The unique approach of these 4th grade homeschool lessons and teacher books has helped make Saxon Math a best seller.
Click here to see sample pages. The 3rd edition Saxon Math 54 Student Textbook offers enhanced mathematical content compared to the previous edition. The Saxon Math 54 homeschool curriculum 3rd edition is softbound and offers an attractive 2-color layout for the textbook pages. The 3rd edition places increased emphasis on mental math and problem solving strategies.
Saxon Math 54 homeschool curriculum 3rd edition may be purchased as a complete Home Study Kit or in part. Answers to problems in the textbook are found only in the Solutions Manual, which is available as a separate purchase. The Test and Worksheets are also available as a separate item providing test questions for review after every five or ten lessons in the student textbook.
Typically used in the fourth grade, Math 54 contains a thorough review of concepts and procedures related to whole number operations, including single-digit multiplication and division. Word problems are incrementally developed and continually practiced throughout the year. Students receive a balanced, integrated mathematics program that includes continual development of whole number concepts, whole number computation, mental math, problem solving, patterns and functions, measurement, geometry, fractions, decimals, statistics, and probability. 3rd Edition © 2004 (141 lessons).
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Saxon Math Teaching Philosophy:
Learning need not be difficult, but neither does it happen quickly. Time is the elixir that turns things new into things familiar. Therefore, the most effective way for students to learn is through gentle development of concepts and the practice of those concepts extended over a considerable period of time. John Saxon called these methods incremental development and continual review and he applied them to mathematics and the fundamental skills of reading.
At its simplest, incremental development is the introduction of topics in easily understandable pieces (increments), permitting the assimilation of one facet of a concept before the next facet is introduced. Both facets are then practiced together until another is introduced.
The incrementalization of topics is combined with continual review, wherein all previously learned material is reviewed in every lesson for the entire year. Topics are never dropped but are instead increased in complexity and practiced every day, providing the time required for concepts to become totally familiar.
As Saxon math concepts become familiar and the requisite skills become automated, learning becomes a game at which students can succeed and through which they find satisfaction and self-worth. More importantly, the automation of fundamental skills frees students' minds to consider the Saxon math concepts on a more abstract level.
Genuine learning is demonstrated not only through the understanding of a concept, but also through the ability to apply that concept to new situations. Saxon math students do both with ease and confidence.
John Saxon - Founder of Saxon Publishers |
