Saxon Math pros/cons

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Saxon Math pros/cons

by Mrs. L

Jun 24, 2011

My daughter goes to a charter schoo. I think its great but am not sure I love the math program- Saxon Math. Just today we were talking about how she needs to be quicker on hermath facts and she said "Why does the teacher try to confuse us? We are doing x6 facts and then she gives us a - 100 paper to do! Why?!" I get her confusion. She's in first, doing time, money, multiplication, add/sub facts etc. She's covered lots of concepts this year but I don't think any have been in depth. What do you think of this program?

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wig I do not teach it, but it is used in our school. Is this her first year with it? The first year seems to be the most difficult for students to get used to the process you described, unless they have used it from First grade one up. Our test scores in Math went up after we started using it.

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Jun 24, 2011

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K. Fair I enjoyed using Saxon in Kindergarten, but now we use EveryDay Math. I am not familiar with the first grade Saxon materials. We actually used old Saxon worksheets to supplement EDM because it jumped around so much.

6/24/11, wig wrote: > I do not teach it, but it is used in our school. Is this her > first year with it? The first year...See More

Jun 24, 2011

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meep I've used Saxon in 1st/2nd. It has it's good points and not so good points. To me, it does the spiral review to help reinforce concepts that have been introduced. It never really gets into any depth on any one concept, but they continue to review it throughout the year with the belief that "eventually" they'll learn it. My biggest beef with it is t...See More

Jun 24, 2011

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judy I taught Saxon math in first grade a few years ago. I didn't love it personally, although some of the first grade teachers did. I didn't think it gave enough practice for difficult skills. It seemed to me like it was like the sayingabout teaching wide not deep, lots of my kids didn't master the many concepts it presented. I tried to supplement and ...See More

Jun 24, 2011

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parents talk On 6/24/11, judy wrote: > I taught Saxon math in first grade a few years ago. I didn't love > it personally, although some of the first grade teachers did. I > didn't think it gave enough practice for difficult skills. It seemed > to me like it was like the sayingabout teaching wide not deep, lots > of my kids didn't master the many ...See MoreOn 6/24/11, judy wrote: > I taught Saxon math in first grade a few years ago. I didn't love > it personally, although some of the first grade teachers did. I > didn't think it gave enough practice for difficult skills. It seemed > to me like it was like the sayingabout teaching wide not deep, lots > of my kids didn't master the many concepts it presented. I tried to > supplement and skip a lesson to devote that day to practicing a > skill, but then I faced the "you're behind" comments. So, I felt > torn between covering the lessons or really teaching the concepts. > However, many teachers loved it. I am not a fan of scripted > programs in general, but I do think Saxon has some good points. > > On 6/24/11, K. Fair wrote: >> I enjoyed using Saxon in Kindergarten, but now we use EveryDay >> Math. I am not familiar with the first grade Saxon > materials. We >> actually used old Saxon worksheets to supplement EDM because it >> jumped around so much. >> >> 6/24/11, wig wrote: >>> I do not teach it, but it is used in our school. Is this her >>> first year with it? The first year seems to be the most >>> difficult for students to get used to the process you >>> described, unless they have used it from First grade one up. >>> Our test scores in Math went up after we started using it. >>> >>> >>> On 6/24/11, Mrs. L wrote: >>>> My daughter goes to a charter schoo. I think its great but >>>> am not sure I love the math program- Saxon Math. Just today >>>> we were talking about how she needs to be quicker on >>>> hermath facts and she said "Why does the teacher try to >>>> confuse us? We are doing x6 facts and then she gives us a - >>>> 100 paper to do! Why?!" >>>> I get her confusion. She's in first, doing time, money, >>>> multiplication, add/sub facts etc. She's covered lots of >>>> concepts this year but I don't think any have been in depth. >>>> What do you think of this program?

You're right, we have to cover the book and not get the concept into their heads. They need the concepts because they come year after year after year and if the students doesn't have the concepts they get discouraged and fall further behind.

Jun 26, 2011

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