Perry Posted June 27, 2008 Share Posted June 27, 2008 We just finished up Chalkdust pre-algebra, and think I've decided on Foerster's for Algebra 1 next year. I'm looking through the book, and it looks like much of it is a review of what we did in pre-algebra. I'm thinking about doing 2 or 3 lessons a day, and just picking out the harder problems from each lesson. Has anyone done this? Or is it really more in-depth than I realize? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pam L in Mid Tenn Posted June 27, 2008 Share Posted June 27, 2008 I have found that doubling lessons doesn't allow enough time for the information to "perk" or "process" in the brain. We've tried to double some lessons but it just doesn't work for us. I would suggest going over one lesson per day and assigning select problems. It the beginning is truly a review then maybe you will only assign a few problems to work per day. Or perhaps you could review by working through some problems together. If you do decide to double lessons, I would do one lesson early in the day and another later in the day. It takes time for the math to "sink in." IMHO, Pam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kathleen in VA Posted June 27, 2008 Share Posted June 27, 2008 I have found that doubling lessons doesn't allow enough time for the information to "perk" or "process" in the brain. We've tried to double some lessons but it just doesn't work for us. I would suggest going over one lesson per day and assigning select problems. It the beginning is truly a review then maybe you will only assign a few problems to work per day. Or perhaps you could review by working through some problems together. If you do decide to double lessons, I would do one lesson early in the day and another later in the day. It takes time for the math to "sink in." IMHO, Pam :iagree: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perry Posted June 27, 2008 Author Share Posted June 27, 2008 I wouldn't double up if the material is new, but it looks like review, so it shouldn't need to sink in. They already know it. Am I off base here? Other Chalkdust prealgebra users, did you find Algebra 1 to be mostly new material or lots of review? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cedarmom Posted June 28, 2008 Share Posted June 28, 2008 Have your son look at it. Does he feel familiar with the material? If he feels like it is review, then double up, or if it is super easy- gasp-you could even skip the material. If he gets stuck or doesn't have something down, review then. This is one of the reasons why homeschooling is so wonderful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
In The Great White North Posted June 28, 2008 Share Posted June 28, 2008 In the beginning of Foerster, we did the chapter test as a pretest. He was coming out of school, so I had no idea what he had done in algebra. I did know what he hadn't done, even though they called it algebra, which was why we were doing algebra 1 again anyway. Turned out a few chapters could be skipped entirely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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