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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yes, the classes will prepare a child for math acceleration, especially if your child is in the honors class. RSM focuses on teaching math the way it is taught in Eastern Europe, probably closer to how we learned in the 80’s. RSM starts a geometry class that is a separate class in 6th grade so that there are 3 years of geometry. They encourage kids to take the regular class plus the geometry class. I am pretty sure that Pre Algebra is taught in 6, Algebra in 7, and Geometry in 8. [/quote]

RSM family here. My kid is enrolled in the 'advanced' class (middle level).

In RSM, 6th graders take prealgebra & geometry 1, 7th graders take algebra 1 & geometry 2, and 8th graders take algebra 2 & geometry 3. Geometry 1-3 cover the HS level geometry class. So, in theory, in 9th grade, students should be ready for pre-calc. The reality is that what they cover in RSM is quite a bit, but not all of the curriculum.

Example - my kid is in 7th, in algebra 1 in school and in RSM. RSM goes much deeper/more practice on some topics, but school covers topics RSM so far hasn't touched. For example, in quadratics, school class has kids move between standard form and vertex form and do graphing. That is not happening in RSM for us in the 'advanced' class. So some aspects of school are easy for my kid because he has covered it, but others aren't and he really needs to focus to learn the school-based material. I would not be comfortable putting my kid in pre-calc in 9th. RSM has been good to develop strong math skills, but my kid will be following the "advanced" track in MCPS and enrolling in Algebra 2 in 9th. It's not required and you can request testing out and going straight to precalc, but I am not comfortable that all the algebra 2 standards would have been covered in RSM.

May be different with the honors version of RSM, which moves faster.[/quote]

How do you know the RSM curriculum? I assume this is just the middle level. Do you know what topics are covered in the other grades?

DS is in 2nd grade level 3 and they have done simple equations with variables, multiplication, area, and perimeter. I would like to know what they cover in 3rd-8th each year. The school has seemed really secretive with their curriculum and it’s hard to get answers. [/quote]

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