Saxon Math Homeschool 5/4: Tests and Worksheets - 3rd Edition 2004 3rd Edition

This book is essential for Saxon Math 5/4. It provides daily timed tests, supplemental materials, tests, record sheets for timed tests and daily work, and suggested worksheets for use with the textbook. I like how Saxon Math has built in review. It is a gentle, spiral approach math for learners in 5th grade.To be honest, I used Saxon 1 and Saxon 2 and intensely disliked both. The material seemed tedious and took 1 to 2 hours per day to cover. I returned to Saxon in this level and found it was just what my student needed. It has made my student more confident and more skillful in math. I highly recommend this level and the levels that follow.

I bought a used Saxon 5/4 second edition book and we made this work but the 3rd edition has the investigations. The tests are also for the 3rd edition because in some tests we hadn't covered the material that was being tested yet. Other than that I highly recommend Saxon Math.

We started the semester without this book. Big mistake! While I am sure it is perfectly fine to not have the fact practice sheets, this book has made a huge difference in my daughter's confidence on the "mental math" part. The first fact practice sheet she did was 100 single digit addition problems. She answered every question correctly, in under 10 minutes, and did not use her fingers to count. I have never seen her more proud of herself. We are in multiplication now, and she is still loving math! (If y'all only knew how much this girl cried over this subject prior to Saxon... it was a nightmare!)

I can't say enough good about Saxon Math curriculum, especially for homeschoolers. It is all laid out for you and is just enough new concept to keep things interesting, but not too difficult. There is lots of review which I think is the only way the kids really get to KNOW the material. Wish I had used this a year earlier when I just tried to wing it myself. There are 120 lessons and they take my 9 year old about an hour to complete. Some more, some less.There is a warm up "test" for each lesson. 5/4 starts out reviewing basic addition and subtraction facts but then moves to multiplication and division. My daughter finally learned her math facts with this book. Tests and worksheets are a necessary part of the curriculum, don't go without them.

I have been using Saxon Math for over 12 years. My oldest who used it was a triple major including Math. Also have a mechanical engineer and another math and computer science major. This program works. I think it’s the repetition.

I love the Saxon curriculum, so this review is solely based on the condition of the book received. The book was supposed to be new however there are a few pages with erased pencil. It shouldn’t be advertised as new and cost the price of new when in fact it is used.

Awesome bookset. My 4th grader finished it. It was a great addition to his knowledge. His math confidence improved. The way we did it is, we as him to finish a full math lesson and solve all problems on his own notebook. Then I grade it and we go over the mistakes. One session a day (excluding weekends and holidays). My son is not homeschooled. I used this to enhance his skills.

I bought just the "Tests and Worksheets" book because we bought the whole package last year and worked through it with our 8 year old.....now she's 9 and we are going through the math a second time to really reinforce her math foundation. (before that, she was struggling immensely) I love Saxon Math---I love how it repeats everyday and builds. It saved our daughter from drowning in math, even early on in her life and it is building a great foundation.