Ray's for Today Level 4 Set

Includes the Student Text and Teacher Manual for level 4.

The Student Text is easy to use, and students are provided space on each page to work out the lesson. Instruction is presented, examples provided, then an exercise. Books are printed in black and white with no fancy graphics or pictures. The only illustrations you see directly support the lesson or exercises.

The Instructors Manual explains how the program works, clarifies your role as a parent/teacher, lists suggested manipulatives, and outlines how to assess. You can use the suggested manipulatives or household items, which are: more than 100 counters, chalkboard/whiteboard or blank paper (your choice), jumbo-sized craft sticks, rubber bands, handwriting practice pads (optional), 12-month calendar, 100 pennies, 10 dimes, 4 quarters, 2 half dollars, one dollar bill, crayons, 2-4 treats to sell, 5 game markers, paperclip, various sized toys, plastic glasses, plastic fork, measuring cups, empty gallon jug, funnel, various templates found at the back of the Instructors Manual. These are some of the items used in both Levels 1 and 2, but a few other items are listed at the beginning of each unit. There are no formal assessments, but there are suggestions to help you out. Cement Mixers are oral drills that are found at the beginning of each unit (five units in Level 2). These are used to cement the facts into the minds of young learners. Each unit begins with an overview, suggested schedule, background, goals, materials list, and extension activities. Each lesson within the unit includes materials needed and step-by-step instruction for teaching the concept that is very easy to follow. The appendix includes a scope and sequence for that level, end-of-year benchmark checklist, summer skills review, cement mixers checklist, templates to be copied for the lessons, and an answer key.

Level 4 is for ages 9 and 10 and covers number concepts that include whole and rational numbers, fractions, decimals, mixed numbers, and zero, commutative, identity, and associative properties for addition and multiplication, powers of ten, rounding, estimating; arithmetic operations that include vocabulary for the four functions, signs of operations, mental math, functions to millions, multiplying 2-digit numbers, long division, and dividing by 2-digit numbers; money; time; measurement includes customary measure and abbreviations, metric measure and abbreviations; geometric constructions review of plane and solid figures, regular and irregular figures, triangles and angles, circles, area, perimeter, point, lines, rays, protractor, diagonals, and tangrams; fractions includes wholes, proper and improper fractions, mixed numbers, addition and subtraction with unlike denominators, and reducing; decimals in money, place value through thousandths, equivalent decimals, comparing and ordering, and addition and subtraction of decimals; graphing averages, median and mode; problem-solving; Venn Diagrams. The goal of level 4 is that students become proficient at adding and subtracting fractions and mixed numbers, recognize and work with numbers through the millions, multiply by a 2-digit number, be able to do long division by 1-digit and 2-digit numbers, be introduced to decimals and decimal place values.