Mommy22alyns Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 Okay, I need some help. After looking through the rest of RS C and hearing from the experts on the boards, I'm thinking I won't continue with RS D next year. I really like CLE though, so that's pretty much a definite. I still want a second math program though, so would MM be too much like CLE (worktext), or would TT be a good choice too? Rebecca's strong suit is NOT math. I think she's doing well as an average second grader. She seems to me to be struggling with subtraction. She does okay with the mental math component of RS, but still sometimes will reverse a number or skip a step and end up with the wrong answer. What do you all think? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Veritaserum Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 We've used MM, CLE, and TT. I returned TT and each child uses either MM or CLE (not both). They are both worktexts, but their approach to math differs greatly. If you really feel a need to do two programs, I recommend MM and CLE. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3MonkeysMama Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 I don't have any help to offer, but I am looking forward to your responses. My soon to be 3rd grader is using Singapore. But I really think MM might be a better fit. He, however, has seen TT and thinks its "so cool" and wants to go that route. I want him to be excited about school, even math (I don't care for math myself), but I don't want to pick a curriculum simply because my almost 8 year thinks its "cool". If TT is a really solid curriculum then I would love to make us both happy. I hope you get some good insight that I can sponge off of ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hmschooling Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 I've used TT and MM....I say go for MM! Works wonderfully! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blessedmom3 Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 What about CLE & some Singapore ? Works great for us. I use the workbooks,text and CWP but you can pick and choose. We cross some work from CLE but not too much. I tried MM but my son hated it. He said is was boring and wanted Singapore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kristinannie Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 What is TT? I have heard that a good program to supplement math is Miquon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3MonkeysMama Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 TT is Teaching Textbooks (I am still learning all the abreviations myself!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
littleWMN Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 I'm using CLE with my (non-mathy) 4th grade dd. We tried TT last year. CLE is working much better. I think MM would be a nice supplement but I think CLE AND MM might be a bit on the heavy side. What about CLE and just games as supplements? Or the occasional MM worksheet when she needs reinforcement? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Momling Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 One of my daughters does great with MM, my other does great with TT. I'd probably go with MM as a first choice and TT as a second 'line of defense' if it doesn't work out. It's not that MM is inherently better, but there is a stronger focus on number sense and underlying reasons how operations or fractions or whatever works. TT focuses more on learning the algorithm... fine if you are an older student and need some review, not so fine if you're learning it for the first time. All of these programs have a lot of material online. Give each of them a week or so and see how they work out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bloggermom Posted January 14, 2011 Share Posted January 14, 2011 Why not add something online based such as Math Whizz whizz.us Dreambox dreambox.com or Mathletics mathletics.com That way you can cover any gaps, yet your child can have some fun with it? They get the paper/pencil work with CLE and get to use the computer to see math in a different view. (I can get a lot more math work out of my kids using this approach):tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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