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Grade 3 Math (MEP) Part Two with Kris Correira
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The British-based Mathematics Enhancement Programme (MEP) is a comprehensive math program for grades K-12. This well-designed, integrated spiral program develops math fluency using a wide variety of activities that integrate concepts in such a way that students learn math by figuring out how to solve them.
Note that this course is open while it is under development-- enroll as usual and watch for more content to be posted each week!
You can read more about MEP in a blog post I wrote for HSC: https://homeschoolconnections.com/homeschool-mep-math/
Course Description: MEP has been adapted for US homeschoolers and the Homeschool Connections format. It includes complete lesson plans, a student book, and answer keys. The course does not have lectures; instead, math proficiency is acquired through doing and discussing various math activities. The teacher introduces and guides each activity as students find solutions as a class and individually.
MEP has four lessons each week. The live classes go through activities in the first lesson plan of the week except the three to five problems that also appear in the student practice book. Students complete the practice book problems as "homework" and the work reviewed by a parent, reviewing any difficulties.
Parents use the lesson plans to "teach" the activities in remaining three weekly lessons, and the student completes the practice book page for each lesson as "homework".
This class includes videos for ALL the lessons in the course recorded by Kris Correira!
Parents can decide how they want to incorporate this course into their math curriculum.
Complete – parents who want to use MEP as the core math curriculum have the teacher complete the other 3 lesson plans each week. You become the “class” for some problems, so your child does not have to complete every answer to every situation, but enough to show mastery in the concept. Continue to assign the student book problems as homework. Grading for full participation is pass/fail based on attending 80% of classes, submitting at least 80% of corrected student work problems.
Audit – feel free to sign your child up to participate just for math enhancement. No attendance or submitted work required, and no grade will be assigned. You will have full access to all the class and lesson videos.
Instructor: Kris Correira
All lesson plans can be downloaded from https://www.cimt.org.uk/projects/mepres/primary/index.htm
Other materials
· Colored pencils
· Graph paper
I recommend you have math manipulatives available to help students visualize concepts. These can be purchased or homemade (see Start Here section of the course for downloads). Consider:
· Counters of various colors
· Place value bars (1s, 10s, 100s)
· Fraction set
· Congruent and similar basic geometric shapes (several tangram sets are helpful)
· Lots of scrap paper or a chalk/dry-erase board
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Grade 3 Math (MEP) Part Two with Kris Correira
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Kris Correira
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Math
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Grade School
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January 8th, 2026 at 1:00 PM ET
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Recorded, free with subscription
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Special notes
This semester is 14 weeks.
Total classes
Duration
Prerequisites
Grade School Math 3 or 4 Part One
Suggested grade level
Suggested credit
Outline
The course follows the MEP Year 3 weekly lesson plans.
Materials
Homework
Parent and child together complete the remaining three 30-minute lessons each week. Students independently complete a single page of 3 to 5 math problems daily, one for each lesson, so four in total. Parents correct homework with students, guided by the prompts in the lesson plan, before submitting them. Exam preparation is not necessary as it is competency-based.
Kris Correira
athomescience@gmail.com
About Kris Correira, DSc, MA Theology/Bioethics, PA-C
Dr. Correira has been a physician assistant since 1993. She has worked in emergency medicine, urgent care, family practice, and virtual care. She is the President of the Catholic Advanced Practice Providers Association, a member of the Catholic Medical Association, and a Distinguished Fellow of the American Academy of Physician Assistants. She has completed a Doctor of Science in Physician Assistant Studies in the education track from MCPHS University, a Master of Arts in Theology with a concentration in Bioethics from Holy Apostles College and Seminary, and a certificate of Health Care Ethics from the National Catholic Bioethics Center.
Dr. Correira also has extensive teaching experience. For 20 years, she taught in the paramedic training program at a community college. She taught during the 2000’s and was an early adopter of online course enhancement, then online course development. She had taught multiple high school and middle school courses in science, math, and philosophy (bioethics) for Homeschool Connections. She also homeschooled her three sons (who are all now adults). Most recently, she has joined the HSC grade school team to teach math and science.
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