Yeah, I know. Sigh. I was hoping to avoid that. But there you go. I've got her working through a revision book but they cluster all the question types, so a page of factoring. I've tried to get her to do one question per page each week, but she can't seem to coordinate that.

Not enough that she can do independently. Her skill set through kumon is very targeted and narrowly focused. She can't do a lot on her own unless it looks like what kumon looked like.

It is when you realize you have only 1.5 hours and you do it back to back with Geometry. Even trying to make the graphs without knowing the axes is tricky and time consuming. I've tried to do this test with students in 1.5 hours and it is basically impossible. Especially because they are required to use a PEN.

Well here is the thing. I need to give her work that she can do alone at home. I'll look at the SAT prep books but I think they are off target. I was just hoping for "100 days of algebra 1 review - your homework book." But looks like it doesn't exist. I need mixed revision for the year with answers.

Go look at the graphing test I posted above. It is definitely not American in style. The thinking required is quite deep and requires a comfort with mathematical investigations. So we are working through this kind of mathematical thinking, which is not stock standard graph the function kind of work.

The NZ tests are only about 20% easy, the other 80% is what we are working on together. So I just don't have enough problems for her to do some each week on her own. I am thinking Saxon might be a good choice. She knows all the content, so could just do the mixed revision sections. Problem is getting a book here cheap. Might take 3 months!

I'm thinking I will just need to write up 20 questions for her to do each week, all mixed up. It just means that she can't check her work as she goes and that then I have to check everything. Not a particularly good use of my time.

Ah, Kumon. Drill and kill. So stuff she forgets: How to do a 2 bracket factor when their is a coefficient in front of the x^2. Or how to add two fractions when the denominators are like xy^2 and yx^2 by getting the lowest common multiple. Or how best to decide between substitution vs elimination in simultaneous equations. Or how to complete the square for making a vertex formula for parabolas. or exponential equations where you need to get a common base etc. Just basic algebra, but the more complex variety of algebra 1. She knows how to do all these things and she generally understands conceptually (so no upsidedown picnic table method!) But if I don't have her practice while I'm doing graphing and geometry, in 6 months time, she will be quite rusty.

Yes, I'm working on that, but she has learned with a Japanese approach through Kumon. Which is a drill approach of algorithmic content which doesn't align with the NZ system. So she has as a 9th grader gotten up through some precalc algorithmic content, while not being able to do 8th grade word problems. So my goal is to focus all my time on word problems, using the math, proofs, etc, while at the same time making sure she does not lose all the technical skill she developed over 4 years with Kumon. It is tricky to align the two systems, and I don't want her to lose what she has done. She understands the conceptual ideas behind what she is doing, but so much of the way she has been taught through Kumon has been drill, so she falls back on her set knowledge, rather than understanding which she does have. I cannot change this quickly, and if I focus my efforts on the computational skills from a conceptual basis, she will not be ready for the word problems and proofs required for next year. Kumon did not do any of that content so she is quite behind in word problems/proofs while ahead in the algorithmic manipulation.

She just needs to review it all. She more forgets rather than mixes things up. She just needs to review for a year while we work through the harder word problems and proofs. These will take me a long time to help her with (like a year), and if she doesn't keep practicing her algorithmic skills, she will forget them. NZ has integrated maths in 10th grade, so we are prepping Algebra, Graphing, Geometry, and Statistics. (She is good with Numeracy and Trig). She is currently in 9th grade Here is the test paper we are currently working on (algebraic graphing), which is pretty tricky to get it all right (her goal is an excellence). She needs to be continuing with reviewing algebra in her own time while we focus on this unit. https://www.nzqa.govt.nz/nqfdocs/ncea-resource/exams/2018/91028-exm-2018.pdf

Any one know if the last 1/3 of the Saxon Algebra book might be mixed revision. Isn't that they way Saxon works?

So this kid can do all the basic manipulation, but needs to build up her word problem skills over the year. So while I'm helping her with the word problems, she needs to be practicing the basic content that she has already learned. Mixed revision for an entire year of content. That is what I need. It must be mixed, because she struggles to recognize which technique to use when. I'm starting to think I'm going to have to write work for her to do, but then she won't have answers so can't self correct over the week as she works without me.

