This unit focuses on teaching students to be more critical readers. Students learn a visual approach to percents and decimals. Label Explosions Using labels to solve problems. This is our most powerful unit, in that it gives students of all reading levels the ability to solve complex problems. We have adapted and enhanced dimensional analysis so every student, even those with learning disabilities, can succeed.
Many students start to realize that they, too, can solve very challenging real-life math problems.
Mental Wizardry Mental math tricks and estimation. A very important skill for students to master. At this time, students are ready to start to learn and understand algebra, especially with the visual approach we use. Signed numbers and inverse operations are used to solve simple equations. The Metric system is taught in depth.