I think my son is ready for level D for this fall. Last year, we got through lesson 125 in level C. When I took the assessment on the website, it said to do level C since he doesn't "know" his multiplication facts to 100. He knows how to do all the skip counting and got pretty good at it last year. Does he need to have all his facts memorized to move on to D? It doesn't look as though level D requires this (I looked through the table of contents.)
I would really prefer to start with level D rather than finish level C. It's a gentler start to the year to start with the review at the beginning of the book.
Thanks for your help!

Hi, Sarah.

If I were you, I would still finish the last few lessons in Level C prior to starting Level D. There is a lot of fraction work and an introduction to division that you will be skipping over if you just move on to Level D. I know that we all like 'clean' starts (me, too!!!). However, you don't want to miss something that he truly needs so we can have an easy place to start.

I have been known, though, to move 'quickly' through some lessons to finish a Level. In looking at Level C, you may want to 'skip' or combine your Review and Practice lessons. Also, lessons like 146 through 149 can be combined as they are easy and similar. Of course, if your child struggles with any of the concepts, you will want to slow it down and split up the lessons.

Just for your information, it was because of the last several lessons in Level C that my kids discovered that they 'loved' fractions! To this day, when we bring up fractions, they say, 'YEAH! I love fractions!' Who knew.... :-)

Have a wonderful day!
Rachel