Anyone else doing Singapore 6B? Question.

[matrips]

The kids started 6B this month. They are going so slow!! They say they're not really having problems, just the number of steps and tedious arithmetic. I don't know. I think they should be accomplishing much more than what they are. Before I crack down on them, wondering if anyone else can compare. They usually move through things pretty quickly, so this is unusual. The output does not match the time supposedly spent.

[Arcadia]

Standards or US edition? My speedster did 5A, 5B, 6A and 6B standards at the same speed. However he did those in summer. January is our slow month yearly due to hay fever.

[matrips]

Standards.

 

He did them all in one summer? My kids aren't that quick! :). I am requiring all work to be shown this year, with estimates too. Just to form the habits. So the extra writing hadn't helped, but still...!

[Arcadia]

That kid is a speedster and can do math all day. Looking at the table of contents for 6B, are they at chapter 7 and 8? I'll just let them do as slowly as they need.

 

My DS10 took a long time to remember complementary and supplementary angles correctly. That is in chapter 9.

 

Chapter 11 and 12 is very useful for standardised tests down the road. Chapter 13 is of course useful since people tend to mess up order of operations.

[matrips]

No! They're still in the beginning! Chapter 1 or two. It's been two weeks now. They usually do 1/2 hour a day a few days a week. They do another pre-algebra course an hour each day.

[Arcadia]

This? Just to make sure we are talking about the same thing

http://www.singaporemath.com/Primary_Mathematics_Textbook_6B_STD_ED_p/pmstdt6b.htm

 

http://www.singaporemath.com/Primary_Mathematics_Workbook_6B_STD_ED_p/pmstdw6b.htm

 

My DS10 spent 30mins per day. My DS11 spent 10mins to hours depending on his mood.

[Momling]

I don't remember the details, but I know my daughter got through 6a and 6b standards in a semester. She's a very day-dreamy procrastinator type and probably worked an hour or hour and a half per day.

[MrSmith]

Maybe they just don't like geometry?  I don't remember us spending too much time on it, couple of months (TB+WB+IP+CWP).  But we did skip around in the problem sets.

[matrips]

This? Just to make sure we are talking about the same thing

http://www.singaporemath.com/Primary_Mathematics_Textbook_6B_STD_ED_p/pmstdt6b.htm

 

http://www.singaporemath.com/Primary_Mathematics_Workbook_6B_STD_ED_p/pmstdw6b.htm

 

My DS10 spent 30mins per day. My DS11 spent 10mins to hours depending on his mood.

[matrips]

Sorry, trying to do this on phone. But yes, Arcadia, that is the book.

 

They've stepped it up some, but still not what I'd consider fast. Keeping a closer eye to figure it out.