{"id":554,"date":"2020-08-27T20:05:50","date_gmt":"2020-08-27T20:05:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/classroomreviewsnow.com\/?p=554"},"modified":"2020-08-27T20:05:50","modified_gmt":"2020-08-27T20:05:50","slug":"554","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/classroomreviewsnow.com\/?p=554","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

Pre-K through 3rd<\/sup> grade
\nMathematical literacy for young learners
\n<\/em>http:\/\/www.numbersrev.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Work-a-Book 1 \u2013 155 pgs, 8.5 x 11, soft cover
\nWork-a-Book 2 \u2013 149 pgs, 8.5 x 11, soft cover
\nwritten by Ed Fava & Diane McDonald
\nKit comes with a set of 74 wooden Cuisenaire\u00ae<\/sup> Rods and 10 colored Crayola\u00ae<\/sup> Markers
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\nAssessed by Joseph Grayhaim<\/p>\n

Mr. Fava and Ms. McDonald have developed a math-learning system that is parent-friendly, self-pacing and is designed to achieve mastery, not failure. It goes beyond simply using tried-and-true manipulatives \u2013 the Cuisenaire\u00ae<\/sup> Rods \u2013 and created a way of \u201cseeing\u201d and understanding math from a new viewpoint \u2013 as a language. The Numbers Revolution approach teaches numbers as an alphabet and basic vocabulary, using 10 codes (single letters) symbolizing 10 colored rods of varied lengths and 10 numbers that all correspond to each other. Orange \u201cO\u201d = 10; Blue \u201cB\u201d = 9; Brown \u201cN\u201d = 8 and so on, down to White \u201cW\u201d = 1.<\/p>\n

The program begins by teaching children addition by relating longer colored rods (larger numbers) as combinations of shorter rods, so 7 (black) can be made of a 3 (light green) + a 4 (purple), 7 1s (white), 6 (dark green) + 1 (white) and the reverse combinations as well. One of the main points of the program is to get the child away from rote memorization and instead teaching the child to remember, using the much more powerful means of play. The work-a-book has coloring projects that reinforce the number-color-code connection by showing an uncolored flower with the codes (alpha letters) for each area\u2019s designated color. This constant reinforcement of the Code-Color-Number sequence is a mainstay of the authors\u2019 teaching philosophy.<\/p>\n

Another primary pillar of practice is that assessment after each new concept or project is essential. A child should never be expected (or allowed) to move on to the project or concept until s\/he has demonstrated mastery of the present level. This ensures that a solid foundation is laid for the later levels to be built upon. Of course, the program is self-paced to accomplish this mastery of each level. This attention to assessment will ensure that the math skills developed will last a lifetime.<\/p>\n

In Book 2, the math problems ask for answers in numbers or Colors \u2013 sometimes both, so that the reinforcement of Code-Color-Number continues. The ingenious use of the 3 expressions to communicate number sense seems like a very solid way to build the foundation of true math understanding by the end of 3rd<\/sup> grade.<\/p>\n

Please visit the website for more information and to order. JG<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Pre-K through 3rd grade Mathematical literacy for young learners http:\/\/www.numbersrev.com\/ Work-a-Book 1 \u2013 155 pgs, 8.5 x 11, soft cover Work-a-Book 2 \u2013 149 pgs, 8.5 x 11, soft cover written by Ed Fava & Diane McDonald Kit comes with a set of 74 wooden Cuisenaire\u00ae Rods and 10 colored Crayola\u00ae Markers ================== Assessed by […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[85,35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-554","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-featured","category-math"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/classroomreviewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/554","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/classroomreviewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/classroomreviewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/classroomreviewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/classroomreviewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=554"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/classroomreviewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/554\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":556,"href":"https:\/\/classroomreviewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/554\/revisions\/556"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/classroomreviewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=554"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/classroomreviewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=554"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/classroomreviewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=554"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}