Scheduling Saxon Math

[LauraBeth475]

Do you do the tests and the lessons and the investigations all on separate days or do you combine some?  I’m trying to decide if this should be a 4 or 5 day a week math plan

[PeachyDoodle]

We did them one per day. The lessons can get pretty long otherwise, at least in the upper elementary/middle school grades. (We didn't use Saxon for the earlier grades.)

[freesia]

We did 5 days about every other week. Our co-op meets on two fridays a month, so we take those days off. 

We do the tests and investigations as separate days ( my ds prefers test days bc they are easy lol). I think it makes a nice break in routine. 

One thing I like about Saxon is that there aren't 180 lessons which gives some flexibility for field trips and co-op. 

[LauraBeth475]

Maybe I’ll plan to schedule tests on our light days...

[stlily]

We do math 5 days a week.  Investigations get their own day and tests get their own day.

[veryblueberry]

We are finishing the year up and have done math 5 days a week with tests on the same days as a lesson.  It was brutal some days.  Made it seem like we did math all day.  We began homeschooling mid year so that affected our pace.  This fall we will begin Saxon 8/7 and I am scheduling 5 days but with tests and investigations having their own day.  That'll be super short on test days since those don't take very long.  

 

[blondeviolin]

We do tests and investigations on the same day and school four days a week. Saxon ends up with 132 lesson days and our school year is 144.  (We do coop on Fridays that we don't schedule other work for.) I appreciate that it fits in so nicely. 

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another vote for mostly 5 days per week, and doing tests and investigations separately.  I really thought it was nice to have a short day on testing day, so that the tests were something to look forward to!