We've moved from the Jacobs text into our Pre-Algebra Review Unit. We do this to get ready to return to the Jacobs text for Chapter 3--on Functions and Graphing. The Pre-Algebra review unit brings the kids back up to speed to where we left off algebraically last year: the beginning of graphing linear equations. The next few weeks/months is about nailing down equations and graphing so that come time in the fall to enter Algebra, they can hit the ground running.
One great thing about this unit is that they've done most of it all before and it still lives somewhere in their heads. This means we can move very quickly. Ask them--we've done in 4 days what it took months to do last year :) Now that's cognitive development! You should know that I'm working them hard, in class and out. And they're doing very well!
