placement tests on the website to correctly place the children in the correct level. What they are supposed to know is really irrelevant until they have the skills leading up to those.
I can’t see how you could use a different math curriculum in an inclusion setting. The inclusion setting is supposed to mean the kids are taking part in the regular instruction with assistance or modifications, etc. from the resource teacher. You have to teach the introductory lessons, so if the kids are below grade level, you need to have them in the resource room to teach MUS. And I imagine you’d have multiple levels at one time.
Janis