Geometry For Kid Who Needs Lots of Spiraling?

[CAtoVA]

I posted this on the high school board but have had no replies so far. Thought I would try here.....

 

My rising 9th grade DS is a competent math student but math anxiety often derails his efforts. Spiral curriculum has been great for him the last two years—Saxon Pre-Algebra in 7th and CLE Algebra 1 in 8th grade this year. A tight spiral has kept him on track and reduced his fears of forgetting "what to do". Alas, there is no CLE Geometry that fits the bill and I've heard the Saxon Geometry textbook is not like other Saxon programs (weaker and disorganized). 

 

He does not want an online class (Pre-Algebra was online with Veritas) so I will be teaching him. I 've read some older threads on the Hive and have seen some names (Jacobs, Jurgensen's, Holt, Geometry a Guided Inquiry etc.) but just do not know enough about any of them to know if they have enough of a spiral or if they would be good for a kid who can do math but does not like math and who is prone to undermining his own progress with anxiety.

 

Thanks so much for any assistance!

Edited March 19, 2018 by chiefcookandbottlewasher

[Gil]

I don't know if this would work for you, but I just sit once every couple of weeks and write a schedule of practice problems and include assignments from various chapters. Mine can't/don't use videos either, so I wind up teaching them math directly and for us, this works better.

 

1) I'm good at the material and since I am teaching them directly, I know where they are thriving or struggling with the material, so I assign the problems for the week based on what they need--more drill of this skill, or are they ready to flex their muscle with a little more problem solving of this topic, etc?

 

2) This way I can still assign all of the (worth-while) problems in the text book, but in a way that keeps things interesting and I create the "spiral" myself.

 

I enjoy it/find it relaxing so it's a little labor intensive, but not burdensome. I like marking out the numbers for all the problems that have been done.

Edited March 22, 2018 by Gil