Jodi-FL Posted November 5, 2012 Share Posted November 5, 2012 if you were pretty certain you were sending kids to ps next year, would you ask the public school for their curriculum? i'm thinking especially math for my 4th grader. we're using singapore math and he's doing ok...but he struggles with figuring out problems according to the rules. he likes to do everything in his head, and almost always gets them right but if he'll be attending public school for 5th grade, i know they'll want him to understand the processes. my oldest son (now 20) was like this at that age too, and did eventually go to ps his freshman year in h.s. (then homeschooled again the last 3 years). he didn't have any problems, but by that time he had already done algebra and was halfway through geometry, and learned himself that he needed to know the how behind the problems, not just the answer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arcadia Posted November 6, 2012 Share Posted November 6, 2012 I would attend an open house and just browse the curriculum the school use as well as ask questions. The principal would be the best person to ask about curriculum if you were to call the school. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caroline Posted November 6, 2012 Share Posted November 6, 2012 I would take a look at the standards for the grade your child is completing. If your state is going to Common Core, they may be adopting new textbooks for next year. (Georgia is, but most other states are waiting.) I would probably get him used to explaining where the answers come from. I don't doubt he is doing it all in his head, but I bet with some help, he could explain his reasoning in words. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
regentrude Posted November 6, 2012 Share Posted November 6, 2012 In our ps, 5th grade was almost completely review. In math there was absolutely no new material until Christmas - so I would not bother looking at curriculum. He'll have plenty of time to catch up if he happens to have holes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spy Car Posted November 6, 2012 Share Posted November 6, 2012 I would ask, not because the topics aren't likely covered in Primary Mathematics, but because each math program seems to have its own peculiarities of style. It can be good to be acclimated to those style differences in advance, but I would not give up PM in the process if at all possible. Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garga Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 Would it hurt to ask? Or do you think the school would be irritated by you asking? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
linders Posted November 7, 2012 Share Posted November 7, 2012 Don't know about your school district, but here the school district makes the PS textbooks available at a community location for anyone to look at. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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