Category: Mathematics

Components:

The Worktext provides a detailed explanation for each lesson in a straightforward and interesting approach through relevant life situations. Creative and critical thinking as well as self-discovery of problem-solving strategies are developed through worked examples in each lesson and followed through with the following
sections:

• Let’s Work Together – Enable pupils  to work collaboratively as they learn and explore two or more mathematical concepts at the same time
• On Your Own – Develops pupils’ independence in solving and exploring math problems through drills and exercises; includes games and puzzles to ensure that pupils gain speed, accuracy, and mastery of mathematical skills
• Take the Challenge – Deepens pupils’ mathematical concepts and challenges their reasoning and higher-order-thinking skills; provides pupils the opportunity not only to review the fundamental mathematical concepts and techniques but also to put into use the skills learned
• Moving Towards International Math Contest – Provides an opportunity for pupils to apply their mathematical knowledge in solving math problems designed by internationally renowned mathematicians

The Learning Guide with Answer Key includes additional exercises, motivational activities, and strategies in making mathematics a good learning experience and the answer key for all the exercises in the textbook.

Components:

The Worktext consists of concise and mathematically sound lesson discussions, a Working Together section, and a Chapter Test section. Each lesson contains four sets of exercises (Snap this Math!, Middling Math!, MathaLino Challenge, and Enrichment). It features the following:

• Focus on the mastery of basic concepts: Presents a clear and systematic way of explaining concepts and provides exercises that develop and strengthen the mastery of the concept
• Emphasis on the mastery of computational skills and problem-solving techniques: Provides ample examples that explain and show the different computation and problem-solving techniques; contains exercises of increasing levels of difficulty to provide continuous drills to meet the needs of pupils
• Integration of values education and real-life situations: Integrates the attitudes and values
  essential to the development of the character of morally upright law-abiding citizens; includes
  applications to real-life situations in the examples and exercises in every chapter
• Enhancement of reasoning power: Includes an Enrichment exercise in each lesson to improve reasoning skills and to encourage critical thinking
• Enhancement of social skills: Enables and encourages pupils to work in small groups through the Working Together section to further strengthen their understanding of the concepts and to enhance their social skills through the activities that require group dynamics and bonding among the students
• Inclusion of Chapter Tests: Includes a Chapter Test section to provide a set of problems to check the pupils’ mastery of the concepts and the development of their computational skills

The Teachers Guide includes the length of time needed to complete each lesson, teaching strategies, and other relevant activities to assist the teachers in planning their learning experiences.

The series provides functional, relevant, and practical examples that pupils can use in their daily-life interactions with the community, the country, and the world. It allows pupils to figure out the big ideas and essential understandings revolving around the lessons and challenges them to constantly check on their prior learning through the Essential Questions found at the beginning of each chapter. The series contains assessments that are carefully classified into four categories — Knowledge and Technical Skills, Process, Understanding, and Product — that mirror the standards-based assessment mandated by the DepEd Order No. 73.

Features:

• Think Global Math – shows the functional and practical use of Math in the real world
• Make Sense – shows how Math gives meaning and relevance to our daily routines and activities
• Learn More – provides additional information, knowledge, and skills on a higher level to expose the students to more challenging tasks
• My Enduring Understanding – allows students to check the accuracy of their understanding of the lessons discussed
• My Evidence of Learning: Raising the B-A-R – provides various forms of formative assessments, covering the different levels of learning, as mandated by the DepEd Order No. 73.
  Subsections (present assessments in varying degrees of difficulty):
  Building Proficiency – assessments on knowledge
  Approaching Proficiency – assessments on Process and Skills
  Reaching Proficiency – assessments on Understanding, Meaning-Making, and
  Transfer

Phoenix Math for the 21st Century Learners employs an easy-to-understand approach that allows pupils to apply math in daily life. Each book contains straightforward and uncomplicated lesson presentation and uses the concrete-pictorial-abstract format in introducing new concepts. It presents non-routine problems to prepare pupils for international math contest and contains a rich variety of enrichment activities. The series addresses the needs of different types of learners through the following forms of math exercises:

