Math Skill Builder

Math Skill Builder for Grades 6, 7, and 8

The Skill Builder Math Program is designed to improve student problem solving and test preparation skills.

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All the Tools for Student Success!

Skill Builder assists student learning with small, targeted, focused lessons to help students learn the concepts that will improve their math skills.

Targeted Lessons

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• Review: Basic skills are broken down in focused lessons.
• Practice: Guided Practice models student answers to demonstrate how to complete the task.
• Apply: Students complete exercises on their own with the Now You Try It feature.

Engaging Activities

Skill Builder for Math engages and motivates struggling students in a variety of ways. Activities can be done individually or in groups.

View the activity (PDF) A Little Something Different.

Complete Teacher Support!

Skill Builder for Math provides comprehensive support for teachers using the program with:

• implementation and pacing guides
• teaching strategies
• activity ideas for every lesson
• assessments to help monitor student progress easily

Comprehensive Program

Skill Builder helps target and teach the most essential math skills in a complete way using:

• program assessment
• targeted lessons
• instructional advice
• activity ideas

See how the program works! (PDF)

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Save Time

The Implementation and Planning Guide outlines program options and pacing based on the most effective use of time and the goal of scaffolding skills.

Instructional Support

Skill Builder for Math provides activity ideas that can be used to introduce skills as well as suggestions and probing questions to help students as they work. Error Alerts are also outlined to help teachers prevent common student mistakes.

See instructional support for:

• Each skill (PDF)
• Assessment and group activities (PDF)

Comprehensive Assessment

Skill Builder provides multiple opportunities to assess student performance including Program Pretest, Unit Pre and Post test, as well as a Program Post assessment.

See an example of Pretest Assessment! (PDF)

Package Support

Skill Builder for Math offers an optional technology component to assess, prescribe and remediate your students online easily at http://www.phschool.com/successtracker/.

Classroom Manipulatives help students apply their math skills.

Each kit contains:

• 10 Spinners
• 10 Rulers
• 1 Tape Measure
• 8 Sets of Algebra Tiles
• 8 Sets of Number Cubes