what to do after RSM honor 5

[Anonymous]

DD is a fourth grader doing 5 honor at RSM. at the time she is also doing beast academy 5.
After honor 5, what students usually do? continue honor 6 or jump to RSM pre-algebra? also, after BA5, she should naturally move forward to AOPS pre-algebra?

[Anonymous]

I would move her into competition math classes. They are challenging and contain materials not found in school.

[Anonymous]

DD also took 5th honor class during 4th grade and we moved her to Aops prealgebra because the class time was shorter. RSM 6th honor can be paired with geometry 1 which seems too much. But we missed RSM. Either choice will be fine. But I do not recommend to do both.

[Anonymous]

Sixth grade at RSM is pre algebra. There is no separate track sixth grade honors. They will also strongly encourage but not require you to take the first year of the geometry track. My older one was in pre-algebra plus geometry in fifth and it was a lot of class time one night a week but totally doable. I don’t know about also doing AOPS as well but my kids play sports so we only have time for one extracurricular math!!
Kid dropped RSM once he started middle school in sixth grade and picked up math competition as an extra curricular.

[Anonymous]

If you're going to do AoPS prealgebra, then choose that along with maybe RSM geometry 1. AoPS prealgebra will be more rigorous than RSM honors prealgebra but not more than the competition math class.

[Anonymous]

RSMs pre-algebra honors was boring for my 6th grader and they would not move him into the algebra class. It really depends on your kid. He dropped the grade level class but continued on in math competition. If you have a 4th grader in 5th grade RSM, we did as well, the regular classes are less engaging, even at the honors level.

The competition math classes teach algebra, geometry, number theory, probability, statistics and other math concepts that are not taught in regular classes. The math is far more challenging, DS needs help with problems on occasion, which makes it more engaging. It allows kids to be creative with math and understand that math is not as black and white as regular classes make it seem. There are multiple correct ways to solve the problems, which they discuss in the class.

What is it you want your child to get out of the class? Learning the material and getting a good grade or developing stronger math instincts.