maryknits Posted June 27, 2013 Share Posted June 27, 2013 Anyone out there using Saxon Algebra 1/2? We finally got to the end of the lessons and see there are 10 more lessons in the Appendix called additional topics. I am not clear on whether these are necessary or not. Won't the material be covered anyway in the regular lessons next year anyway? We really don't have the energy to plow through them this summer. What are other people doing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoPlaceLikeHome Posted June 28, 2013 Share Posted June 28, 2013 Honestly I would do all of the problems since from what I have read all of the saxon problems are important to do since they all well thought out and build incrementally. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LinRTX Posted June 28, 2013 Share Posted June 28, 2013 Well, I've done this book 3 times now. The additional problem sets are reviews of the entire book. This is the first time I've done them. I have my daughter do one a week. She forgets math very easily and without this review I would have to reteach everything this fall. But the other two retained well, so I never did them Linda Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellie Posted June 28, 2013 Share Posted June 28, 2013 Honestly I would do all of the problems since from what I have read all of the saxon problems are important to do since they all well thought out and build incrementally. All of the problems in each lesson are important; not sure about the extra 10 at the end of the book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serenade Posted June 28, 2013 Share Posted June 28, 2013 I posted this same question a few weeks ago, and I can't find the thread. Grrrrrr. i was going to link it for you, but apparently the search feature is not working for the month of June -- when I searched, I only got topics through the end of May, which is very frustrating. Anyhow, I ended up skipping the additional topics. We were burned out -- it was a long and hard math year for us. If I remember right, not doing the Additional Topics does not set one back for the Algebra I course. If I can magically find the thread on July 1, I'll link it for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maryknits Posted June 28, 2013 Author Share Posted June 28, 2013 Thanks for the comments. I don't mean the problems in the regular lessons - we did do every problem in every lesson. And I don't mean supplemental problems. What I mean is the 10 shorter lessons on "Additional Topics" in the Appendix. My daughter is pretty burnt out, and though these are new topics, not a review of those from the regular lessons, she is so tired of math she needs a break, What I need to know is, if you have a child in Algebra I, did you find that doing these topics at the end of Algebra 1/2 helped, or did you find that skipping these topics hurt? I may consider putting them in at the beginning of next year, after she has a break this summer. Or doing some in August, before we start. More opinions welcome. Thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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