Product Description
Marko the Pencil helps students boost math skills and score high on tests. Students learn how to read problems carefully, identify relevant information, use pictures and diagrams, and look for patterns. This DVD provides a great review of third-grade math. Clear explanations and humor make it fun and effective. Some of the topics covered include multiplication, division, place value, fact families, time, making change, graphs, perimeter, multi-step word problems, and simple probability. Correlated to the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics and State Standards.
Review
Marko the Pencil takes viewers step-by-step through solving 40 math problems. The tips provided about erasing completely and having a good breakfast are solid, as are the specific math strategies like looking for patterns and drawing picture to solve problems.
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Stephanie Farnlacher, Trace Crossing Elementary School, Hoover, LA
This is a super tool for teachers to use with classes preparing for standardized tests. It covers everything students would need to know and shows good examples. Wonderful explanations of the types of math problems that children may encounter. As a Math Teacher for 12 years, I really appreciated specific aspects to this video. -- Kids First Adult Juror Comment
This DVD serves as an excellent introduction to assessment tests. A friendly pencil named Marko gives "tips" to taking tests. Multiple choice tests with math word problems may be new or difficult for children who are not continually tested in this format, but Marko takes all the scariness out of the tests. Using example problems, Marko and the virtual student explain and show kids just how to read the entire question, select the information that is required to answer the question, and how to reason out the best answer by reading all the answers and selecting the one that answers the question. Marko demonstrates how to properly mark the test booklet by filling in the bubble completely. He also tells kids to erase any other marks from the paper to ensure they receive the proper credit for their answers. Marko the Pencil moves through a variety of problems that appear on most standardized tests. By the end of the show, children should feel comfortable with the formatting of standardized testing and the types of problems they will be required to solve and mark c
This is a super tool for teachers to use with classes preparing for standardized tests. It covers everything students would need to know and shows good examples. Wonderful explanations of the types of math problems that children may encounter. As a Math Teacher for 12 years, I really appreciated specific aspects to this video. -- Kids First Adult Juror Comment
This DVD serves as an excellent introduction to assessment tests. A friendly pencil named Marko gives "tips" to taking tests. Multiple choice tests with math word problems may be new or difficult for children who are not continually tested in this format, but Marko takes all the scariness out of the tests. Using example problems, Marko and the virtual student explain and show kids just how to read the entire question, select the information that is required to answer the question, and how to reason out the best answer by reading all the answers and selecting the one that answers the question. Marko demonstrates how to properly mark the test booklet by filling in the bubble completely. He also tells kids to erase any other marks from the paper to ensure they receive the proper credit for their answers. Marko the Pencil moves through a variety of problems that appear on most standardized tests. By the end of the show, children should feel comfortable with the formatting of standardized testing and the types of problems they will be required to solve and mark c
