caedmyn Posted September 21, 2015 Share Posted September 21, 2015 How long does a lesson of Saxon 5/4 take your child? My 4th grader used Saxon 1-3 and this year we switched to Math Mammoth, but I am not loving it and thinking about switching back to Saxon 5/4. But then I look at the Saxon lessons and think that they will take her forever to do because they are so much longer than the math 3 lessons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mschickie Posted September 21, 2015 Share Posted September 21, 2015 Dd did not do 54 but started with 65 (similar format). It used to take around 1 hr-1 1/2 hours to do the math including corrections. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dollhouse Posted September 22, 2015 Share Posted September 22, 2015 My son is only on lesson 10 right now, so they may get more involved, but I have him do the drill worksheet in the morning, and then we do the lesson later to break things up a bit. If I sit and do the Mental Math and Lesson portions with him, that takes less than 10 minutes. If I allow him to use our large whiteboard to do the lesson practice and mixed practice as I observe, that portion takes 20ish minutes. However, if I task him with pencil and paper and ask him to complete it on his own, it probably takes twice as long. The lessons go by so much more quickly if I "assist" by letting him answer orally and use the whiteboard. When my daughter was doing 5/4 completely independently, she could easily spend an hour and a half on a lesson, until I implemented a timer and told her that she'd be done with the day's lesson after an hour regardless of how far she had gotten. That really motivated her and kept her on track to finish. (She's a daydreamy kid and not typical speedy.) But since I think she learns better when she has to read and write things for herself, I didn't use a whiteboard and sit in on lessons with her. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homeschoolmom3 Posted September 22, 2015 Share Posted September 22, 2015 If I remember right, mine took about an hour to complete. If you want to cut it a bit shorter I would recommend doing the mixed practice just the odd problems one day and then the next lesson to the even problems. HTH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jenni Posted September 24, 2015 Share Posted September 24, 2015 we skip the drill worksheet but everything else is done independently in 45-60minutes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purduemeche Posted September 24, 2015 Share Posted September 24, 2015 About one hour is normal for us including the worksheet. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blondeviolin Posted September 24, 2015 Share Posted September 24, 2015 My poky 9yo does math for an hour. We don't do the drill sheets. Instead, she does Reflex Math. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jennifer132 Posted September 24, 2015 Share Posted September 24, 2015 It takes my dd9 about 1 hr 15 minutes including double checking her work and me correcting it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melissa B Posted September 24, 2015 Share Posted September 24, 2015 It is taking my ds about 45 minutes with the fact practice and any corrections. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reefgazer Posted September 26, 2015 Share Posted September 26, 2015 This is our time as well, although we did it last year. we skip the drill worksheet but everything else is done independently in 45-60minutes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minerva Posted September 27, 2015 Share Posted September 27, 2015 My dd is doing Saxon 6/5 this year. She works for one hour. If she is still working on the lesson at the end of the hour we just stop and pick up where we left off the next day. After an hour of math her enjoyment and productivity go way down so this works well and she still gets a lot done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HilJoy14 Posted September 28, 2015 Share Posted September 28, 2015 For Saxon 54, my 8.5 year old spends probably 45-60 minutes total (including drills and the lesson). I'll admit I've never timed her - she seems to finish in a good amount of time. My 10.5 year-old, though - on Saxon 65 - UGH - she spends 2-3 hours straight some days. And it's not "working" - it's looking at the walls, doodling, picking her nose, I don't know. I find the timer ideas interesting, but then we'd never get through the material! She knows the math - I think she just finds it boring and makes it longer and longer (and hence more boring!). I'll think about the timer, though - see if it helps... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nart Posted September 30, 2015 Share Posted September 30, 2015 I bought intermediate 4 for my son because you can buy the workbook to write in for around 10 dollars so he doesn't have to write out the problems. I think all the problems are the same except the intermediate level has an early finishers questions at the end and it always has 30 mixed problems at the end (I think someone told me saxon 5/4 sometimes has one or two fewer problems). He does the fact practice, mental math, then we discuss the new problems which takes 5 to 10 minutes. This can take 5 to 10 minutes if it an easy topic for him. If it is a new topic that I feel is really important then we might discuss the topic and I will explain alternative ways to solve the problems, take out graph paper or manipulatives, etc. That might take 30 minutes. If he is paying attention and focused he can complete all 30 mixed problems in around 30 minutes or less. So it can take anywhere from 40 minutes to 1 hour and 15 minutes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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