Brain Gym - 數學 3/4：數學講座、批判性思考技能、每日應用問題

This class will help your learner improve all facets of their math brain.  Each class will be broken into three parts: Math Talks, Critical Thinking Skills, and Problem of the Day.  

Math Talks are focused 10-minute discussions and instruction on mental math strategies.  Learners will solve 3 to 5 mental math problems, exploring multiple ways to solve and discussing the most efficient strategies.  The purpose of Math Talks is to provide learners with multiple strategies for solving so they can use the one that works best for them.

The Critical Thinking Skills portion of class will alternate between solving logic problems, identifying and extending patterns, and improving visual-spatial thinking and memory.  While not numbers based, this part of class will strengthen the logical-mathematical portion of your learner's brain.

The final part of class is the Problem of the Day, the connection between learning math and using math.  Learners will apply math skills to real world situations through a complex word problem.  Different ways of representing the situation and solving the problem will be encouraged. 

MT (Math Talks), CTS (Critical Thinking Skills), POD (Problem of the Day)
-Mar 4 / Week 1: MT - addition strategies, CTS - visual patterns, POD - money (decimals)
-Mar 11 / Week 2: MT - addition strategies, CTS - visual memory games, POD - perimeter
-Mar 18 / Week 3: MT - addition strategies, CTS - number patterns, POD - perimeter
-Mar 25 / Week 4: MT - addition strategies, CTS - auditory memory games, POD - fractions
-Apr 1 / Week 5: MT - subtraction strategies, CTS - logic problems, POD - money (decimals)
-Apr 8 / Week 6: MT - subtraction strategies, CTS - visual patterns, POD - reading a graph
-Apr 15: NO CLASS - SPRING BREAK 
-Apr 22 / Week 7: MT - subtraction strategies, CTS - visual memory games, POD - fractions
-Apr 29 / Week 8: MT - subtraction strategies, CTS - number patterns, POD - units of measure (customary length)
-May 6 / Week 9: MT - multiplication strategies, CTS - auditory memory games, POD - area
-May 13 / Week 10: MT - multiplication strategies, CTS - logic problems, POD - units of measure (customary capacity)
-May 20 / Week 11: MT - multiplication strategies, CTS - visual patterns, POD - units of measure (customary capacity)
-May 27 / Week 12: MT - multiplication strategies, CTS - visual memory games, POD - money (decimals)

-TBD/ Week 13: MT - division strategies, CTS - number patterns, POD - perimeter
-TBD / Week 14: MT - division strategies, CTS - auditory memory games, POD - area
-TBD / Week 15: MT - division strategies, CTS - TBD, POD - TBD
-TBD / Week 16: MT - division strategies, CTS - TBD, POD - TBD