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Anonymous wrote:My child had the opportunity to take Algebra 1 as a 6th grader after the Covid lockdown, and jumped on it. She watched Khan Academy videos to solidify her knowledge and seems to be doing appropriately challenged now in Geometry - she's making straight As but has to work at it. I imagine it will be the same in 8th for Honors Algebra 2.

So yes, get a tutor, or work from home. Math builds on itself so the effort is worth it.

This sounds like a mistake. Good luck w that later. Kids that are truly advanced in math don’t need tutors.

Mcps has no textbooks, little homework or class work for reinforcing the material. Smart kids can do well with tutors to strengthen their knowledge.

Agree with this. My kid is great at Math, but the MCPS curriculum stinks.

I have to disagree. My kid learned so much from MCPS and even had math books before the SMCS magnet. I don't care about the books. I mean, that's a dated notion anyway.

There is no Eureka math for MS/HS level classes starting with Algebra. So, your kids aren't taking Algebra 2.
Yea for your kid but many of our get excluded from magnet and the math is weak. We never had books.

My ES kid has Eureka math books. I even bought copies of what they use at school for home.

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Anonymous wrote:Problem here is that there is no great solution at this juncture for dropping down. If geometry is easy, no need to repeat and it won’t help shore up the algebra skills. Dropping go on level algebra 2 when a freshman (so in advanced track) also not ideal. Might be bored and will hurt when comes time to apply to college. I would have your kid take algebra 2 honors next year and have them do an algebra review course over the summer or do some algebra review on Kahn academy.

MCPS offered free tutoring.

Is the free tutoring a available over the summer?

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Anonymous wrote:My child had the opportunity to take Algebra 1 as a 6th grader after the Covid lockdown, and jumped on it. She watched Khan Academy videos to solidify her knowledge and seems to be doing appropriately challenged now in Geometry - she's making straight As but has to work at it. I imagine it will be the same in 8th for Honors Algebra 2.

So yes, get a tutor, or work from home. Math builds on itself so the effort is worth it.

This sounds like a mistake. Good luck w that later. Kids that are truly advanced in math don’t need tutors.

Mcps has no textbooks, little homework or class work for reinforcing the material. Smart kids can do well with tutors to strengthen their knowledge.

Agree with this. My kid is great at Math, but the MCPS curriculum stinks.

I have to disagree. My kid learned so much from MCPS and even had math books before the SMCS magnet. I don't care about the books. I mean, that's a dated notion anyway.

There is no Eureka math for MS/HS level classes starting with Algebra. So, your kids aren't taking Algebra 2.
Yea for your kid but many of our get excluded from magnet and the math is weak. We never had books.

My ES kid has Eureka math books. I even bought copies of what they use at school for home.

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Anonymous wrote:Problem here is that there is no great solution at this juncture for dropping down. If geometry is easy, no need to repeat and it won’t help shore up the algebra skills. Dropping go on level algebra 2 when a freshman (so in advanced track) also not ideal. Might be bored and will hurt when comes time to apply to college. I would have your kid take algebra 2 honors next year and have them do an algebra review course over the summer or do some algebra review on Kahn academy.

MCPS offered free tutoring.

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Anonymous wrote:My child had the opportunity to take Algebra 1 as a 6th grader after the Covid lockdown, and jumped on it. She watched Khan Academy videos to solidify her knowledge and seems to be doing appropriately challenged now in Geometry - she's making straight As but has to work at it. I imagine it will be the same in 8th for Honors Algebra 2.

So yes, get a tutor, or work from home. Math builds on itself so the effort is worth it.

This sounds like a mistake. Good luck w that later. Kids that are truly advanced in math don’t need tutors.

Mcps has no textbooks, little homework or class work for reinforcing the material. Smart kids can do well with tutors to strengthen their knowledge.

Agree with this. My kid is great at Math, but the MCPS curriculum stinks.

I have to disagree. My kid learned so much from MCPS and even had math books before the SMCS magnet. I don't care about the books. I mean, that's a dated notion anyway.

Yea for your kid but many of our get excluded from magnet and the math is weak. We never had books.

