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Version
2 of this package includes an improved interface, and improved
animations.
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Students
in second or third grade (or a student in higher grades who
is struggling with the multiplication facts) will benefit from
the Skip Count component. These students
will already know how to skip count by 2's and 5's. When they
extend this skill to include the 3's, 4's, on through the 9's,
they will be ready to memorize the specific multiplication facts.
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Students in third grade are expected to learn all the multiplication
facts through 9. Multiplication Tables
presents these facts in order, but the teacher or student can
choose appropriate goals during a particular session (example,
the student can choose to practice the 2's, or the 4'),.
I have found that in the early stages of learning the multiplication
facts, it is easiest to practice them in order. For example
7 x 0, 7 x 1, 7 x 2, .....
Multiplication Tables presents the facts in this manner.
At this stage of learning, the students choose from different
possible answers. I discovered in working with children that
this is necessary when first learning the multiplication tables.
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By 4th
or 5th grade, many students can say the multiplication tables
in order. But using these facts to solve multiplication problems
is often a different story!
Multiplication Facts is (in my opinion)
the strongest teaching tool in this series.
The facts are presented randomly, and the student must type
an answer into a text box.
This forces the student to not just memorize the facts in order,
but to use them on demand.
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I have
worked with many students who can work with the multiplication
tables.
However, somehow the connection between multiplication facts
and the corresponding division facts was never made.
A veteran teaching colleague, upon seeing my idea for a multiplication
program, asked, "Can you do the same with division?"
The division component is for the 4th
- 6th grader who can multiply, but is struggling with division.
Again, the division facts are presented randomly, and the student
must type an answer in a text box.
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The same
color schemes are used throughout all 4 programs in this multiplication/division
series, as well as my series on fractions.
See
the color scheme description.
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Each of these programs is priced separately at $39.50.
However, for teachers and/or parents who wish to use the entire
series for children as young as second grade, and continuing
until 4th or 5th grade (or older, for students who struggle
with math), I have integrated all four programs, plus all four
screen savers on a single CD.
Purchasing the four programs separately would total $158.00
Multiplication Package is priced at $95.00
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$95.00
Four screen savers are included. |
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Maple
Tree Learning Center Multiplication Package Interactive Math Program
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