• Towards Better Understanding – provides the learners with oral exercises to allow the teachers to
  observe and measure pupils’ depth of understanding
• Follow-up Practice – develops mathematical skills where pupils practice and apply independently what they have learned from the previous lessons
• Mind Strainers – engages the pupils to explore and communicate mathematical ideas
• Math Corridor – an additional feature found at the end of every chapter; contains calculation shortcuts to
  crunch numbers with ease, problem-solving techniques, and math and logic puzzles

The series places heavy emphasis on learner’s participation as it adopts the activity-oriented approach. Each book presents lessons with real-life themes, pictures, and illustrations to develop the learners’ sense of meaning making in the realm of mathematics. It teaches math concepts, which are intensively integrated with various subject areas, to enable learners in making connections. Through the authentic approach, the series hastens not only the learners’ computational skills but also the problem-solving skills. It addresses different types of learners through the following math exercises:

• Let’s Work Together – facilitates group work and collaborative learning
• On Your Own – enables independence and mastery of skills and concepts taught
• Take the Challenge – deepens learners’ mathematical concepts, mathematical reasoning, and higher-order-thinking skills
• Fun with Math – leads learners in applying mathematical skills in actual experiences

The 21st Century Mathematics series includes more advanced math concepts with emphasis on problem solving. Innovative and up-to-date, it lays the foundation that develops skilled mathematicians as it:

• emphasizes mastery of basic operations;
• offers introductory concepts and activities in computer education and exercises on the wise use of calculators; and
• highlights a section titled Think and Try, which enhances pupils’ logical-and-critical-thinking skills through
  challenging but amusing activities and problems.

The Worktext showcases the following features:

• Focus on skills development: Offers goal-oriented lessons and exercises that intensively develop and reinforce mastery of a particular skill
• Repetitive practice for efficient learning and understanding: Provides immediate and rigorous practice with preliminary and continuous drills, enabling you to render maximum supervision and check pupils’ errors before they begin to work independently
• Emphasis on problem solving: Enables pupils to apply basic math concepts in solving problems and to extend the use of these concepts in a variety of situations

The Teachers Guide supplies reinforcement and enrichment activities and specifies the length of time needed to complete a particular lesson. Further discussion of some math concepts plus other interesting activities are also provided to help you teach the lessons more effectively.

It is anchored on the belief that . . .

• “When you teach a child something, you take away forever
  his chance of discovering it for himself.” – Jean Piaget
• “Just because something is difficult doesn’t mean you shouldn’t try. It just means you should try harder.”- minds-in-bloom.com
• “You do not help a child to grow when you deprive him/hereof the opportunity to think and reason.” -MTCBayle.

This easy-to-use-and-understand MUST HAVE book series allows pupils to figure out the reason and/or logic behind concepts, ideas, and mathematical solutions throughout the series.
Though made simpler in its presentation and discussion, in accordance with the specific grade level, the GOOD NEWS is that the series:

• Remains Faithful in developing critical and logical reasoning skills throughout
• Presents functional, relevant, and practical examples in daily life
• Challenges pupils to constantly check on their prior knowledge through KEY Questions
• Develops 21st Century Skills like critical thinking, collaboration, communication, creativity, and problem-solving through the well-crafted assessments
• Boasts of a Framework that features the following:
  Jumpstart: This section introduces the topic for discussion in an interesting, simple, easy-to-understand manner
  Get Going: This sections provides additional information, knowledge, and skills on a higher level yet remains easily understandable by the ordinary pupil
  Key Points to Remember: This sections outlines the important learnings from the lessons discussed

  Keeping Track: This section provides various forms of formative assessments, covering the different levels of  learning, as mandated by the DepEd Order No. 73
  The susections under this heading present assessments in varying degrees of difficulty and are labeled as Start Up, Power Up, and Finish Line.
  Tune Up Your Learning: This section allows the pupils to assess their progress in acquiring knowledge, skills, and understanding of the lesson discussed.                                                          
                            The series comes with a wrap-around edition to guide the teachers in their delivery of meaningful discussion.