Hi All I was homeschooling my daughter last year and at the beginning of the current school year but due to a variety of circumstances we returned her to private school a few weeks into the year. She is a 7th grader. I was concerned about her math skills so I asked the school to place her in the 6th grade math class. They use Saxon Math. She has done pretty well. She would like to try to move into the 8th grade math class next year when she is in 8th grade. That will mean skipping 7th grade math altogether. My idea is to have my daughter work through about 8-10 lessons per week in Teaching Textbooks Pre-Algebra over the summer to prepare her. I compared the TT Pre-Algebra table of contents to Saxon Course 2 (7th grade). The concepts covered in both programs match up pretty well with one another. We'll do the placement tests of course but in looking at them I'm sure she'll place in Pre-Algebra just fine. I am wondering if doing this over the summer will be enough to skip 7th grade Saxon Math in school altogether and plunge into 8th grade Saxon. Any thoughts? I would appreciate the input. I've also posted this message in a TT thread.
I would first talk to the 7th and 8th grade math teacher first. It can be done but you want to make sure that they are on board and feel that she can work at that level. You are basically trying to do an entire years worth of work in 3 months and that is a lot. I would only attempt it with someone who has a strong ability in math and can easily grasp the concepts. You do not want a shaky foundation when it comes to algebra.
Saxon has a website that lets you do a placement test to see what level you shoul be on. Here is the link to the middle grade test http://saxonhomeschool.hmhco.com/HA/correlations/pdf/s/SHS_PLT_middlegrades.pdf You can do it now, and again after the summer to see where she should be.
They say not to use the placement test if you are already using Saxon so I am not sure how accurate the results would be.
Oh yeah, forgot about that. But it should give her and idea of if the student has mastered that level. ps Our dog likes nunu's too LOL
