Yippee for school's math decision!

[linders]

When the DC started private school this fall, we forewarned the 6th grade math teacher that DS11 was really quite ready for pre-algebra and would likely be bored in 6th grade math. She nodded politely and assured us he would be challenged. (We were skeptical.) Three weeks into the year, DS commented that he was done with the classwork in a quarter the time of the other kids but was enjoying the chance to help them. Hmm, okay. And when he was bored, he got on his school iPad and googled funny comics. Not okay.

 

Yesterday, I was preparing a note to send to the teacher when she sent me the following email:

 

Hi *** and ***,

As you might have noticed, *** is doing very well in his math class. I've spoken to the upper school math director, and with your permission I'd like to start him on pre-algebra work in conjunction with his regular classwork. The name of the website I'd like to get *** going on is called the Art of Problem Solving.  It comes highly recommended, and at first glance looks like it will fit ***'s needs well.  I need your permission before I can get him started, so if you would please take a look and get back with me I'd appreciate it.

Have a good day,

T****

 

Really? AOPS? You mean the material I already have at home that I was planning on for this year before we decided on your school? Heck yes! And I already have material to back him up here.

 

ETA: Ran into the teacher, who says DS is "eating up" the AOPS. She seemed tickled.

 

 

[kiwik]

Sounds cool. Just check that he doesn't have to do every single too easy question from the normal class as well as AOPS.

[Matryoshka]

 

When the DC started private school this fall, we forewarned the 6th grade math teacher that DS11 was really quite ready for pre-algebra and would likely be bored in 6th grade math. She nodded politely and assured us he would be challenged. (We were skeptical.) Three weeks into the year, DS commented that he was done with the classwork in a quarter the time of the other kids but was enjoying the chance to help them. Hmm, okay. And when he was bored, he got on his school iPad and googled funny comics. Not okay.

 

Yesterday, I was preparing a note to send to the teacher when she sent me the following email:

 

Hi *** and ***,

As you might have noticed, *** is doing very well in his math class. I've spoken to the upper school math director, and with your permission I'd like to start him on pre-algebra work in conjunction with his regular classwork. The name of the website I'd like to get *** going on is called the Art of Problem Solving.  It comes highly recommended, and at first glance looks like it will fit ***'s needs well.  I need your permission before I can get him started, so if you would please take a look and get back with me I'd appreciate it.

Have a good day,

T****

 

Really? AOPS? You mean the material I already have at home that I was planning on for this year before we decided on your school? Heck yes! And I already have material to back him up here.

 

 

You have an awesome school.  Dd's only attempt at ps was 6th grade.  She had finished AoPS PreAlgebra's online courses with an A and A-, and I had paperwork to prove it.  They still made her take plain o'l 6th grade math.  I managed to talk them into the 'advanced' math section which was one lesson ahead of the regular section in... Everyday Math.  Gaah.  I'm not sure what was so advanced.  I'm guessing extra busywork worksheets?

 

And dd's one of those kids who does not do well with boredom (rather than knocking it out of the park and showing them what she can do, if she's bored she rushes through it and is sloppy), so,yeah, she's back home...

 

[Guest ScarlettZoe]

Great Source publishes Readers, Writers, and Math Handbooks that detail the goals by grade level.

A quality dictionary and thesaurus appropriate for the child...schools here don't bother to teach the use of either