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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My child just finished AIM after compacted math in ES. It moves so fast. I wish we had stuck with on-level math in ES and started the acceleration in middle school. My kid has now been accelerated two years -- just seems like a lot of foundational skills were missed. They skipped SO MANY Eureka units in ES, and the Curriculum 2.0 AIM course moves fast but also has subpar curricular materials. My kid is doing fine because we supplement outside of class (particularly over the summer, when my kid does Khan, which seems to help with the missing skills from the accereated path).

OP, your child can still be accelerated in MS. There is 6+ and 7+ in middle school -- that will get your child to Algebra 1 in 8th and still be able to get to Calculus in high school. In fact, based on MAP scores and district assessments, a substantial number of students who did compacted math in ES were put in 6+ this year in middle school regardless. I'll bet their parents wish they had stuck with on-grade level math.[/quote]

Algebra 1 in 8th, Geometry in summer school after 8th, then Precal in summer school after 9th etc. They will soon be super advanced.[/quote]

Taking math for original credit in the summer is a terrible idea. Compressing a years' worth of content into 6 weeks is a recipe for not learning the material. Much better to stick with a regular acceleration path leading to algebra 1 in 8th grade and a solid foundation. It is not a race; taking geometry in 9th is perfectly fine (and is still one year accelerated).[/quote]

DP.  I think PP forgot to sign off with "/sarcasm."[/quote]

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