blessedx5 Posted January 24, 2012 Share Posted January 24, 2012 DS is in Saxon 87.... however there simply isn't enough lesson practice each lesson for him to grasp it well..... do I find something else that is maybe mastery approached? Is there another curriculum that might suit him better? I really don't want to stop mid year like this.... so here is what I did..... I went through several lessons ahead of the current lesson he is on. I pulled out (from the mixed practices)all the problems pertaining to the current lesson. He will do those in addition to what the lesson assigns and then do the mixed practice as usual. Each day this week I am having him do this. I think most lessons came out with about 5 extra problems. We will see how this goes..... but if anyone has any suggestions on other math programs to look at I would appreciate it. Debbie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bloggermom Posted January 24, 2012 Share Posted January 24, 2012 There are plenty of ways to supplement it without having to switch programs. For example, my kids are using CLE Math and I have them supplement with Math Rider and Timez Attack/Division Attack. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mschickie Posted January 24, 2012 Share Posted January 24, 2012 The thing with Saxon is that full mastery is not expected right after the first lesson, it is great if it happens but does not always happen. The mastery comes after weeks of working with similar types of problems. When using the high school books with sd it was not uncommon for her to have to refer back to previous lessons in order to rember how to do something. One thing you might want to have your child do is take notes from the textbook. If you have a section in a notebook for chapter notes they can easily go back and look up a formula or a definition when needed. It may also be away for him to reinforce the material. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blessedx5 Posted January 24, 2012 Author Share Posted January 24, 2012 thank you... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheAutumnOak Posted January 24, 2012 Share Posted January 24, 2012 We use this free math worksheet website to print out extra problems when the boys need more practice...It is divided by grade, then lets you pick a particular topic... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter Posted January 24, 2012 Share Posted January 24, 2012 Join the yahoo group for the Robinson Curriculum. The members are HUGE Saxon fans and have learned to tweak Saxon to at least adequately work for ANY student. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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