Ideal for students who need extra support to meet grade-level math requirements, CAMS & STAMS focuses on key foundational math skills, which align to NCTM Focal Points and Connections. Topics include:
- Place Value
- Addition and Subtraction
- Multiplication
- Division
- Fractions
- Decimals
- Ratios
- Proportional Relationships
| Expressions Equations Plane Geometry Linear Measurement Area Surface Area Volume Graphs |
Use the CAMS pretest to determine which STAMS lessons are most appropriate for a particular student.
- Pretest and post test each include 80 items, five items for each of the 16 lesson topics
- Each of the four benchmarks includes 16 items, one item for each of the 16 topics
- Teacher Guide includes tracking forms and student self-assessment reproducibles
STAMS Student Books provide highly scaffolded and visually appealing lessons designed specifically to support struggling students.
- Five-part lessons provide focus and depth on each topic
- As students move through each five-part lesson, support is gradually removed to build student independence
- At each stage of the lesson, students become more accountable for their learning
- Students solve increasingly challenging problems as they move through each lesson
- Each lesson includes instruction and practice in answering multiple-choice, extended-response, and short-response questions
STAMS Teacher Guides give you the structure and support you need to teach lessons most effectively, using best practices such as wait time, collaborative learning, and informed progress monitoring. Key features in each lesson include:
- Math Background helps teachers understand why the content of a particular lesson is important for students to learn
- Step-by-step instruction walks teachers through what they need to say and do during each part of the lesson
- Answer Analysis explains why an answer is correct and also shows the types of errors students make that lead them to answer questions incorrectly
- Error Alert points out common errors students make
- Additional Activities reinforces conceptual understanding: Hands-on Activity, Reteaching Activity, Vocabulary Activity, Real-World Connection, School-Home Connection, and Challenge Activity
- ELL Support alerts you to words that might be making it harder for English language learners to learn a skill
The CAMS & STAMS Book Collection includes:
—25 Student Books plus a Teacher Guide from each of the two series
—Total 50 Student Books and 2 Teacher Guides
Named a 2011 AEP (Association of Educational Publishers) Distinguished Achievement Award Finalist.
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