Book III: Featuring Word Problems
A book written expressly for students to provide
practice in word problems.
Each lesson can stand alone as day’s lesson plan.
Each provides simple review and practice on word
problems.
Click to view samples with Book III:
ALL PAGES HAVE THE SAME FORMAT
18 PROBLEMS ARE DISTRIBUTED THIS WAY
| 1-10 Warmups |
11-13 Review |
14-18 Word Problems |
Topics Include
Whole Numbers
Fractions
Decimals
Square Roots
Exponents
Percents |
Topics Include
Equations
Proportions
Area
Perimeter
Percents |
Topics Include
Whole Numbers
Fractions
Decimals
Proportions
Percents
Money
Time |
Equations
Tournament
Integers
Graphs
Problem Solving
Test Preparation
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Using classroom sets of Practice Practice Practice books can dramatically improve your middle school state math test scores. One example happened in Longview, WA at St. Rose Catholic School. A comparison is listed to the Washington State 7th grade averages on the WASL test.
| Year |
School Using Book III |
Washington State Average |
| 2004 (Before Practice Practice Practice Book III) |
40.0% passed |
46.3% passed |
| 2005 (After Book III used as a supplement one year in the 7th grade) |
61.1% passed |
50.8% passed |
| 2006 (After Book III used as a supplement for two years - Both in 6th and 7th grade.) |
82.3% passed |
48.5% passed |
| 2007 (Book III still used as a supplement in 6th and 7th grades) |
75.0% passed |
54.5% passed |
| 2008 (Book III still used as a supplement in 6th and 7th grades) |
94.1% passed |
50.5% passed |
The St. Rose Math Teacher used the warm-ups in Book III daily plus one or two of the review problems and one or two of the word problems on a page. The students spent about 8 minutes to 10 minutes at the start of each day while the teacher took roll, passed back papers, etc. The students got a Book III off the shelf when they entered the room and did the assigned problems. After these 8-10 minutes the students did their regular curriculum. The warm-ups kept his students up to date on basics. Book III also kept them familiar with word problems. When taking the state test the students were very comfortable with word problems and did very well. |
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