Sue G in PA
03-28-2008, 11:11 AM
I've posted before about ds9 and his difficulties in memorizing math facts. We've been working on that and seeing MUCH improvement. BUT, it's just not there yet. A little over halfway through Saxon 5/4 and it is really becoming a stumbling block to him. While he knows the mechanics of how to solve multi-digit mult., he's not getting the problems correct b/c of his diff. w/ single digit mult. Word problems are also a problem...he just doesn't know what to do (which operation to use). Saxon does not do a great job with real-life applications. So, the short of it is this: I've decided (and dh agrees) that he needs mastery before moving on w/ Saxon. Next year Saxon 6/5 will be a nightmare if he doesn't get this NOW.
That's where MUS comes in. I'm thinking of switching now to MUS Gamma to really solidify his mult. facts, moving quickly to Delta for div. and supplementing occasionally w/ Saxon 5/4 lessons for the variety and Singapore CWP for the application. My schedule would be 3 days MUS, 1 day Saxon, 1 day CWP (or perhaps a few CWP each day). Is this overkill and will it just be confusing to ds? Ah, you see the reason for my post title! Why can't one math curriculum just "fit" with all dc? What does the hive think of this? Believe me...this decision to switch is not just a "spur of the moment" thing...we've been contemplating it for some time and I really wanted to stick w/ Saxon. BUT, as ds9 couldn't do 75% of his assessment today w/out help..it really struck me how much he is struggling. TIA.
That's where MUS comes in. I'm thinking of switching now to MUS Gamma to really solidify his mult. facts, moving quickly to Delta for div. and supplementing occasionally w/ Saxon 5/4 lessons for the variety and Singapore CWP for the application. My schedule would be 3 days MUS, 1 day Saxon, 1 day CWP (or perhaps a few CWP each day). Is this overkill and will it just be confusing to ds? Ah, you see the reason for my post title! Why can't one math curriculum just "fit" with all dc? What does the hive think of this? Believe me...this decision to switch is not just a "spur of the moment" thing...we've been contemplating it for some time and I really wanted to stick w/ Saxon. BUT, as ds9 couldn't do 75% of his assessment today w/out help..it really struck me how much he is struggling. TIA.