grantmeawish Posted November 16, 2018 Share Posted November 16, 2018 My son is in the accelerated math class in 8th grade public school. It is algebra 1 and analytic geometry. They are currently working on quadratics. They do not have actual textbooks in hand but there is one offered online but they don’t use it. Everything is done orally and with the use of online games and videos. I tried to ask the teacher if she could recommend a text for my son to use at home but she took this as a personal affront to her teaching style? and sent me a long email about how she explains everything so well and gives adequate resources that he doesn’t need a text. My son was homeschooled through 6th grade and learned great from the texts. I guess it’s just what he is use to. I don’t think Saxon algebra 1 would go into enough depth. Do any of you have other recommendations? thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaredluvsjoanie Posted November 16, 2018 Share Posted November 16, 2018 (edited) Life of Fred may do the trick. Edited November 16, 2018 by jaredluvsjoanie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HomeAgain Posted November 16, 2018 Share Posted November 16, 2018 Maybe AOPS? He could go through it slowly and use it to go a bit deeper. I really like Life of Fred for younger kids, but one of the problems we ran into with the older texts is that the Your Turn To Play and answers are often on the same page. If anyone has a more recent Fractions or above text I'd be curious to know if this is still the same. Otherwise, if you go the LOF route I'd get a pack of large sticky notes to go with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiara.I Posted November 16, 2018 Share Posted November 16, 2018 What about the one that's online, does it not work? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmrich Posted November 16, 2018 Share Posted November 16, 2018 Find the publisher of the online textbook and see if you can get a cheap one from the same publisher. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grantmeawish Posted November 16, 2018 Author Share Posted November 16, 2018 The online text is difficult to navigate. I don’t think they even use it in class. I’m looking for something we can physically flip through. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heathermomster Posted November 16, 2018 Share Posted November 16, 2018 My favorite algebra text is Lial's Introductory Algebra 8th edition. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiana Posted November 16, 2018 Share Posted November 16, 2018 I would get a beginning algebra text off amazon (old ones are cheap), like Lial, Bittinger, Martin-Gay, or similar. Use as a reference. They're cheap enough you might even want to get more than one from different authors. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klmama Posted November 17, 2018 Share Posted November 17, 2018 16 hours ago, Heathermomster said: My favorite algebra text is Lial's Introductory Algebra 8th edition. I agree. Here's a page of used solutions manuals for it, if you want more than just the final answers for odd problems found in the back of the student text. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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