My husband, Rob, teaches math for our local Co-op. Rob tried Saxon math textbooks. He was teaching Algebra 1 to our friend’s daughter, Lacie. She just couldn’t get Algebra I with Saxon. Rob tried Glencoe’s Algebra I textbook and had greater success. He reviewed both Saxon’s and Glencoe’s Algebra II textbooks. He uses Glencoe and likes it. Generally, Glencoe is pretty middle of the road, not too hard, not too easy. The older editions of Glencoe math editions have graphing calculator exercises. Rob loathes the TI 83/84 graphing calculators. I have to work through the exercises with his students because I think kids should know how to use the graphing calculator before they go to college. Usually, the textbook instructions are clear. However, I do have to research some operations. Here is an ebook with clear instructions and graphing exercises for Algebra 2. When I get stuck on a graphing exercise, I just Google the problem. Yes, the YouTube videos are very useful! When I first learned how to use a graphing calculator, I watched hours and hours of instruction. Now, I find the websites with screenshots to be the most helpful because I have some experience with the TI 84. Below are the textbooks we use. These are extremely old editions. Math doesn’t change significantly.
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