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Consumer Math Lifepac - Unit 8 Worktext
| Item #: | 054696 |
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| ISBN: | 9780740303388 |
| Grades: | 10-12 |
Publisher Description:
Want to teach your student mathematical skills essential to running an office, a business, or a household? Do you want him to understand basic financial records like budgeting and credit terms? If so, the LIFEPAC Consumer Math Unit 8 Worktext from Alpha Omega Publications is just what you need! This print-based, structured elective worktext offers your homeschool student a step-by-step look at basic bookkeeping practices and business operations. Helpful topics in this Alpha Omega curriculum include balance sheets, cash budgets, bank statement reconciliation, payroll deductions, pricing considerations, and credit terms. Product markups, markdowns, and discounts are also discussed too! Made for high school students who have completed Algebra I and Geometry, this eighth in a series of ten math-based curriculum worktexts comes with clear directions and objectives, a variety of questions formats, and story problems that simulate real-life situations!
The LIFEPAC Consumer Math Unit 8 Worktext comes with student-directed lessons, integrated subject material, and personalized instruction opportunities! And if your child hates never-ending math textbooks, he's sure to like this thin, consumable worktext which takes only three to four weeks to complete. Plus, it will give him a real sense of motivation and accomplishment too! This LIFEPAC worktext comes with consistent reviews, self tests, and one removable teacher-administered unit test to solidify student comprehension.
Practical application of math in the areas of family finances, occupations, business, and transportation. Helps students to solve real-life problems in budgeting, banking, and taxes. Boxed set includes ten LIFEPAC workbooks, review test and a solution key (which includes answers to the Lifepac questions), self-test, and test. LIFEPACS ONLY set includes just the Lifepacs, and workbooks and solution key are also sold individually. Prerequisites are Algebra I and Geometry.
A complete, Christian math curriculum that emphasizes skill mastery. Each Complete Boxed Set contains ten LIFEPACs and a teacher guide. The only exception is the Grade K Boxed Set, which contains two student books and a teacher guide. LIFEPACs only (no teacher guide) are also available for use with multiple students. Review and self-tests are built into the curriculum. LIFEPACs are thin, consumable student work texts. They are colorful in the elementary grades, but become less colorful as the grade level increases. Each set of ten LIFEPACs provides a year-long curriculum.
The spiral-bound teacher's guide contains a curriculum overview, teacher's notes, answer keys, and suggested guidelines (for scheduling, grading, study methods, etc). Daily lesson plans are not included. Teacher guides for grades K-1 provide more detailed teaching instruction than guides for grades 2-12. Why? Because the LIFEPAC curriculum facilitates the independent study approach. Starting in second grade, written instruction is included in each LIFEPAC so that the lessons are largely self-instructional. The teacher's responsibilities include introducing each LIFEPAC, setting a schedule, completing teacher checks, being available for student questions, administering and grading tests, and developing additional learning activities.
You might be wondering, "What's the difference between this curriculum and Horizons Math?" After all, both programs come from the same publisher and follow a similar scope and sequence up to the sixth grade. The main difference, in my opinion, is that Horizons is not self-instructional (written instruction is not included in workbooks). Another difference is that LIFEPACs offer standard practice problems whereas Horizons offers a greater variety of problems (mazes, decoding, etc) as well as standard drills, but LIFEPACs provide many more problems per workbook page. ~ Anh
Homeschoolers appreciate the Alpha Omega curricula for their ease of use and quality instruction. There are 4 different teaching options available to help you meet your math education needs: Lifepacs, Horizons, Switched on Schoolhouse (flash drive for Windows only) and Monarch (online). Please see each option for the full course description. Christian content is included in the Lifepac, Switched on Schoolhouse and Monarch curricula.
