Getting Smarter Every Day: Book D, Grades 5-7: Mathematics

Getting Smarter Every Day is a selection of activities, puzzles, ideas, information, and graphics to excite, enrich, challenge, instruct, amaze, and entertain students. This program aims to broaden student perspectives on what mathematics really is and its application in the real world.

This program will help students develop the ability to understand an apply mathematics in everyday life, also known as numeracy. Four major instructional approaches are used to develop numeracy, leading to student success in mathematics:

• Discussion and interaction
• Active exploration
• Visualization and estimation
• Interrelating concepts

Activities can be used to supplement an existing program in the form of homework or in-class. The program is also flexible and can be used in group settings, as extra practice for individual students, or for whole-class.

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