MATH 3 - SAXON 54 IS A YEAR-LONG COURSE FOR STUDENTS IN GRADES 3-4.

Recommended for your 3rd and 4th graders, the award-winning Mathematics 3 - Saxon 54 curriculum is leveraged to build on basic level math skills while introducing more complex concepts. This course will begin preparing students for higher levels of math found in the late Grammar stage of learning. Students will master whole number concepts, computation, geometry, and other math topics appropriate for this age level. Mathematics 3 - Saxon 54 is offered in both You Teach and Live Online formats

The Veritas Approach to Math

Unlike some classical educators, we believe math is a crucial subject. It’s necessary for a well-rounded, rigorous classical education. In the grammar years, math provides content for developing memorization tools. In the dialectic years, subjects like Algebra I and Geometry develop students’ reasoning skills. In the rhetoric years, Pre-calculus, Calculus, Statistics, and Business Math lead students to value math in real-world applications.

At Veritas, we’re convinced that math has been dumbed down in America.١ Most students are more capable than we think. Our mission is to help make sure your children don’t become a dismal math statistic. For more than 25 years, we’ve been proving that our math standards shouldn’t come from what we were raised with. After all, if the education we ourselves received was as education should be, why would we be doing something different for our children? A study of historical٢ and international math standards helps us see this clearly.

Maybe the best way to understand our approach is to mark some milestones.

Veritas recommends Saxon Math for K–6th, Jacobs for Algebra I and Geometry, Foerster for Algebra II and Pre-Calculus, and Larson for Calculus.

Saxon, with its incremental advances and continual review, works best with the grammar stage. Thankfully, Harold Jacobs understands the dialectic student and has written a superb curriculum for them with Algebra I and Geometry. One of his former students, Paul Foerster, writes where Jacobs left off, providing us our favorite texts for Algebra II and Pre-Calculus. Finally, Larson, a most prolific producer of Calculus texts, provides the capstone to our math curriculum.

Some prefer to stick with Saxon into the secondary school years. We are fine with that—even offering live class options using Saxon—but prefer texts written with more of a classical pedagogical approach.

Today, all math education needs to address the use of technology. At Veritas, it’s simple: use technology as a tool, not a crutch. Learning to work a two-variable algebraic equation is important. When mastered, however, why waste time plugging and chugging the numbers to develop a graphing solution? Let a machine do the number crunching. Students simply need to know how to do it.

Math is crucial to classical education. Don’t let anyone tell you otherwise.

١Americans are lagging in math: http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2017/02/15/u-s-students-internationally-math-science/

٢A Brief History of American K-12 Mathematics Education: https://www.csun.edu/~vcmth00m/AHistory.html

٣Is Calculus necessary? http://www.math.harvard.edu/~knill/pedagogy/use/index.html

Live Online

Recommended for 3rd and 4th graders, the award-winning Mathematics 3 - Saxon 54 builds on basic level math skills while introducing more complex math concepts that will begin preparing the student for higher levels of math in the late Grammar stage. Students will work to master whole number concepts, computation, geometry, and other math concepts appropriate for this age level.

Live Online – The Veritas Approach

Veritas has been offering live online classes since 2006. Here are some reasons why you should consider our live courses:

• Classes meet twice weekly for 75–90 minutes.
• Synchronous interactions use audio and video.
• Engage with material throughout the week, per assignments.
• Interaction with peers from across the globe. It's not uncommon to have students from five or six different countries in one classroom.
• 20:1 student:teacher ratio, with an emphasis on individualized attention.
• World-class teachers, more than two-thirds have advanced degrees.
• Veritas Scholars Academy is accredited by Middle States Association

You Teach

You Teach is our term for those who take our curriculum and teach it themselves, whether at home or at school.

The course kit includes all the materials for the teacher and a student for teaching Math 3. Based on the Saxon 54 Home Study Kit and using the three steps forward, two steps back approach—the ideal way to master math, young students continue to build a foundation of mastery that will pay dividends in later school years and beyond. This level includes a 1 year license to the Saxon Digital Teacher to help explain concepts to students. They also provide relief for the parent/teacher whom may have other children or tasks needing attention.

Course Kits are offered as a discounted package. However, you may only need some of the books. Select the ones you need below for easy ordering.