staceyobu Posted May 1, 2018 Share Posted May 1, 2018 My 5th grader is finishing Saxon 6/5. He does an entire lesson in under 15 minutes (I have no idea how) and makes 100% almost every time. Some of the material is definitely new to him, but he picks up new things really quickly and can do really complicated stuff in his head. Can we skip a level of Saxon? I know 1/2 basically repeats 8/7. Are any others repeats? What sequence should I follow with this kid? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellie Posted May 1, 2018 Share Posted May 1, 2018 51 minutes ago, staceyobu said: My 5th grader is finishing Saxon 6/5. He does an entire lesson in under 15 minutes (I have no idea how) and makes 100% almost every time. Some of the material is definitely new to him, but he picks up new things really quickly and can do really complicated stuff in his head. Can we skip a level of Saxon? I know 1/2 basically repeats 8/7. Are any others repeats? What sequence should I follow with this kid? Did you give him the placement test before he started? And he's doing every single problem in each problem set? He would not do both Alg. 1/2 and Math 87. If he completes Math 76 with at least an 80% average (which it sounds as if he will) then he would do Math 87, then Algebra 1. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arliemaria Posted May 1, 2018 Share Posted May 1, 2018 38 minutes ago, Ellie said: Did you give him the placement test before he started? And he's doing every single problem in each problem set? He would not do both Alg. 1/2 and Math 87. If he completes Math 76 with at least an 80% average (which it sounds as if he will) then he would do Math 87, then Algebra 1. We use many different maths. I do some daily during the day and my husband uses a different source in the evening. My dh wants to use an old second edition 5/4 book my with our ds. This Saxon 5/4 book seemed very simple. Is this placement test available online? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
staceyobu Posted May 1, 2018 Author Share Posted May 1, 2018 1 hour ago, Ellie said: Did you give him the placement test before he started? And he's doing every single problem in each problem set? He would not do both Alg. 1/2 and Math 87. If he completes Math 76 with at least an 80% average (which it sounds as if he will) then he would do Math 87, then Algebra 1. We just started with Saxon 1 in 1st grade. He does every single problem of every single lesson. Generally, he likes math being easy. I'm just wondering if he's starting to get bored. I guess with how fast he is, he could probably do two lessons a day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janeway Posted May 1, 2018 Share Posted May 1, 2018 Maybe go to 8/7 next and if that goes well, then after that, straight to Algebra 1. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellie Posted May 1, 2018 Share Posted May 1, 2018 44 minutes ago, arliemaria said: We use many different maths. I do some daily during the day and my husband uses a different source in the evening. My dh wants to use an old second edition 5/4 book my with our ds. This Saxon 5/4 book seemed very simple. Is this placement test available online? Yes. https://homeschoolwithsaxon.com/PlacementTests/middle_placement.pdf 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellie Posted May 1, 2018 Share Posted May 1, 2018 23 minutes ago, staceyobu said: We just started with Saxon 1 in 1st grade. He does every single problem of every single lesson. Generally, he likes math being easy. I'm just wondering if he's starting to get bored. I guess with how fast he is, he could probably do two lessons a day. Then, yes, I'd have him do two lessons a day. Some people have their children do the tests each day instead of a lesson, and they keep going until they either test out of that book or they reach a test where they don't get at least 80% correct, then they go back 5 lessons in the book and begin working from there. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellie Posted May 2, 2018 Share Posted May 2, 2018 8 hours ago, staceyobu said: I know 1/2 basically repeats 8/7. Are any others repeats? What sequence should I follow with this kid? Oh, i wanted to say that Alg. 1/2 doesn't "repeat" Math 87. Each addresses math before algebra in different ways (and I'm not mathy enough to explain that, lol). 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arliemaria Posted May 2, 2018 Share Posted May 2, 2018 On 5/1/2018 at 5:01 PM, Ellie said: Yes. https://homeschoolwithsaxon.com/PlacementTests/middle_placement.pdf Thank you, Ellie. I was just about to post saying in the 1995 edition of the text we have I cannot find tests. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smfmommy Posted May 3, 2018 Share Posted May 3, 2018 Do you have the test booklet? You could give him the quizes until he does poorly then back up 5-10 lessons and start there. I know of some families who do this at the beginning, review section, of each of the Saxon books. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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