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Anonymous wrote:My child had the opportunity to take Algebra 1 as a 6th grader after the Covid lockdown, and jumped on it. She watched Khan Academy videos to solidify her knowledge and seems to be doing appropriately challenged now in Geometry - she's making straight As but has to work at it. I imagine it will be the same in 8th for Honors Algebra 2.

So yes, get a tutor, or work from home. Math builds on itself so the effort is worth it.

This sounds like a mistake. Good luck w that later. Kids that are truly advanced in math don’t need tutors.

Mcps has no textbooks, little homework or class work for reinforcing the material. Smart kids can do well with tutors to strengthen their knowledge.

Agree with this. My kid is great at Math, but the MCPS curriculum stinks.

I have to disagree. My kid learned so much from MCPS and even had math books before the SMCS magnet. I don't care about the books. I mean, that's a dated notion anyway.

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Anonymous wrote:My child had the opportunity to take Algebra 1 as a 6th grader after the Covid lockdown, and jumped on it. She watched Khan Academy videos to solidify her knowledge and seems to be doing appropriately challenged now in Geometry - she's making straight As but has to work at it. I imagine it will be the same in 8th for Honors Algebra 2.

So yes, get a tutor, or work from home. Math builds on itself so the effort is worth it.

This sounds like a mistake. Good luck w that later. Kids that are truly advanced in math don’t need tutors.

Mcps has no textbooks, little homework or class work for reinforcing the material. Smart kids can do well with tutors to strengthen their knowledge.

Agree with this. My kid is great at Math, but the MCPS curriculum stinks.

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Anonymous wrote:Do you think your child was ready? With Covid hitting and math going pretty slow in middle school, was your child prepared? Honors Geometry seems pretty simple but my DD struggled a bit with Algebra 1. Still getting A’s in Geometry and ended up with a high B in Honors Algebra 1. But it was first year back from Covid.

Did you do anything prior to the class or change levels? Or is everything going ok.

DC finds it incredibly not challenging, and wishes that these classes move to the faster pace .

That is rare since he took Algebra online. Honors Algebra 2 is a breeze? I have not heard that from anyone

They're capable of teaching themselves from the many wonderful online resources and we're well past algebra when they were taking it.

So, if they all teach themselves why send them to school?

Lots of us are wondering that. I’d like some of my tax money back since MCPS’ own stats show that the majority of students at my child’s school are not proficient in Math.

We have had teachers who say to supplement with Khan Academy, or people on here are saying to get tutors. Clearly most kids are not learning what they should be learning AT school.

Anonymous wrote:I keep hearing about more and more current 9th graders struggling in Alg 2 and AP history and needing tutors. Much better choice to put your kid on a slower track so they can stay in honors. Need to break the stigma that all the kids need to be in the hardest classes. That does not work out for many kids down the road in HS.

Anonymous wrote:I keep hearing about more and more current 9th graders struggling in Alg 2 and AP history and needing tutors. Much better choice to put your kid on a slower track so they can stay in honors. Need to break the stigma that all the kids need to be in the hardest classes. That does not work out for many kids down the road in HS.

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Anonymous wrote:Do you think your child was ready? With Covid hitting and math going pretty slow in middle school, was your child prepared? Honors Geometry seems pretty simple but my DD struggled a bit with Algebra 1. Still getting A’s in Geometry and ended up with a high B in Honors Algebra 1. But it was first year back from Covid.

Did you do anything prior to the class or change levels? Or is everything going ok.

DC finds it incredibly not challenging, and wishes that these classes move to the faster pace .

That is rare since he took Algebra online. Honors Algebra 2 is a breeze? I have not heard that from anyone

They're capable of teaching themselves from the many wonderful online resources and we're well past algebra when they were taking it.

So, if they all teach themselves why send them to school?

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Anonymous wrote:My child had the opportunity to take Algebra 1 as a 6th grader after the Covid lockdown, and jumped on it. She watched Khan Academy videos to solidify her knowledge and seems to be doing appropriately challenged now in Geometry - she's making straight As but has to work at it. I imagine it will be the same in 8th for Honors Algebra 2.

So yes, get a tutor, or work from home. Math builds on itself so the effort is worth it.

This sounds like a mistake. Good luck w that later. Kids that are truly advanced in math don’t need tutors.

Mcps has no textbooks, little homework or class work for reinforcing the material. Smart kids can do well with tutors to strengthen their knowledge.