What is your daily Saxon Math 3 routine?

[Camy-7 boybarians 1 lady]

I posted this on the General Board but have not received any bites.

 

It would be helpful to see how some of you manage your daily Saxon Math 3 sessions. My preference is keeping these times short, yet effective.

 

Thanks!

[Amy in TX]

I don't use the meeting book because it drives me batty :). He does all the worksheets associated with the lesson on his own, and I explain any new concepts that come along.

 

I should mention that we also use LOF, so this (Saxon) is not all the math he is getting.

[Chris in VA]

We used it in second grade. We used a poster calendar and made patterns on sentence strips, so we didn't need the meeting book. I did cover the meeting, except we didn't always take the temperature every single day when it was introduced.

We just did it like in the book. I'd read the lesson, sometimes doing some of it in my own words, but mostly just following the script. We'd do one side of the workbook page, and then save the rest of it for a little later, while I worked with her brother.

[Carrie12345]

We did a lot of remediation and supplementing at the beginning of the year, so now I pretty much hand my dd a fact practice sheet and a lesson page and let her have at it. We go over any mistakes after (example - she still struggles with reversing fractions, so we may do a mini refresher lesson when she's done.)

 

I don't even know where our meeting book and manual are!

[Tiberia]

We don't do the meeting book (drives me crazy too). I teach the new concept and we do examples on the whiteboard (dd loves using the whiteboard) or with manipulatives. I have her do the worksheet on one side only. If she gets one wrong, I'll have her do the same type of problem on the other side. If she gets a certain type of problem wrong a lot, I know I need to focus on that concept a little more (she struggled with telling time for a while, but gets it now).

 

Dad does math facts with flashcards and a 3-minute timer each night, so I don't do any math facts drill, except when teaching new concepts (like multiplying by 9's). Once a week I have her do some calendar work, and I'll have her do some kind of skip counting maybe twice a week (by 1/4's or by 1/2's or by 7's - whatever she needs work on.)

 

We're also using Life of Fred, which adds a nice balance to Saxon. I do like Saxon 3. It has taught dd how to do some difficult things this year, like subtraction with regrouping, multiplying by 10, 100, and 1,000, basic fractions, area, squares and roots, etc.

[Eileen Aroon]

We do the meeting-type stuff about twice a week. The skip counting really helps her. I do keep the manual handy because I love the way Saxon explains stuff. She loves doing the projects, like filling out the square number grid. We both had a lot of fun with that, and I even made some connections. Like a previous poster said, we do one side of the sheet, unless she makes a mistake.

 

But the fact sheets? not so much. That was causing daily meltdowns, even if I didn't time it. (okay, I was the one melting down if we didn't time it because she would seriously spend 45 minutes sulking while she did them). The plan is to finish Saxon 3 in May, then do a fact sheet daily with her dad (not as much emotional baggage maybe?) during the summer. I think being able to do your math facts quickly is important, but at the moment there is a serious maturity dearth. And it's not just her....