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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Is the current class a Prealgebra / "Math 8" class, or is it a regular Math 6 class where the bored kids who have been accelerating at home finally get to skip when they start junior high?

If your kid truly can do it, but is just lazy, it's not hard do Prealgebra over the summer.

But if your kid isn't bored by the easy class, you're taking a big risk. So it's good that you aren't fully committed to Algebra in 7th.

"Ready for Prealgebra" now isn't really enough to get to "Ready for Algebra" in 4 months, unless the kid is motivated and capable.

Try this video series and see if that engages:
https://artofproblemsolving.com/videos/prealgebra
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The current class is class 6. The top kids then skip straight to Algebra in 7th. My goal is for my kid to take pre-algebra in 7th but algebra is within his ability. Current class is such a disaster that he may not even be ready for prealgebra w/o a lot of tutoring. Without getting into too much detail what happened is that the teacher decided to stop teaching the class and my kid has been doing nothing for months. [/quote]

Each kid is different, and if your kid clearly needs to be prealgebra, go right ahead with that plan.  And there is nothing wrong with that.  If AoPs is not a good fit, which I hear is frequently the problem, try one of the other enrichment centers.

But vast majority of advanced kids do Algebra in 7th, and do great in following years as most are also doing a reinforcement using external enrichment.  Many of them when admitted to TJ, excel being in the top segment.    [/quote]

OP here again. I did algebra in 7th grade way back when and I am definitely not a math genius (and there was zero enrichment at my house). I see my DS as having a similar profile to me (extremely high verbal/memory, high average math) and even being a little better at math. I was just tragically slow in figuring out that math instruction is truly terrible in our elementary schools and has only gotten worse in MS.

Based on everything I’ve found out now, my kid amazingly has no significant gaps in fundamentals and grasps the new concepts easily. He’s just an extremely poor fit temperamentally for the current teaching style that relies exclusively on computer instruction and has zero structure. [/quote]

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