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How to Get the Most Out of Saxon 6/5 with Jean Hoeft:
- Please have your student read the lesson and have a notebook handy before watching the recording.
- Watch the recording, keeping a notebook and pencil, and taking notes when directed.
- Do the practice problems with the examples on the video to see how to do the problems.
- Do the lesson problem set and check it. The Saxon 6/5 Homeschool Kit includes answer keys for you.
- There are four lessons per week. The fifth day is test day. The Saxon 6/5 Kit includes a test booklet with weekly tests and answers.
Prerequisite: Basic math skills. Saxon 5/4 or equivalent.
Suggested Grade Level: 5th to 6th grade
Suggested Credit: 1 full year math
Instructor: Jean Hoeft, MA
Instructor's Biography: Jean Hoeft has been a math and algebra teacher for 22 years. She has a BA from the University of Michigan and a MA from Marygrove University. Jean has taught the confirmation class at her Catholic parish for 27 years. She loves gardening, sudoku puzzles, raising chickens, reading, knitting, and everything Catholic.
Course Description: Building upon the principles taught in Saxon Math 5/4, the Saxon 6/5 textbook covers concepts such as: the order of operations; geometry and measurement; integers; divisibility concepts; ratios; statistics and probability; prime and composite numbers; patterns and sequences; and powers and roots. Students will specifically learn about making a multiplication table, adding/subtracting fractions with a common denominator, multiplying by multiples of 10 and 100, perimeter, simple probability, decimal parts of a meter, reciprocals, volume, square roots, graphing points on a coordinate plane, and more.
Lessons contain a warm-up (with facts practice, mental math, & problem-solving exercises); introduction to the new concept, lesson practice exercises where the new skill is practiced, and mixed practice exercises, which includes 25-30 old and new problems. In-depth "Investigations" are provided every 10 lessons, and have their own set of questions. Math 6/5 also includes 6 in-lesson activities and 5 investigation activities.
Course Materials: Saxon 6/5 Third Edition, Homeschool Text ISBN #1-59141-318-4, Homeschool Kit (includes tests and answer keys)
Homework: Practice set for appropriate lesson, and then the problem set for that lesson. Please follow the recommended schedule for testing which comes with the homeschooling kit.
- Teacher: Jean Hoeft