I'll take a look at these suggestions. Thanks! This kid just needs a lot of drill, but it needs to be mixed. She has already learned all the algorithmic content. What do you guys think about Saxon?

Fascinating the difference in exams. Here is last year's NZ national exam. https://www.nzqa.govt.nz/nqfdocs/ncea-resource/exams/2019/91027-cat-A-2019.pdf

Thanks for the ideas! Unfortunately, I can't do any shipping because it is currently taking 3 months from the USA, so it does need to be online. And I've looked through mathmammoth just now, and it is too easy. I guess I need honors Algebra 1, and I need sheets with algebra for the whole year mixed together. Any other ideas? Happy to purchase -- it does not need to be free.

Hi all, I have a student who has finished all the algorithmic work for Algebra 1 (she used Kumon for many years). She and I are now working through algebraic word problems and proofs. She has a year before the NZ national exam, and it will take us that long to get through all this higher end algebra content as she wants to earn a top grade. But I am finding that she needs to keep fresh with things like simultaneous equations, quadratics, complex factoring, exponential equations, fractional expressions etc. Does anyone know of a good site where I can print off daily/ weekly worksheets for her to do that are pre-made review for a year's content? Thanks! Ruth in NZ ETA: Looks like I need Honors content. And I am looking for end-of-the-year test prep. So all of algebra 1 mixed up on revision sheets. Also, shipping is taking about 3 months right now, so it needs to be available online. I'm happy to purchase it as long as I can print it.

Here is an example of how he is discussed in our news. Notice he is referred to as the ''Australian national', the 'terrorist,' the 'gunman,' the 'killer,' or the 'prisoner.' Nowhere does his name appear in the article. https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/christchurch-shooting/122596740/prime-minister-scott-morrison-willing-to-consider-imprisoning-christchurch-terrorist-in-australia

Yes. It will cost the NZ government millions of dollars to store him for his entire life. He could be sent to Australia as he is not a NZ citizen, but rather an Australian citizen. But then we would not be assured how he was handled.

The idea is to silence him forever, no chance at parole. Ever. He will begin his sentence in solitary confinement to protect him from others and others from him. The court did not allow him to broadcast his ideology during the proceedings. And until yesterday I did not even know his name because most of the press here refused to publish it and Jacinda and others refused to use his name.

DS has said he will lug his suitcase, violin, and backpack up the steps to his hotel room. All 85 pounds of them. haha. Luckily for him our house is up 110 steps, so he is used to it and has the legs to manage it!

In our experience, even rigorous homeschooled highschool courses are less stress than outsourced ones. You can learn what you want, how you want to. You are not bound by tests to learn in a certain way or on a certain time frame. So if some of your kids are feeling overwhelmed, I would recommend less outsourcing. Obviously, some kids work better under someone besides a parent, but if it is just too much, they can still learn a equal amount but in a less structured way and with content related to their own interests. Mental health in these times is very important to consider. I am a private teacher for 10 kids going to 5 different high schools. And even here in NZ where Covid has had less impact, the kids are really stressed, way more stressed than in previous years. I would be cautious with workload.

He is currently over the Pacific!

Live traps? Then you can move them to the yard of your least favorite person. 🙂

I believe I'm 6th to recommend The Explosive Child! Definitely helped me manage and teach my older boy.

He won't eat because he is a reptile. 🙂 He only eats twice a day and usually about 6 hours apart, then fasts for 18. So a 5 hour flight when he is jet lagged by 16 hours won't be a problem. As for the 'outbreak' -- well, kind of. Auckland has had 110 cases in 16 days. And it is now ring fenced and completely under control. They locked a city of 1.5 million down (stay at home order and no schools or shops) for 2.5 weeks after finding 1 family of 4 with it, and they did this within 5 hours of the positive test coming back. They then tested 10% of the entire city in 7 days, and contact traced 2000+ people. We are expected to get back to elimination status in about a week or 2 depending on how long the tail of 1 or 2 cases is (these will be family members of the positives, and they are on strict self quarantine orders). The rest of NZ still has covid eliminated. So none where we are for 120 days now.