Teaching Textbooks Review

Teaching Textbooks Math 5 Review

This School year my 5th grader will be using Teaching Textbooks Math 5. I chose this particular curriculum because last year math for my son was like pulling teeth everyday. [both for my son and me]

How I found Teaching Textbooks:

I wasn’t even researching math curriculum for my 5th grader when I came across Teaching Textbooks. I found their Algebra program to be perfect for my High Schooler as it gives video tutorials for each problem in the book. This led me to explore the curriculum for my 5th grader.

Video Review:

Teaching Textbooks Homeschool Math  - A Review from a Homeschooling mom and her Daughter who is using Math 6. It shows you the CD lectures.

Made for the Homeschooler:

Teaching Textbooks is simple to use and is geared toward the Homeschooler not a School classroom with a teacher. Math textbooks usually have problems and some examples with very little teaching because most textbooks are written for the school room not a homeschool.

Using the Curriculum:

You watch the lecture, do the problems and then if you miss a problem you can find the tutorial for that specific problem.  I find this last tool to be more valuable for the higher math skills such as Algebra, Geometry and Pre-Calculus.

Steps to Using Teaching Textbooks in Your Homeschool:

1. Give your student a Placement Test
2. Watch the Demo video *on home page*
3. Order the Curriculum – 1-866-TOP-MATH includes free shipping in U.S. and Canada

Highlights of Teaching textbooks:

• Audiovisual solutions for every single problem
• Automated grading and instant feedback on every homework and quiz problem
• Animated lectures with lots of real-word applications
• 114 lessons plus 19 quizzes
• Topics covered operations with whole numbers, fractions, and decimals, simple geometry concepts, units of measure, and percents.

Suggested Use of Math 5 :

1. Watch the CD lecture
2. Read the summary of the lecture in the textbook [key information is highlighted]
3. Work 5 practice problems, enter answer into the computer, if you get the problem wrong just try it again. If you get the problem wrong a second time watch the step-by-step solution.
4. Work each problem in the lesson, enter answer into the computer, if you get the problem wrong just try it again. If you get the problem wrong a second time, watch the step-by-step solution.

Take a Sample Lesson to see how the lecture and the book work.

Teaching Textbook is also compatible with Mac Computers and comes with an Answer key.

 

I am looking forward to teaching with this math curriculum this year and will update this review as we continue our lessons throughout the year. I’d love to see how my son rates this course.

Have you used this math program? I would love to read your thoughts about it, just comment below.