ALB Posted May 12, 2016 Share Posted May 12, 2016 Can we do Rod & Staff 7 in 7th grade and still go into Algebra in 8th grade, without doing R&S 8 first? What have others done transitioning from R&S math into higher levels? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3girls4me Posted May 12, 2016 Share Posted May 12, 2016 Bumping because I would love to hear the answer to this as well! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverMoon Posted May 12, 2016 Share Posted May 12, 2016 (edited) . Edited May 16 by SilverMoon 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zoo Keeper Posted May 12, 2016 Share Posted May 12, 2016 (edited) Depends on the kid, and on the Algebra you want to jump into. One of mine did R&S 7 last year and is doing BJU Pre-A this year. R&S prepared him well. (I wanted to keep him in R&S 8, but it was of extreme, life-changing importance to him that he do a "Pre-A" course. It HAD to say Pre-A" on the cover...) Another boy did R&S 6 last year and is doing Dolciani Pre-A (Accelerated Course) this year. R&S prepared him well. I really like R&S math--bit by bit, it lays a great foundation. If you have a child who is more naturally mathy, you could skip 8 (or even 7..), and jump right into a different Pre-A or Algebra. If I had an 8th grader who was really struggling with fluency in basic operations, I would continue with R&S 8. It does include some Pre-A type work in the final chapters. There have been other posters whose children did R&S through 8 and then into Algebra--Colleen in NS, and Beth in Central TX come to mind... Edited May 12, 2016 by Zoo Keeper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ALB Posted May 13, 2016 Author Share Posted May 13, 2016 Thanks for the replies. No, not particularly mathy in this case. She is very comfortable with Rod & Staff and I think the slow, incremental teaching of new material is just what she needs. She is half a year ahead, so we might be able to squeeze in 8 before officially beginning Algebra in 8th grade. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donna A. Posted May 13, 2016 Share Posted May 13, 2016 Thanks for the replies. No, not particularly mathy in this case. She is very comfortable with Rod & Staff and I think the slow, incremental teaching of new material is just what she needs. She is half a year ahead, so we might be able to squeeze in 8 before officially beginning Algebra in 8th grade. Then I would take a look at Math-U-See. Give her the placement test first, though, and wherever it says to place her, *believe* it. ;) When I gave my dd the placement test for MUS and found her to be borderline between Pre-Alg and whatever's before that, I went ahead and put her in Pre-Alg. But then I found that I had to go back and use the R&S 7th grade book to fill in some gaps as we attempted to move through Pre-Alg... we sort of toggled back and forth for a while. Eventually she could move on and complete Pre-Alg, and it worked out fine. I'm just saying that the MUS placement test for MUS curriculum is pretty accurate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2_girls_mommy Posted May 16, 2016 Share Posted May 16, 2016 WE finished R&S 8 halfway through 8th grade and then started Lial's Algebra 2nd semester, using Kahn's academy videos for some extra practice and seeing them worked out. I wouldn't have skipped 8. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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