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Grade 3 Math (MEP) Part One 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 math program develops math fluency using a wide variety of math activities that integrate concepts, rather than topic-based memorization and practice. MEP is designed for 4 days each week without need for additional practicing or memorizing beyond basic math facts.
You can read more about MEP in a blog post I wrote for HSC: https://homeschoolconnections.com/homeschool-mep-math/
Course Description: MEP is used in classrooms in England, structured as four weekly 45-minute classes for 35 weeks without additional homework. The course has been adapted for US homeschoolers and for the Homeschool Connections format. It includes lesson plans with answers and a student practice book.
The live sessions are not lectures; instead, the teacher introduces and guides the exercises as students develop methods to solve them both individually and as a class. The exercises start out very simply and gradually increase to gently bring students up to the next level of proficiency. Each lesson contains a wide variety of math "activities", so students apply developing skills in different situations. This builds math proficiency and fluency by developing the habit of working through math problems.
The recorded classes are 30 minutes. We go through the activities in the first lesson plan for that week except the three to five problems in the practice book - these are designed for students to complete individually during class (with class discussion after). This will reduce the 45-minute class to 30 minutes. Students complete the practice book problems as "homework" with parents assisting as needed.
Parents need to review the "homework" together with students as guided by the prompts in the lesson plan.
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Instructor: Kris Correira
Colored pencils
Graph paper (printable version available in Caravel)
Metric ruler
Lots of scrap paper or a chalk/dry-erase board
Coins - pennies, nickels, and dimes (real or play)
Counters of various colors
Place value bars (1s, 10s, 100s)
Fraction set
Congruent and similar basic geometric shapes (several tangram sets are helpful)
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Grade 3 Math (MEP) Part One with Kris Correira
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Kris Correira
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Math
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Grade School
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September 4th, 2025 at 1:00 PM ET
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Recorded, free with subscription
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Special notes
MEP introduces multiplication and division in Bk2. For this course, we will use custom books that are a combination of 10 weeks from Bk2 and the rest from Bk3. The combination books have already been compiled and are available in the Start Here section of the course. All rising 3rd graders start here and should be comfortable with addition and subtraction.
Total classes
Prerequisites
Students comfortable with addition and subtraction who have not yet started multiplication and division.
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Suggested credit
Outline
Course Outline: The course follows the MEP Year 2/3 hybrid weekly lesson plans.
Materials
All MEP materials can be downloaded from https://www.cimt.org.uk/projects/mepres/primary/index.htm and are available in Caravel.
Other materials
We 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:
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 each week. Parents correct these with students guided by the prompts in the lesson plan. Exam preparation (if you opt to take it) 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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