stine Posted February 11, 2016 Share Posted February 11, 2016 I initially followed RS's placement advice of beginning with A since it was our kindergarten year. We have gone through it slowly because of life happenings and what not, but I realize we won't finish it by the end of K. It hasn't been challenging for him, so I am wondering if I could just start in B for 1st grade. I don't want him to be behind in math, but from what I have been reading lately, B covers what A does at a quicker pace which sounds like it would have been a better fit for him from the start. Can I just leave A from wherever we are at the end of the year and start B for 1st? Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mathmarm Posted February 11, 2016 Share Posted February 11, 2016 From reading here, my understanding is yes, you can. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soror Posted February 11, 2016 Share Posted February 11, 2016 IIRC B was the starting point before A. I started my son with B. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirstenhill Posted February 11, 2016 Share Posted February 11, 2016 Do you have first edition or second edition? In first edition, you can easily skip A altogether and start in B. I am not familiar with second edition, but my guess there is enough review that you would be okay. At least in first edition, there is a lot of review at the beginning of each new level. You may want to compare the table of contents and see what you will cover by the time the year is over compared with what is reviewed/expected in B. If there are any major topics you would miss, you could skip around a bit to cover those topics. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cake and Pi Posted February 11, 2016 Share Posted February 11, 2016 I've used both 1st edition and 2nd edition. You can skip A entirely and use B as a starting point in either edition. In 2nd edition, however, level B doesn't spend much time on the "math way" of saying numbers (e.g. one-ten-three for thirteen), so you may want to make sure that you've done the lessons in A that transition from the "math way" to English number names. (1st edition B uses the alternative naming convention for the first third of the lessons and then has lessons teaching the traditional number names so you wouldn't need to do that before switching from A to B) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heart_Mom Posted February 11, 2016 Share Posted February 11, 2016 I just asked RS this question directly and this is what they said: If you are using 1st edition, Level A is optional. If you are using 2nd edition, Level A is considered necessary before B. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nature girl Posted February 11, 2016 Share Posted February 11, 2016 I just asked RS this question directly and this is what they said: If you are using 1st edition, Level A is optional. If you are using 2nd edition, Level A is considered necessary before B. Did they give a reason? I have to question this, we've used the 2nd edition and the first lessons of B have quite a bit of repetition, so this surprises me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cake and Pi Posted February 11, 2016 Share Posted February 11, 2016 Did they give a reason? I have to question this, we've used the 2nd edition and the first lessons of B have quite a bit of repetition, so this surprises me. I would guess it's because they skip all the alternate number naming. Thinking of 33 as 3-ten 3 is pretty integral to awesomeness and uniqueness of the program. But, the vast majority of kids get by just fine never using this naming convention... so imo, for MOST kids, it'd be okay to start in 2nd ed. B. Or one could side-step the problem entirely and just use 1st ed. B. But, I'm partial to 1st edition in general. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kalusignan Posted February 12, 2016 Share Posted February 12, 2016 I have used 2nd edition Level A and B. How far has your ds worked through A? I would say if he's at least halfway and it's easy for him, you could move on to Level B very easily. It doesn't sound like he's struggling, but if he was, I would stick with A. Level B, 2nd edition reviews all the basics from A even the alternate number naming at the beginning. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stine Posted February 12, 2016 Author Share Posted February 12, 2016 Thank you, everyone. By the time wefinish the school year I suspect we will be more than half way done. Despite RS recommendation it seems the majority would agree that we could go straight to B. I will see how he handles the material as we are near the end of the year and if he does begin to struggle we may just spend the summer finishing it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bookworm4 Posted February 12, 2016 Share Posted February 12, 2016 There is a quick online placement test for the 2nd edition on the Rightstart website. IIRC, before you start in B they want the child to be able to do addition facts up to 10. We went through only part of A 2nd edition before starting B 2nd edition the next school year and had no problems going into B without having completed A. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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