Parents, tutors & teachers
The Teaching Companion: Grade 7 Math, Built to Be Understood
Scripted Lessons, Wrong Turns Pre-Answered, and a Math Primer for the Parent, Tutor, or Teacher at the Table
Your Math First, word-for-word scripts, and wrong turns pre-answered for every unit of the Grade 7 workbook.
$11.99
The kids who struggle most in math often have grown-ups at the table who were failed by the same math a generation earlier. Nobody should have to relearn seventh grade at 9 pm to help their learner, so this book does the preparing for you.
For every unit of the student workbook you get three things: Your Math First, word-for-word scripts, and Wrong Turns Pre-Answered. You do not need to be good at math to run these lessons. You need to be calm, curious, and willing to say teach it back to me.
The matching student workbook
Grade 7 Math: Built to Be Understood
The year math turns abstract - negative numbers, equations, inequalities, and percents - taught with pictures first, and never timed.
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What's inside
- Your Math First: a private two-minute refresher in plain words before every unit
- Word-for-word scripts for opening the lesson, the key teaching move, and the teach-it-back prompt
- Wrong Turns Pre-Answered: the two or three likeliest mistakes per unit, what each means, and the sentence that fixes it
- House rules throughout: nothing timed, charts stay on the table, every session ends on a win
- Written by two doctors of education with 55 plus combined years in classrooms
- Designed to be read side by side with the Grade 7 student workbook
Use this level if you see
- You want to help with 7th grade math but do not trust your own math
- Explanations turn into frustration for both of you
- You need a plan for the lesson before it starts
- You are tutoring a 7th grader and want consistent language
Who it's for
- Parents teaching 7th grade math at home
- Tutors who want consistent, tested language
- Teachers and paraprofessionals leading small groups
About the authors
Every Mind Learning Press titles are written and reviewed by Dr. Laurie L. Wellner and Dr. Kathleen Pierce-Friedman, whose work centers on learners that traditional curricula overlook. Read their full bios.
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