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Author:Stephen Hake^John Saxon
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Publisher:Steck-Vaughn Company
Published Date:04/30/2004
Format:Paperback
ISBN:159141332X
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| | | Product Details: | | | Author:
| Stephen Hake | | Publisher:
| Steck-Vaughn Company | | Publication Date:
| April 30, 2004 | | Language:
| English | | ISBN:
| 159141332X | | Product Length:
| 11.75 inches | | Product Width:
| 11.0 inches | | Product Height:
| 4.89 inches | | Product Weight:
| 7.21 pounds | | Package Length:
| 11.8 inches | | Package Width:
| 9.0 inches | | Package Height:
| 4.2 inches | | Package Weight:
| 4.95 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 8 reviews |
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20 of 20 found the following review helpful:
This is all you need for ONE studentSep 28, 2008
By A. Dent
"Aragorn"
The set includes the three items you should have for a complete package: a Student/Teacher manual, the Solutions manual and the (reproducible) Tests and Worksheets. If you have one student, buy the COMPLETE kit. If you have 2 or more students, you should buy one complete set and as many extra student/teacher books, as you may need. If you do not have the ability to copy the worksheets, which is LEGAL, then you should also order additional Tests and Worksheets books. However, for one child, this is ALL you need. You will end up paying A LOT more if you bought these items individually.
Having 2 kids, and this is my experience for the past 5 years, from 3d to 7th grade, I order the complete kit from an education bookseller or from Amazon if I can find it here and an extra textbook from Amazon or one of the alternative sellers supported by Amazon.
By the way, Saxon's Math works. I am not a home schooler because I have a full-time job but I've been using it with my kids since 3d grade as a Math booster and I am happy with their A's. Besides math, children acquire some discipline, study skills, test-taking skills and, me having 2 'students', they learn to compete as well.
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On the Saxon method:
A one-year Math cycle is comprised of 120 lessons, 12 investigations and 23 review tests.
Each lesson begins with a quick daily test where certain skills such as addition or multiplication are drilled. Following that, there are warm-up activities that ask the students to perform mental math and solve a problem. The body of the lesson follows, where one or sometimes 2 topics are discussed. The lesson practice that follows asks students to answer/solve a number of questions related to the subject matters covered by the lesson. Finally, the 'mixed practice' asks students to answer/solve 25-30 questions that could be on EVERYTHING covered by Saxon Math up to that point. Each individual question has references to the lesson(s) which the students may want to review if they are having trouble with the answer/solution.
After every 5 lessons, beginning with the 10th, there is a 20-question test that covers material covered up to 5 lessons prior to that test. For example, the test given after lesson 25 will cover everything up to lesson 20.
Every 10 lessons there is an Investigation. Investigations are in-depth and largely 'hands on' studies of specific and important topics such as 'calculating odds' or 'measuring liquids'.
The expectation is for each lesson to last for about one hour. In practice, with 2 kids, I found that we spend anything from 60 to 90 minutes per lesson. At this point - doing 7th grade math - the children are capable to work on their own and my role is limited to reviewing the tests, 'teaching' the new topics and helping them with whatever questions or clarifications they may need.
6 of 6 found the following review helpful:
Excellent for HomeschoolingJan 28, 2008
By Linda A. Malcor
This is an amazing series for anyone who homeschools. Everything is explained well enough that those of us who have been away from this sort of math for the last three or four decades can once again figure out what's going on! The pattern of repetition helps to reinforce the various concepts. I highly recommend this text.
4 of 4 found the following review helpful:
 Superior Math Learning Program - ElementarySep 13, 2007
By L. Z. Worth
"HI-5 DAD"
The Saxon Math series for elementary grades has been head-and-shoulders above any other program we've tried. Saxon seems to explain math concepts better than other programs to where my kids understand quicker. There seems to be a little more exercises and problems than other programs as well which helps with practice.
3 of 3 found the following review helpful:
Loving this!Jul 30, 2009
By Lisa Schulze
I bought this set on the recommendation of a cousin that homeschools her children. I just wanted to keep my kids' skills active during the summer months. I love it. The 5th/6th grade edition starts with the students doing 100 addition facts for several days in a row before starting their lessons and progresses to 100 subtractions facts, 100 multiplication facts, and 90 division facts, etc. They do mental math and problem solving. The lesson is short and to the point and covers 1 or 2 concepts at a time. The lesson is followed with a few problems that allow the student to practice what they have just learned. That is followed by a Mixed Practice which involves 28-30 problems using everything that they have learned to date.
I do, however, wish that I had noticed the Lesson Recording Form in the back of the Tests and Worksheets book. I had just been having my kids write in the text (not going to reuse anyway) but it would have let me resell or hand-down the books when we were through. Oh well. Next time I'll know. I agree with the reviewer who recommended ordering a set and then extra student editions. Also, if you don't have access to a photocopier, you may want to order a copy of Tests & Worksheets book for each student. Not sure how the cost stacks up--photocopying a ferw hundred pages several times or purchasing extra copies. Just a thought.
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
Saxon MathMar 11, 2009
By C. Hudlin
Glad I made this purchase my son is very happy with the material. Math is not a struggle anymore
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