Good Shepherd Christian Academy
Thursday, February 23, 2012
The South Shore's Best Kept Educational Secret
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Saxon Math Good Shepherd Christian Academy uses Saxon Math for Kindergarten through 2nd grade. This curriculum has a rich history of teaching the concepts and computations needed for students to begin the journey to mastery of early elementary mathematics.
"The Saxon Math program is based on an incremental pedagogical approach that emphasizes practice, review, and frequent cumulative assessment. It is the Saxon philosophy that mathematics learning should build on prior learning. Mathematical strands are integrated throughout the year rather than taught in isolated units (Larson, 2004). Saxon Math is the only major math program on the market today that systematically distributes instruction, practice, and assessment across the academic year as opposed to concentrating, or massing, the instruction, practice, and assessment of related concepts into a short period of time—usually within a unit or chapter. Saxon Math’s approach to math instruction aims to ensure that students both gain and retain essential math skills." (source: http://saxonpublishers.hmhco.com/HA/correlations/pdf/2/2919_SXM_ELem_research_web.pdf
General infomation about Saxon Math can be found by following the links below.
Specific examples and math games for different grade levels
Kindergarten
Click here to see some of the many manipulatives used in kindergarten.
Sample Lessons and Activities for kindergarten
Shape and Color Matching (game of concentration)
First Grade
Click here to see the first grade manipulatives.
Sample Lessons and Activities for First Grade
Shape and Color Matching (game of concentration)
Second Grade
Sample Lessons and Activities for Second Grade
Question: What math curriculum does Good Shepherd use after third grade?
Answer: Click here to learn about the Envision math curriculum used in third through fifth grade.
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