Bluebonnet Home Scholars Collaborative

Flower Forth

Form 1 Math Courses

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Description:

Bluebonnet is pleased to offer full courses in mathematics for Form 1 students at the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd grade levels, completing our full 1st grade through Calculus math program. At Bluebonnet Home Scholars Collaborative, the study of math is rooted in wonder. Students are invited to delve deeply into the beauty of math and to undertake mathematical study as an act of worship in which they can catch a glimpse into the mind of God.

Pre-requisite testing is required for placement.

Materials:

For All Elementary Math Classes:

Note that workbooks must be clean copies and that parents are required to purchase the Teacher’s Guides, not the Home Instructor’s Guides. The Teacher’s Guides include solutions for student workbooks and allow parents to facilitate at-home lesson instruction time in harmony with the classroom teacher’s classroom lessons.

What is Singapore Math?

For Math 1:

Families should purchase the following required supplies:

Manipulative supplies for at-home use:
  • Mathlink cubes (like this)
  • Counting manipulatives (can be as simple as dry beans or transparent markers like this)
  • Ten-frame structure template PDF (print from Dimensions website, here)
For Math 2:
 
Families should purchase the following required supplies:

Manipulative supplies for at-home use:

  • Place value discs (like this)
  • Counting manipulatives (can be as simple as dry beans or transparent markers, like this)

For Math 3:

Families should purchase the following required supplies:

Manipulative supplies for at-home use:

  • Place value discs (like this)
  • Counting manipulatives (can be as simple as dry beans or transparent markers like this)

The instructor will supply various manipulatives for hands-on class time. 

*Parents, note that the Teacher’s Guide is required and will help to continue at-home lesson instruction time. Below is a quotation of the Guide’s description from the Singapore website: “Teacher’s guides are a comprehensive resource for achieving lesson objectives. They include background information, detailed lesson plans, helpful suggestions, and activities. They help educators understand the purpose of each lesson within the context of the curriculum.”

The Singapore Dimensions website also provides Additional Resources, which include printable manipulative and storybook ideas for each chapter.