MATH CURRICULUM COMPARISON CHART ©2018 MATH Grades Religious Content Price Range Programs PK K 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Christian N/Secular $ $$ $$$ Saxon K-3 * • • • • • • Saxon 3-12 * • • • • • • • • • • • • Bob Jones • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Horizons (Alpha Omega) * • • • • • • • • • • • LIFEPAC (Alpha Omega) * • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Switched-On Schoolhouse/Monarch (Alpha Omega) • • • • • • • • • • • • Math•U•See * • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Primary Math (US) (Singapore) * • • • • • • • • • Primary Math Standards Edition (SE) (Singapore) * • • • • • • • • • Primary Math Common Core (CC) (Singapore) • • • • • • • • Dimensions (Singapore) • • • • • Math in Focus (Singapore Approach) * • • • • • • • • • • • Christian Light Math • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Life of Fred • • • • • • • • • • • • • • A+ Tutorsoft Math • • • • • • • • • • • Starline Press Math • • • • • • • • • • • • ShillerMath • • • • • • • • • • • enVision Math • • • • • • • • • McRuffy Math • • • • • • Purposeful Design Math (2nd Ed.) • • • • • • • • • Go Math • • • • • • • • • Making Math Meaningful • • • • • • • • • • • RightStart Mathematics * • • • • • • • • • • MCP Mathematics • • • • • • • • • Conventional (Spunky Donkey) / Study Time Math • • • • • • • • • • Liberty Mathematics • • • • • Miquon Math • • • • • Math Mammoth (Light Blue series) * • • • • • • • • • Ray's Arithmetic • • • • • • • • • • Ray's for Today • • • • • • • Rod & Staff Mathematics • • • • • • • • • • Jump Math • • • • • • • • • • ThemeVille Math • • • • • • • Beast Academy (from Art of Problem Solving) • • • • • • Strayer-Upton Practical Arithmetic • • • • • • • • Prentice Hall Math • • • • • • • Art of Problem Solving * • • • • • • • • • Paradigm Accelerated • • • • Principles of Mathematics • • • • A Fresh Approach • • • • • • • Jacobs Math • • • • • • Foerster Math • • • • • • VideoText • • • • • • • Math Lessons for a Living Education • • • • • • • • • • Mathematical Reasoning • • • • • • • • • • • • • Developmental Math • • • • • • • • • • • Math Power Basics • • • • • • • • • This chart was assembled by Rainbow Resource Curriculum Consultants and is intended to be a comparative tool based on our own 428 Mathematics understanding of these programs and is not necessarily reflective of publishers' opinions. Some designations are "best fit," not absolute. Placement tests are available on our website for programs marked with an ('*'). Find them at: http://www.rainbowresource.com/searchspring.php?q=math+placement+tests ©2018 Approach Manipulatives Teacher Involvement CCSS Notes Spiral Sequential Conceptual/Topical Req Opt RRC kit Low Med High Aligned • • • • Scripted teacher manuals. • • • Teaching tutorials available separately. • • Paper manipulatives included & used in K-2. • • • • • • • • SOS is computer-based. Monarch is online only. • • • • Mastery-based. Optional songs some Christian content. • • • • • • Pre-CCSS CA aligned. • • • • • • • No tests. • • • • • • • Suggested manipulatives for lower grades. • • Brief Christian references in elementary level. • • Computer-based. • • Pre-CCSS, CA standards aligned. • • • Manipulatives. Discovery, Montessori approach. • • • • • • • • • • Mastery Sequential. • • • Virtual manipulatives. • • • • • • • • Modified Sequential. • • • • • Consumable workbooks. • • • Mastery & skill-based. Uses Cuisenaire rods. • • • B & W or color versions available. • • • • • Up to level 8 in the works. • • • • • Mastery-based. • • • Manipulatives are used at all levels. • • • • No Teacher Guide. • • • • Recommended for gifted students. • • • • • • • • Teaching tutorials available separately. • • Teaching tutorials available separately. • • DVD-based. • • • Charlotte Mason approach. • • • • • Skill-based levels. • • Written at 4th grade level / for struggling students. This chart was assembled by Rainbow Resource Curriculum Consultants and is intended to be a comparative tool based on our own understanding of these programs and is not necessarily reflective of publishers' opinions. Some designations are "best fit," not absolute. Mathematics 429 MATHEMATICS COMPREHENSIVE PROGRAMS - ALL GRADES Student Workbooks are used in grades 1-3 only 018726 Meeting Book . 18.70 12 .95 and contain student materials, flash cards and 021349 Teacher Edition . 