MeganW Posted April 2, 2016 Share Posted April 2, 2016 If Singapore 4A & 4B were not at all challenging to your child, and you were going to skip a year, would you skip 5A & 5B, or 6A & 6B? (He goes to a university model school that uses Singapore Standards Edition, so I can't just do both at double pace - we have to choose a year to skip.) Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kbutton Posted April 2, 2016 Share Posted April 2, 2016 6, but we are using US Edition if that makes a difference. Level 6 has a few new concepts, but they build on stuff learned in level 5, and level 5 has a lot more actual instruction. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arcadia Posted April 2, 2016 Share Posted April 2, 2016 Could you do 5A & 5B over summer? I have one kid did 5A, 5B, 6A and 6B over summer because he wanted to. My other kid skip 6A & 6B by his choice and went slower with aops prealgebra. If you have to choose, I'll skip 6A & 6B. I do think doing 6A & 6B benefitted my fast kid because of the extra practice before aops. He found prealgebra easy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeganW Posted April 3, 2016 Author Share Posted April 3, 2016 (edited) Could you do 5A & 5B over summer? He wants to pick Beast Academy back up this summer instead. Edited April 3, 2016 by MeganW Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prairiewindmomma Posted April 3, 2016 Share Posted April 3, 2016 I would just fast-forward through the books, I wouldn't outright skip one. If I had to pick, I'd pick 6B. 6B overlaps the most with the pre-algebra we did. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baile Posted April 3, 2016 Share Posted April 3, 2016 What program/level does the school use after Singapore 6? I would definitely not skip Singapore 5, and I think it would be too much for most kids to cover in a summer. Like a couple previous posters have mentioned, Singapore 6 has some overlap with pre-algebra, so going from Singapore 5 to most pre-algebra courses would be manageable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrSmith Posted April 3, 2016 Share Posted April 3, 2016 5 has some meaty stuff in it; would not recommend to skip that. 6 is the weakest, and IIRC doesn't have much in way of 'new' material that isn't repeated later. Drop 6 if you must, but consider compacting if possible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cindyz Posted April 3, 2016 Share Posted April 3, 2016 My son flew through Singapore and we skipped 6 with no regrets in AOPS PreAlgebra. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zarabellesmom Posted April 3, 2016 Share Posted April 3, 2016 He wants to pick Beast Academy back up this summer instead. What level of Beast is he doing, I think that would make a difference. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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