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Mental Math A – Summer

$149.50

“Mental math tricks boost kids’ confidence, improve their memory, math logic, computation speed, problem solving, and so much more” ~Prof. Lidiya

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Offered By Instructor

Lidiya Gettya
Content Level

Elementary – Grades 3-4
Course Length

8-Week Course – Summer Session
Day & Time

Wednesdays, 9 AM Pacific – 6/02/21 – 7/26/21
Enrollment

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Description

This is an introductory course in a series of Mental Math classes. Mental Math A course is for Elementary age students who are confident with multiplication table and ready to learn a few new tricks to increase their computation skills.

Kids will feel like geniuses with newly found confidence in math computation and easy-to-use mental math strategies they will learn in class. Students will learn time-saving tricks for fast and easy addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.

Students will learn:

  • To use mental math to find estimations.
  • Basic strategies: Make up, break up and compensate.
  • Combining numbers for easy addition.
  • Patterns of 10 and 100.
  • Chunking numbers for multiplication and division.
  • Easy tricks for number 9.
  • Practicing to improve our memory.
  • Patterns in 100 chart.
  • Doubles and halves.
  • Money math.
  • Applying mental math to problem solving.

Note to parents:

  • Students need to know their multiplication tables up to x12 in order to enroll in this class.
  • Mental Math is offered in two different sections: Section A and Section B. Students may take these sections in any order.

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What to Expect

What to expect in the Required section in the classroom each week:

  • Complete practice worksheets to apply newly learned skills during the webinar.
  • Online practice games may be offered for additional practice during some weeks.
  • Contribute and solve math puzzles posted by classmates in the Open Forum.

What to expect in the Highly Suggested & Optional sections in the classroom each week:

  • Videos and video tutorials about different mental math strategies.
  • Additional optional practice sheets.
  • Curated resources, including websites & videos, are provided to excite learners and to add depth to the subject matter, or just for fun.

What to expect during the weekly webinar:

  • Weekly webinars are 50 minutes long. Webinars are recorded and are available for students with schedule conflicts.
  • Primary instruction and guided discussions are provided during live webinars.
  • Active Participation (via the microphone and chat) is expected.

Materials & More

Before taking this course, students should be able to: 

  • Know multiplication tables up to x12.
  • Respond constructively to their classmates’ ideas, even when disagreeing.

Students should be willing to:

  • Actively participate (via the microphone and chat) in the class discussion.
  • Encourage class discussion by adding their questions/ideas in the chat window during the webinar.

Required books & materials:

  • Mental Math Kids Can’t Resist! by Richard Piccirilli
    • ISBN-10: 0439186056
    • ISBN-13: 978-0439186056

Enrollment Options

Live Webinars - Wednesdays, 9 AM Pacific - 6/02/21 - 7/26/21

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