Help me with a sentence?

[AmandaVT]

Ack - I'm working on DS's portfolio and I need to put a sentence in about switching from MM to BA. Last year, he completed MM 3 A&B and this year we started with MM 4a, while supplementing with BA 3A. Then we reversed and finally just did BA because it was such a good fit for DS. 

 

The "problem" is that we have to show progress each year and technically I did a 3rd grade math program 2 years in a row. I need to add a sentence explaining that while BA was a 2nd year of 3rd grade math, that he did get something out of it and did make a lot of progress in math. 

 

Every time I start, I end up with 2 paragraphs and less is more with these portfolios. 

 

Help? Thank you!!!

[EKS]

How about something like:

 

Since Johnny started the year working two [or whatever it was] grades ahead in math, we ended up switching to Beast Academy, a program designed for gifted math students that offers a more appropriate level of challenge for him.

Edited June 5, 2016 by EKS

[wendyroo]

I might incorporate all or part of this quote from the BA website:

 

"Beast Academy materials cover the core fundamentals and then go well beyond these basics to present material at a deeper and more challenging level than a typical elementary-school math curriculum."

 

https://www.artofproblemsolving.com/store/list/beast-academy

 

Wendy

[purpleowl]

You could also note that BA is designed so that students will be prepared for prealgebra following completion of the fifth grade books, so he is still on track to begin prealgebra in X years, as he was with the previous curriculum.

[eternallytired]

After beginning our year with MM4 as our primary math program and BA3 as a supplement, we recognized that DS thrived on the level of challenge offered by the more difficult BA program, which is a math program designed to prepare gifted mathematics students for a rigorous pre-algebra course after 5th grade.  Maybe?  I always have trouble paring down my writing, so I can sympathize.