Includes everything you need for a successful experience with Alpha.
The Alpha Universal Set Includes:
- Alpha Instruction Pack - The Alpha Instruction Pack contains the Instruction Manual with lesson-by-lesson instructions and answer keys, and the DVD with lesson-by-lesson video instruction.
- Alpha Student Pack - The Alpha Student Pack contains the Student Workbook with lesson-by-lesson worksheets, systematic review pages, and Application & Enrichment pages, as well as Alpha Tests.
- Alpha Digital Pack - Lifetime access to Alpha streaming instruction videos and Instruction Manual PDF, lesson solutions, Skip Count Songs MP3s and Songbook PDFs, and other online resources from any browser. You'll also have access to the Math-U-See Digital Manipulatives, using Chrome or Safari browsers. (access instructions are delivered via email after your order ships).
- Integer Block Kit- This 133-piece manipulative block set is the only one you'll need for all levels of Math-U-See, from Primer through Algebra 1; includes 20 ones and tens, 13 fives, and 10 each of twos, threes, fours, sixes, sevens, eights, nines, and hundreds blocks, plus the Decimal Streetâ„¢/Block Clock poster. The durable cardboard storage box doubles as a carrying case while keeping blocks tidy and simplifying clean up.
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Alpha focuses on teaching the concepts of single digit addition and subtraction. We use systematic teaching strategies to help students commit the addition and subtraction facts to memory.
Table of Contents
Major Concepts and Skills Include:
- Understanding place value
- Extending the counting sequence
- Fluently adding all single-digit numbers
- Solving for an unknown addend
- Understanding the relationship between addition and subtraction
- Fluently subtracting all single-digit numbers
Additional concepts and skills:
- Telling and writing time by hours and minutes
- Recognizing & drawing rectangles, squares, and circles
- Measuring length by repeating units
- Introducing halves and fourths
- Counting by 2s, 5s, 10s, and 100s
- Reading, writing & interpreting word problems
