I had her work through a few pages of a few of the options this morning. Something to my surprise, she choose the Dolciani Prealgebra, An Accelerated Course. This thread has been very helpful- I do think we'll probably do a DM/ Jacob's combo after Dolciani PreAlgebra. I have an old Dolciani Algebra, but I doubt she'd be interested. I don't think I'll sell it quite yet, though. :0) Thanks!

Be cautious. Five years of high school can take you out of the running for some college financial aid.

AoPS is a real option for this kid, but we've decided against the PreAlgebra book. I don't like it as a transition from elementary math. She very well may end up in AoPS later, though. She spent last year across the table from a tutoring student who was doing "PreAlgebra", while she was doing her own work (I tutored extensively- almost a small school). She's been exposed to much of it. I see what you mean. Especially if she were basing her idea of what to expect on what this student had done, some of which she helped him with.

I eliminated JA because it's too narrow a scope for the cost. Looking at Jacob's Algebra, I think she could jump directly into it. We liked Zaccaro's elementary book. I had originally thought of putting together Zaccaro's Real World Algebra, Patty Paper Geometry and AoPS Number Theory book for PreA. Thanks for the heads up on the MM6. I'll use it sparingly. Since I already have it, I won't be out anything but the pages I print, unless we work off the iPad. I'm concerned if I throw her right into DM7, the complexity of the numbers will obscure the concepts and frustrate her. I know she'll love the word problems.

She doesn't like Fred enough for me to buy them, although we have borrowed them from the library. She loves math, so I don't need to sweeten it up (Murderous Maths went over very well, though). She does not love it when her mother flounders around looking for math books for her. She's willing to "test through" MM6 if paired with the logic and math contest books we already own. Only because "Kathy who knows about MIT had her kids do sixth grade math". (Sorry Kathy, to use you as a math deity of sorts). That will probably hold us until January. After that, maybe try DM 7 and Jacobs. I think she'd like math contests, but I don't think there is anything near us. Not sure about math camps, either. That all seems like a big ol' mountain to climb.

Which would you recommend beginning first after the Singapore 6 books- the NEM or Jacob's books? Thanks!

Correct. It does not cover any new material, but does extend some of it. In my mind it's too expensive for what we'd get out of it- and while dd rolls along pretty well, I don't think either of us could muster much excitement for it as anything more than maybe a supplement. I do have Key to Algebra and CLE's similar series for my tutoring students. I don't think they'd be a good fit at the moment, although I do like both.

This is very helpful.

We've done 3b-5b PM Standards, and I guess 6a/b Standards is really written for schools. She's ready to move on from bar models. The multiple book format is really not working for us, either.

What have you done with your young accelerated students in math? Dd9 is on the last couple pages of Singapore 5b. She flew through other levels, bogged down for a couple weeks in 5b, we took a break and started back up last week. She's flying through again. She'll be done this week, easily. We've only used the textbook twice for 5b. She seems to know this stuff intuitively- she's the kind of kid who added up grocery prices as a preschooler in her head and could do simple math with negative numbers before she could read. We unschooled math until she was 7, and she's done Singapore 3b-5b in the last 18 months, along with some Alcumus, Dolciani PreA New Edition for set theory, Zaccaro and Lechner stuff. I originally thought we'd do DM7, but in my working ahead, the book seems unnecessarily complicated as a next step. I see how "6th grade math" is probably used just to get kids doing elementary math with more complicated numbers. She likes the layout (she's a bit artistic, so visual matters to her.), but it "feels" wrong for her as a next step. She's not really asynchronous, although writing out 60 problems from any curriculum would be too much for one day. She's sort of running 2-3 years above grade level across the board, maybe a smidge lower on output. Other stuff I own: Russian Math 6 Dolciani Prealgebra- Accelerated Course (also own the New Edition- but too easy for this year) Math Mammoth 1-6 (would consider buying 7, but she doesn't really like the layout.- I love to tutor from MM, but have never done it start to finish) Auffman PreAlgebra (a lot like Lial's) Also own Foerester Algebra Considering starting her on the Google Docs sample of Jacobs Algebra to see if that would fly, but 9 seems too young to start algebra. She's not interested in AoPS at the moment. Thanks!

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Rainbow appears to be getting it in. I thought I had heard it was completely out of print, but possibly not. https://www.rainbowresource.com/searchspring.php?q=Jacobs

It's a step up from Singapore 5B, although there doesn't seem to be a lot of new material coming from 5B standards, it has more depth and is wordier. I haven't seen AoPS PreA IRL, but in the sense you can "hear" the authors, it it's like it or other books such as Dolciani or Jacobs. I would say the content is rigorous 6th grade-- I know people would use RM 6 between SM 6 US edition and AoPS Algebra before there were so many other options. So it does cover some "PreA" content. I think it will be our main math this year. Dd could move into Singapore 7 (wants to, and could do it, but slowly). RM 6 seems to hit most of her weakest areas. I'd rather she do a year of RM then move through the DM books more quickly.

