Train young students to properly set up a math notebook with this 1/3″ graph paper.
Students can practice organizing problems, correctly sizing numbers, and writing in orderly rows as they complete their math work. Instilling good habits of neat math work in the younger years cuts down on careless mistakes in higher-level math.
Memoria Math Notebook: 1/3″ Graph Paper
Memoria Press’ mathematics program is based on mastery learning that utilizes memorization and repeated practice in the lower grades. Students must overlearn basic math skills in middle school in order to be successful in the more conceptual high school math.
In primary-level mathematics, mastery of addition and subtraction is key. Of the four concrete operations, the main focus of daily work is only upon these two. Through introduction, practice, and consistent review, one obtains mastery of these facts in both written and oral format. Then, by seventh grade when students are able to understand abstract math concepts, they expend no time or brain energy on calculation of concrete operations, but all attention is toward learning the new material. After students display oral mastery of the operations, they should complete their work on the speed at which they write a correct answer. Though other math-related skills are introduced at each level, some form of practice each day should be devoted to sums and differences.
Math is key aspect of the Memoria Press Classical Core Curriculum. This is a complete classical Christian curriculum that emphasizes the traditional liberal arts and the cultural heritage of the Christian West as expressed in the great works of language, history, and literature. The Classical Core Curriculum has an early focus on reading, writing, arithmetic, and Latin.
