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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The other option is to have her start taking an online algebra class at home like AOPS or there are plenty of really good homeschool algebra programs. She takes algebra at home while taking pre-algebra/math 7 next year. In 8th she takes honors algebra and gets an easy A since she will have already taken algebra and keeps studying topics into algebra 2.

Then she takes geometry the summer between 8th and 9th. In 9th she has caught up to the students who took algebra in 7th. Except she has taken more algebra without having a gap of a year like the student who took geometry in 8th. And has studied some topics from algebra 2. This worked for my child who then got an A in 9th honors algebra 2 while some other students struggled who were advanced into algebra in 7th. [/quote]I think this would require taking geometry at home in 8th grade so that she isn't expected to learn a year's worth of math over the summer. It's also a shame that a student who has already taken algebra and can demonstrate their knowledge would need to retake the class.[/quote]

I would never have my kid take any other high school math class in the summer but Geometry is the one class that it is totally doable. Getting a really solid foundation in algebra is worth it because it makes algebra 2, precalculus, and even Calculus so much easier. A neighbor is a math teacher and told me the kids that struggle in Calculus don't struggle because of learning the new material in Calculus, most struggle because they aren't solid in algebra. So solving a Calculus problem might involve 3 or 4 steps and 2 of them are going to be from algebra. You need to effortlessly manipulate equations effortlessly. The teacher isn't going to stop to review how to solve the algebra in the problem, you need to automatically know it. My neighbor pointed out a problem like x^2=x (x squared equals 2, find x). So many students can't solve this correctly. [/quote]

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