New Zealand mathematics textbook for age 7
· Written specifically for the New Zealand Curriculum
National Curriculum Mathematics is written for the New Zealand Curriculum by New Zealand teachers and trialled in New Zealand Schools by practising teachers.
· One Book Per Year
“School planning should result in balanced coverage of all achievement objectives from all the strands over a period of time. Up to curriculum level 5, for example, objectives from one level will be selected for teaching over about two years for most students.” - (Developing Mathematics Programmes, Ministry of Education, 1997)
This is the first of two books which cover all of the Level 2 material.
Your pupils should do one book each year.
Most pupils will do Level 2 Book 1 in Year 3 and Level 2 Book 2 in Year 4.
· Scheme of work
It is easy to write your scheme of work and plan your programme using pages 8 to 17. On these pages you will find the Achievement Objectives and Suggested Learning Experiences for Level 2.
Beside each is written the chapter in this book that covers that particular Achievement Objective or Suggested Learning Experience
· Pupils Love It
Pupils love Math U and his friends as he leads them through the 5 strands of the curriculum. In each strand he enters a different land.
Number – the country
Measurement – the city
Geometry – the sea
Algebra – the bush
Statistics – sky and space
· Mathematical Processes
The mathematical processes section of the National Curriculum is fully addressing using investigations, puzzles, think about this, exercises and practical’s which are integrated into the topic being taught.
· Skill Development
This book contains hundreds of motivating and exciting skill developing activities.
· Reinforcement
Reinforcement is an important part of the learning cycle.
At the end of each exercise there are review questions to reinforce the concepts learnt in that exercise.
At the end of each strand, there is a review chapter which can be used to test or reinforce the concept learnt in each strand.