Textbook Review, Grade Three
Scott Foresman: Addison Wesley
Math
Strengths
- Each chapter in this book has a theme that it follows; this makes it fun for children to learn. It also helps to disguise what is actually being taught to them.
- Each chapter has a team project, which has to do with the theme, this allows children to work together and learn from each other.
- I like how many of the pages have little math tips or facts that can help the students in there learning of the math topic on that page.
- I think it is good that the vocabulary words are on the side of the page with some definitions, so if a child does not know what a word is it is right there for them to see.
- I like the sections labeled "your choice" this gives the child a chance to choose what they would like to do for their practice.
- Each section has a "talk about it" section, this is where it gives you a scenario and then the students and the teacher would talk about it, this is helpful for kids to be able to talk about how they would solve a problem so then the teacher can understand their thinking.
Weaknesses
- I think that it is good to integrate subjects together, but I feel like this book does a little too much of the integrating. Every chapter has little facts or information not technically pertaining to the topic.
- There may be too many story word problems for this age level.
- When a subject is taught, I do not feel like it is covered in enough detail for students to be able to learn it.
- I think there is too much time spent on reviewing instead of learning.
- There are some sections called "algebra readiness," I feel like third graders may not be ready for all of the algebra activities that this book asks them to do.
- The organization of this book could be a little better. I would do multiplication items after I did probability items.
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