81.60 70 .95 SAXON MATH practice pages. The Math K Home Study Kit con- The most popular homeschooling math program tains teacher edition and meeting book. Math Math 2 hands down! Highly recommended by both 1, 2, and 3 kits contain teacher edition, meeting Skip counting; comparing numbers; solving Mary Pride and Cathy Duffy, Saxon Math also book, and a set of 2 workbooks. Manipulatives problems; mastering all basic addition and sub- wins our award for the “Most Requested Text.” are a vital, integral part of the program; these traction facts; mastering multiplication to 5; add- Saxon math is a “user-friendly” math program are not included in the Home Study Kits, but are ing and subtracting 2-digit numbers; measuring; - even for Algebra, Trigonometry, Calculus and available through us also. perimeter and area; telling time to 5 minutes; other generally difficult math topics. Learning is identifying geometric shapes; identifying sym- incremental and each new concept is continu- Math K metry; identifying angles; graphing. 132 lessons. ously reviewed, so the learning has time to “sink Counting, number recognition, and sequencing; 018400 Home Study Kit . 132.30 87 .95 in” instead of being forgotten when the next topic addition and subtraction stories; sorting; pattern- 001526 Workbooks . 48.33 36 .25 is presented. Higher scores on standardized ing, identifying shapes and geometric designs; 018727 Meeting Book . 18.70 12 .95 tests and increased enrollments in upper-level telling time to the hour; using a calendar. There 021134 Teacher Edition . 81.60 70 .95 math and science classes have resulted where are no workbooks. 112 lessons. Saxon has been used in public schools. Students 018398 Home Study Kit . 87.05 62 .00 Math 3 like Saxon because they feel successful in math 018725 Meeting Book . 18.70 12 .95 Using math in real life; identifying place value; instead of overwhelmed. Because of the format, 007918 Teacher Edition . 81.60 70 .95 completing patterns; mastering multiplication children are able to work more independently. and division facts; adding/subtracting multi-digit Math 1 numbers; multiplying a multi-digit number by a SAXON K-3 PROGRAM Skip counting; ordinal positions; sorting rules single digit; dividing by a 1-digit divisor; adding The Teacher’s Manual contains the actual les- and patterns; solving problems; mastering basic positive and negative numbers; fractions; adding/ son plans and information vital to the effective addition and most basic subtraction facts; adding subtracting fractions with common denomina- presentation of math concepts. The consumable 2-digit numbers without regrouping; measuring; tors; telling time to the minute; change for a Meeting Books are used during the teacher-stu- comparing volume, mass and area; counting dollar; graphing. 140 lessons. dent “meeting” in which concepts are intro- money; telling time to half-hour; identifying 018401 Home Study Kit . 136.35 97 .95 duced, demonstrated and practiced. If teaching polygons; graphing. 130 lessons. 001527 Workbooks . 48.33 36 .25 more than one student at the same level, you 018399 Home Study Kit . 132.30 87 .95 018728 Meeting Book . 18.70 12 .95 will only need one meeting book. Consumable 001523 Workbooks . 48.33 36 .25 021055 Teacher Edition . 84.40 71 .50 SAXON K-3 MANIPULATIVE KITS Since manipulatives are vital to the program’s success and are NOT INCLUDED in the home study kits, we offer manipulative kits for each grade level, a complete K-3 kit, and individual items. The chart below shows both required (X) and optional (O) materials used in each grade level. Required Manipulatives Qty K 1 2 3 Required Manipulatives Qty K 1 2 3 Balance 1 X X X Folding Meter/Yard Stick 1 O O O Learning Clock (Teacher’s) 1 O O O O Multilink / Mathlink Cubes 100 X X Student Clock 2 X X X X Number Line 1 X 2-Color Plastic Counters 10 X Pattern Blocks (Plastic) 100 X X X X 1-inch Teddy Bear Counters 48 X Plastic Ruler (inch/cm) 2 X X X Dominoes 1 set X Tangrams 1 set X X Geoboard w/ Rubber Bands 2 X X X Outdoor Thermometer 1 X X Geometric Shapes 1 set O 1-inch Color Tiles (4 colors) 100 X X Hundred Number Chart 1 X X X X = Required, O = Optional Optional Items: Note that “O” items in the chart are “optional.” They are used in the program, but you might be able to substitute other materials for them. In the case of the teaching clock, they felt that you could get by with just the smaller student clocks. We would strongly suggest, how- ever, the use of a teacher clock with geared hands when teaching time. From our personal experience, it is a great aid when demonstrating how the hour passes as the minute hand sweeps around the clock. Kit Contents: Our grade level manipulative kits contain all the materials specified for that grade in the chart above. Our COMPLETE KITS contain all of the materials required for grades K-3. Why buy from us? Although we are not the “official” supplier of manipulatives for the Saxon program, Saxon has reviewed our offerings and has sent many home schoolers our way. We are offering our own kits for several reasons. First, the other kit did not include everything specified by Saxon. Second, we wanted to upgrade the quality of one of the components. And, third, we felt that the homeschool market needed more