Each student book provides the necessary learning experiences to help students move from the concrete and pictorial to the more abstract. The books also provide independent practice of specific skills to help consolidate concepts.
Features of the student book:
- A progressive development, with clear modelling and strong support
- Instructions that are clear, easy to read and at an appropriate reading level
- The choice of activities, with many real world and high-interest examples
- Colourful illustrations that are meaningful and aid students’ understanding
- The structured development of a wide range of mental calculation strategies
- Regular challenges for more able students
- Reinforcement and revision of key concepts
- Working mathematically and problem solving across the series – problem solving using a range of strategies including drawing a diagram, looking for patterns, trial and error and working backwards.