I don't know. I do know that it's not nessesary to use the old 1&2 to be able to do the old 3&4. You can use the 7&8 if you don't already have parts of 1&2.

I looked at my saved copy. The only chapter I'm lacking is 5- negative numbers and coordinates- that would be easy to check with a calculator. I think I found 4 and 6 answer keys as a direct link from here on the forum somewhere. They may not be linked from the website. The more I look at RM 6, the less I think I need a solutions manual. ETA: here is 4: http://www.perpendicularpress.com/ChapterFourKey.pdf

We've been using it without AoPS books. It's not a problem. There are videos if you don't understand something. I wouldn't use it as our only curriculum, but it works really well for a supplement.

I've attached my final spreadsheet for my dd for this year to this post. I keep a separate spreadsheet for my tutoring students, classes and programs I run, etc, still broken out by week. I list the materials I'm using across the top and the week down the side. I do this because it functions more like a checklist. I can cross off each week as we finish it in each subject. So if dd is in week 10 in SpellWell, but a bit behind in Latin, say week 8, it's no big deal. I can see at a glance if I have a built in "make up week" coming up, if we need to step up the pace to catch up, or just accept we won't be finished the week I though we would. I can also see if I have too much scheduled in a week. When I'm actually creating the spreadsheet, I list my materials (subjects) across the top and weeks down the side. I do try to keep mine "Landscape" width b/c I live and die by my 3 ring binders. If you needed more space, you could set it up on a legal page. After I know what I'm using, I start with the spine for my subject, decide how much of it I want to cover and divide by my number of weeks. If there is a natural pace (HOK12, Ancients portion actually breaks out nicely for a school year), I just plug it in. If something is a little more complicated (like compacting Lively Latin2), I open up the material and make an intelligent guess, knowing I might need need to adjust a few pages here and there. Something like Science, I skim the material and make a judgement call. All three Focus On CPO books have similar first chapters. I don't need to spend a lot of time doing those every year. I finish with plugging in supplements and extras in places where it makes sense. I put the weekly details in the student planner sheet in my signature. The students keep track of their own sheets, either in a binder or pocket folder with the three prong thingees. I don't do the assignment sheets more than a week ahead, and I fill them in in pencil. It takes me maybe 10 minutes per student, a tad longer for dd b/c her reading/ literature list is pretty fluid. Since I started doing this, we've actually finished almost everything we've planned. Major schedule overhaul can be done with a cut and paste. HTH Spreadsheet 2014-2015.pdf

Similar question at Singapore Math forum :o) I also compared my copy of Foerster PreCalc with Trig with the TOC for DM 4A. I think we'll probably do 4A, as well. I don't see much repetition between the two, unless I'm overlooking something based on a British term vs. an American one. I have read that there is significant repetition of Trig topics between Foerster Alg II and Foerster PreCalc with Trig. Hope this helps someone.

There is one chapter missing even after searching around on the internet for strays. We own it, I love the looks of it, but this Liberal Arts mom needs solutions, too. One of the reasons we're doing Singapore DMCC instead. I'd pay another $20 for a solutions manual.

We found 5B a bit more meaty than it first appears. Dd (who loves the Lenchner books) did slow down a bit in 5B after doing 3b 4a/b and 5a in 6 weeks or less each. We're doing Alcumus alongside b/c she likes it better than Beast. She also choose Singapore DMCC over AoPS Pre A. We are in Eastern time, so the class really is late for us- after swim practice her brain is done for the day. I would say the Lenchner book and maybe Alcumus to prepare. At the minimum, I would do all of the reviews in 5b to catch potential gaps. HTH

Our daily schedule is very similar (except we do Latin instead of LA) I dump everything into a spreadsheet so I know what my pace is and can make some up front decisions about what we have time for each week. For example, I compacted the two first chapters from CPO Earth Science so we have time for Science fair. I cut vocabulary and grammar completely this year b/c it is well covered in our Latin, and I want time for music practice. I dropped an online class and a history component b/c we just didn't need them after I looked over my spreadsheet. There is a version of what I use in my sig, along with a weekly assignment sheet I like. I tweek as the year goes on, and stay flexible with bunny trails. HTH

Here! here! about the ink. I think 75% of what we did last year was .pdf. I've been amazed what I can do on an iPad with a small whiteboard. My tutoring students hate it. "You forgot your book- no biggie, it's right here on my iPad" :0)

CC version is not really "dumbed down"... somewhat re-shuffled. There was a very long, detailed thread about this. Actually I think the one linked up thread. The short version is that old 6 was "almost Pre-A", but not quite. She reshuffled, meeting (and exceeding) CC. If you have new 5-6, you go directly into 7, which is unquestionably PreAlgebra. I used MM extensively when I tutor. I use grade 5 with several who I'm remediating at the PreA level. Good luck.

I believe DO is based on CPO Focus On Physical Science and Hewitt's Conceptual Physics.

I believe if you bought the old 5 she'll update you with the new download.