School Math programs grades 4-7 | Autism PDD

DD used Everyday Math for grades 1-4. She really struggled so we are working through the Saxon Math Homeschool books at home and go through those at her own pace. Saxon constantly reinforces prior topics and there is lots of repetition. This year, they are using SRA Real Math in her 5th grade Sped class and I think they use SRA "Connecting Math Concepts" in middle school and are able to individualize the program as to what level the student is on. I HATE Everyday Math. DD really had difficulty with it, and it's not challenging enough for my NT 1st grader. We also used KUMON for awhile to help with math facts though the kids got bored with it and it was getting too expensive.

www.touchmath.com

great program! good luck. its pricey though....

Can someone PLEASE explain to me what the "Touch Math" option is and whether or not I can buy it & where???? Although I live in Canada, I am a U.S. citizen and I work in upstate western New York. Any help would be greatly appreciated!!!

My son will be pulled out of Everyday Math for 5th. He will go to sped teacher for 60 minutes a day and she will do an alternative math with him. This is wonderful!!!

I HATE everyday math.....so many kids currently in 4th grade at our school are struggling with it!!! They started this program in the middle for many of these kids...it wasn't very fair....

Gail

Anyone out there who can tell me what Math program OR Math book there kids use? Who teaches it? What accomodations???

Thanks!

Gail

I like Saxon even better in the older grades. Call me old fashioned, but I
LIKE a math textbook that shows step by step examples of how to do the
work....
My kids use curriculum from Holt Rinehart. I like it because it not only
has a textbook with examples, it has online samples of the homework
problems with tips and explanations how to find the right answer and
why it is correct. The math is sophisticated, Jordan does not get any
accommodations for math other than extended timelines for completing
assignments. But as hard as the math is, I think it is easier to do than the
Everyday math, because samples and explanations are available to
parents at home.Our school uses Everyday Math. In my opinion one of the worst to use for
kids with ASD. It is a spiraling curriculum which is the problem.
Workbook pages include six different math skills per page, and there are
only workbooks, no text.
Several teachers in the district replace this with Saxon Math, which has
texts at the level you are asking about, and also goes lesson by lesson,
skill by skill with related homework.

I HATE everyday math for Jeremy...i LOVE it for my 2nd grader...but- not for my 4th grader...

and- let me be clear- all Jeremy's teachers are doing everything they can...but- we are probably going to be taking him out of this program by the end of the yr and for 5th grade. Some of it he gets- and some he doesn't...he uses a calculator for EVERYTHING... They have Saxon Math too- but don't use it in grades 4 and 5. Giving him a 1:1 doesn't help if he can comprehend the work anyways!!! They are doing word problems right now- and it is awful. AWFUL. He doesn't get mad...he just can't do it....I hate that program- but I hate that need be the 'end all, be all'- for everyone in this school....the TYPICAL kids are having problems with it!!!

We will probably use the Saxon Math- he will probably go to the Sped teacher for Math next yr....he needs special ed for Math if he can't do the regular program....

Everyday Math is too wordy, jumps around way way way too much...I worked in 5th grade today- and holy moly.............no percents for my son next yr!!! UGH!

Thanks!

Connor is in 7th grade, and verbatim, this is his math book: California Middle School Mathematics: Concepts and Skills, Course 2, McDougal Littell publishers. Looks like pretty typical 7th grade math to me. Adam used Everyday math from K5 through 5th grade. Now that he is in 5th. I can't remember the name of his book. He does it with his special ed teacher, so I don't see it at home.

Tony is doing a "Moving with Math" program at school. It seems like a decent program; one thing I like is it has a chart to record progress in all sections. The kids are tested at the beginning of the program, and then at the end. I think there are guides for working on weak areas.

One thing that is frustrating about Tony's school is that the EC program is TOTALLY into improving reading performance. To a point, I agree with it. But it seems they go overboard in that it leaves precious little time to work on math, science, social studies, etc. And forget the health/PE and/or music, art, etc. They just aren't happening.

Mary

Jeremy does do the TouchMath program. He knows of that. That program is excellent!

I guess I should ask- what are we supposed to use AFTER that????????