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These were the materials covered in last year's professional development. This year's session is a follow-up with revisiting of core ideas and extension of others.

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marshallcavendishinstitute S I N G A P O R E

professionaldevelopment i n s i n g a p o r e m a t h Weston Public Schools Yeap Ban Har 8.00 a.m. to 9.30 a.m.

[email protected]

www.banhar.blogspot.com

https://sites.google.com/site/yeapbanhar

www.facebook.com/MCISingapore

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CONTENTS

Session 1

Fractions Grades 6 – 7 ………………………...……………… Page 3

Session 2

Problem Solving Grades K – 2 and 5 – 7 ………………...…… Page 7

Session 3

Whole Numbers Addition & Subtraction Grade 2 …………… Page 11

Session 4

Number Bonds & Early Mathematics Grades K – 1 …………… Page 13

Session 5

Word Problems in Fractions and Ratio Grades 5 – 7 ………… Page 15

This professional development program aims to provide participants with an

understanding of the fundamentals of Singapore Math. Participants teaching

middle school will also learn about the bar model method. This course can be

done for credits in MAP101 Fundamentals in Singapore Mathematics

Curriculum and MAP111 Bar Models in Primary Mathematics.

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Session 1

Fractions Grades 6 – 7

Students typically learn multiplication and division in middle school. This session helps you understand the main causes of difficulties with fractions and how to help students learn fraction multiplication and division in a way that it relates to whole number operations.

Students need to develop a conceptual understanding of fraction as part of a whole. When 1 is divided into equal parts, each part can be named. For example, these are named as halves, thirds, fourths and eighths. They should appreciate the meaning of numerator (‘number’) and denominator (‘noun’). Thus, 3 fifths is in the same language structure as 3 lions.

Students need to understand what can be counted, added and subtracted, and what cannot. For example, 2 boys and 3 girls do not add up to 5 boys nor 5 girls. Put simply, different ‘nouns’ cannot be counted, added or subtracted. Thus, it is impossible to take away 2 boys from a group of 5 girls. It is, however, possible to take away 2 children from a group of 5 children.

Students need to be fluent in finding equivalent fractions. Students must understand the two meanings of division – as sharing and as grouping.

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Example 1

Find the values of

5

1

5

2

10

1

5

2

2

1

3

1

2

11

3

14

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Example 2 Let the square piece of paper stand for 1.

Show 4

3.

Share 4

3 equally among 3.

What is the value of 34

3 ?

Show these using a rectangular strip of paper which stands for 1.

What is the value of 24

3 ?

What is the value of 44

3 ?

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Example 3

How many 4

1s are there in 2?

How many 4

3s are there in 2?

How many 2

1s are there in

4

3 ?

How many 4

3s are there in

2

1 ?

Key Ideas

The ability to visualize is emphasized in Singapore Math. Students learn concepts and skills through the CPA Approach where they have initial concrete experiences, which are followed by the use of visuals and pictorial representations to eventually deal with concepts and skills in an abstract way.

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Session 2

Problem Solving Grades K – 2 and 5 – 7

Problem solving is central in Singapore Math. In this session we look at how Singapore textbook is written to promote teaching through problem solving where every lesson begins with an anchor problem. There is some expectations that students can do tasks that are different from the ones taught and tasks more complex than the one taught. This is after all the essence of problem solving.

Example 4

This square tile stands for 1. Show 4 in different ways. Show 5 in different ways.

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Example 5

Arrange in either a square or rectangular arrangement.

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Example 6

Amy has 8 cookies. Billy gives her 6 more. How many cookies does Amy have now?

Example 7

Divide the square into 4 equal parts.

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Example 8

Change each into a rectangle but cutting and rearranging.

Example 9

Cheryl has $1950. She has $250 less than David. How much money do they both have altogether?

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Session 3

Addition and Subtraction Grade 2

How do we balance mastery of a skill and problem solving?

Example 10

Mr. Lee has 381 boxes of cookies in his shop. How many boxes will there be after he sells 198 boxes?

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Example 11

Use one set of digit tiles to make a correct addition sentence.

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Session 4

Number Bonds & Early Numeracy Grades K – 1

What are the essential elements of early mathematics?

Example 12

Put the bears into two boxes. How many bears in each box?

Study two consecutive lessons in Kindergarten from a Singapore textbook. Think about how number bonds is introduced.

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Example 13

Use a tangram set to make a rectangle. Look at the rectangle you made. Trace the rectangle on a sheet of paper.

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Example 14

Use two different digits to make two different two-digit numbers. Subtract the smaller number from the larger number. Look for a pattern. Study a lesson video on how this lesson is conducted in a Grade 1 class.

Observation Question Notes

Example 15

Use numbers 1 to 5 so that the total of the three numbers in the vertical column is equal to the total of the three numbers in the horizontal row.

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Session 5

Bar Models Grades 5 – 7

Example 16

Larry and Maria share $300 in the ratio 1 : 3.

How much does Maria get?

Example 17

A bottle of syrup was 4

3 full.

After Mrs. Chan used 100 ml of syrup from the bottle, it became 12

5 full.

What was the capacity of the bottle?

Source: Ai Tong School Semestral Assessment 2011 (Primary 4)

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Example 18

May and Chris had 550 bookmarks altogether.

May had 4

1 as many bookmarks as Chris.

How many bookmarks must Chris give to May so that they have an equal number of bookmarks?

Source: Kong School Semestral Assessment 2011 (Primary 4)

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Example 19

In a test consisting of Sections A, B and C, Ben spent 5

1 of his time on Section A,

3

1 of the

remaining time on Section B and the rest of the time on Section C. If he spent 48 minutes

on Section C, how much time did he take to complete the whole test?

Source: My Pals Are Here! Maths 5A (Second Edition)

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Example 20

34 of a group of 88 students wear spectacles.

3

1 of the boys and

7

3 of the girls wear spectacles.

How many girls wear spectacles?

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Example 21

A man is now 3 times as old as his son. In 10 years’ time, the sum of their ages will be 76. How old was the man when his son was born?

Source: New Syllabus Mathematics (Sixth Edition)

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Example 22

Jason, Edward and Sam had a total of $837. Jason had the least amount of money. The ratio of Edward’s money to Sam’s money was 4 : 3 at first. Jason and Edward each spent

of their money. Given that the three boys had $648 left, how much did Jason have at

first?

Source: Anglo Chinese Schools Preliminary Examination 2011 (Primary 6)

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Example 23

Nurul and Peili went shopping together with a total sum of $60. Nurul spent twice as much

as Peili. The amount Peili had left was $7 more than what she had spent. She had twice as

much money left as Nurul?

(a) How much money did Peili spend?

(b) How much money did Nurul have at first?

Source: Primary School leaving Examination 2007 – 2011