Pat in MI Posted June 6, 2014 Share Posted June 6, 2014 My dd will not finish TT Math 7 before the end of the year. In fact, she will only get through Chapter 14 before we finish. Should I make her finish it, come fall, before moving to her Pre-Algebra or do you think she could go right into Pre-Algebra? Is there enough review that she would catch the concepts she didn't do in Math 7? Opinions ?? She has done well with Math 7 , she usually scores in the 90's on her lessons. Blessings, Pat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wapiti Posted June 6, 2014 Share Posted June 6, 2014 Why not finish it up over the summer? (My kids go to school, but there is no "end of the year" for afterschooling math. We always have summer math.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat in MI Posted June 6, 2014 Author Share Posted June 6, 2014 I would love to do that, but since we live in Michigan and only have a precious few warm months, we are camping, vacationing, going to camp, VBS, and various other activities. It just wouldn't get done over the summer. I really wish we could do it over the summer, but neither dd or dh would be okay with that. So I either make her work harder in the fall or skip the remainder of 7 and go on to pre-algebra just wondering if there is enough review in pre-algebra to cover the concepts she missed in TT 7? Blessings, Pat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiana Posted June 6, 2014 Share Posted June 6, 2014 I would finish the text. I'd rather move rapidly through the review at the beginning of pre-algebra. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
In2why Posted June 7, 2014 Share Posted June 7, 2014 I wouldn't skip it. Maybe double up in the fall so she can catch up? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmrich Posted June 7, 2014 Share Posted June 7, 2014 I would have her do the evens for each lesson and do two lessons a day to finish 7 and even for the first few chapters of pre-algebra as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat in MI Posted June 7, 2014 Author Share Posted June 7, 2014 Thank you everyone for your input. I will figure a way for her to finish math 7 before moving into pre-algebra probably by working the last lessons in math 7 and moving quicker through the review at the beginning of pre-algebra. Thanks again for your help. Blessings, Pat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ereks mom Posted June 9, 2014 Share Posted June 9, 2014 We had the same issue last year going from TT Pre-Algebra to Algebra 1. I decided to finish Pre-Algebra first, and I am SO glad I did because my student got a bit bogged down in Algebra 1 and we had to move much slower. We only got through chapter 11 in Algebra 1 this year before the end of this school year. I don't have the option of working over the summer because my student is my friend's child, so we will pick up where we left off when we start back to school in August. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelly1730 Posted June 9, 2014 Share Posted June 9, 2014 I allow my boys to "test out" of the first few chapters of TT. They can usually do 2-3 before we get to new material. That's gives us a quick start in the fall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweetsouthern Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 I agree with the others, I wouldn't skip it. if anything, test out of the few chapters at the beginning of prealgebra as said above. dd was able to skip to chapter 5 that way ;) hope that helps! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angel Posted June 13, 2014 Share Posted June 13, 2014 Just offering up another view. Dd13 was in TT7 this year. After a difficult year life wise we just needed to be done with math. I took the book to my friend who is an Algebra I teacher in the middle school and asked her this very question. Can I skip the end of the book and be ok next year. After checking the concepts at the end of TT7, she said I could. She said to make sure going into pre-algebra that dd had her fractions, percents, and decimals down solid but that the pre-alg in the back of the TT7 book she would catch next year in TT Pre Alg book. We stopped after Chapter 14, though dd did a couple lessons out of Chapt 15 and 16 in prep for standardized testing. She is going to review fractions over the summer just to solidify the concepts before pre-alg. YMMV but I for one am ok with this every once in a while. We as homeschoolers sometimes get so caught up in doing it all and finishing it all that we sometimes need to let go and relax. Dd and I will be more fresh come the beginning of next year just knowing that we took a break and have nothing hanging over our heads for the beginning of the year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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