Saxon's Math Intermediate 3 is a perfect transition into Saxon Math 5/4!
Incremental lessons provide daily practice and assessment; mathematical concepts are taught through informative lessons, diagrams, interactive activities, and investigations that build critical thinking as well as real-world problem solving skills. Saxon Intermediate 3 includes 11 sections, 110 lessons and 11 "investigation" activities.
Textbook lessons are divided into three sections. The first section is "power-up practice," which covers basic fact and mental math exercises which improve speed, accuracy, the ability to do mental math, and the ability to solve complicated problems. The second part of the lesson is the "New Concept," which introduces a new math concept through examples, and provides a chance for students to solve similar problems. Thirdly, the "Written Practice" section reviews previously taught concepts. One "Investigation" per session is included; "Investigations" are variations of the daily lesson and often involve activities that take up an entire class.
The included Power Up Workbook provides consumable pages for students to complete the Power Up exercises from the textbook, including the Facts Practice, Jump Start, Mental Math, and Problem Solving sections.
The Solutions Manual arranges answers by section and lesson, and includes complete step-by-step solutions to the Lesson Practice, Written Practice, and Early Finishers questions, as well as the questions and practice items in the Investigations. It does not contain the answers to the Power-Up Workbook, which are currently unavailable.
The Homeschool Testing Book features reproducible cumulative tests which are available after every five lessons after lesson 10. Tests are designed to let students learn and practice concepts before being tested, helping them build confidence. Tests, a testing schedule, test answer forms, test analysis form, and test solutions are included. The three optional Test Solution Answer Forms provide the appropriate workspace for students to "show their work." The answer key shows the final solution only, not the steps taken to arrive at the answer.
This Kit Includes:
- Saxon Intermediate 3 Textbook, 623 indexed pages, hardcover. Pages are two-tone and don't include any distracting illustrations.
- Power-Up Workbook; 110 non-reproducible, newsprint-like pages, three-hole-punched, perforated pages. Softcover.
- Testing Book, 63 reproducible, perforated, newsprint-like pages, softcover.
- Solutions Manual, 123 pages, softcover.
This kit refers to "Activity Pages;" email our customer service department at homeschool@chrbook.com to receive these!
There are also two additional resources that are available if desired, and are considered optional (BOTH SOLD-SEPARATELY): the Adaptations workbook is good for students with learning challenges, and includes space to write out all the work for the "Lesson Practice," "Written Practice," and "Investigations" problems in the Saxon Intermediate textbooks. Some questions are restated exactly as in the textbook, but for others, additional assistance such as bolded key words, restated questions, step-by-step leads or graphic helps, textbook page references, unit prompters, and other hints are provided. It does not include the "Power-Up" and "Early Finishers" problems.
The Written Practice workbook (also sold-separately) is considered to contain the most important exercises in the Saxon Intermediate textbooks; it reprints the "Written Practice" exercises as well as the "Early Finishers" questions.
