Learning to read analog clock in 3rd grade

[Anonymous]

My 3rd grader has homework on reading an analog clock. He's no genius, but he learned that back in 1st grade. In fact, my 1st grader is learning it now. Sometimes he gets math homework that I can barely figure out and sometimes he gets this crap. MoCO and 2.0 makes no sense.

[Anonymous]

This is indeed backwards.

[Anonymous]

Thought all kids told time from their iphones these days!

[Anonymous]

My son loves analog clock. He spent a month last year and mastered it. But he was three years old.

You would think it shouldn't take a 1st grader that long to learn it. Why bring it back for 3rd grade.

[Anonymous]

My kid couldn't get the analog concept until about that age. Same with getting change back. Some kids get it early, some don't and it's a good review.

[Anonymous]

Is it just ensuring that no child was left behind when they were taught the in 1st grade?

[Anonymous]

Ha. I saw this on my son's homework this week and figured some DCUM without enough to do would get aggrieved...it is a little different than the version back in first grade. This time around they have to write out the time and use idioms (quarter till, etc). Doesn't bother me any either way. Don't worry OP, your snowflake will still get into Harvard despite the lack of appropriate challenge from MCPS.

[Anonymous]

Ok, PPs. Why don't you come over to the WTH 3rd grade math thread and help me figure out my kid's homework.

[Anonymous]

I agree -- the analog clock stuff in third grade math is not the same as the analog clock stuff in first grade math. The curriculum guides say that concepts in first grade are "time on analog and digital clocks: hours and half hours", and the concepts in third grade are "estimate and determine elapsed time using clocks and calendars."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My 3rd grader has homework on reading an analog clock. He's no genius, but he learned that back in 1st grade. In fact, my 1st grader is learning it now. Sometimes he gets math homework that I can barely figure out and sometimes he gets this crap. MoCO and 2.0 makes no sense.

Pathetic. That's for 6 yo's. I recall getting my first (analog) watch in first grade.

[Anonymous]

At our school in first grade they did not learn how to read the minutes (only hour and then 15/30/45). In second grade they learned the minutes. The more advanced kids also learned quarter past, half past, etc. Guess we get a repeat in 3rd grade. Ah well.

[Anonymous]

For what it's worth, my pre-2.0 child did elapsed time last year as part of fourth grade math. It looks like this year, in 2.0, it's part of third grade math.

This looks to me like 2.0 is actually smarting up math, not dumbing it down, as the anti-2.0-ers contend.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I agree -- the analog clock stuff in third grade math is not the same as the analog clock stuff in first grade math. The curriculum guides say that concepts in first grade are "time on analog and digital clocks: hours and half hours", and the concepts in third grade are "estimate and determine elapsed time using clocks and calendars."

But come on! So many of these precious snowflakes have already mastered elapsed time using clocks and calendars when they were in preschool! They completely have understood that concept before they even started school. 2.0 is holding them back! Pre 2.0 they would have been studying algebra by now! 2.0 sucks and it's only used so MCPS can dumb down our brilliant snowflakes and close the achievement gap!

[Anonymous]

What's wrong with a little work that makes your child feel masterful, if a little bored? Isn't your child in public school? Like PP said, some kids learn it when they're littler, some don't. Some kids have parents who teach them (or push them) early and some have parents who leave it to school to teach them when school feels it's appropriate. Get over it and be glad your child can feel masterful from time to time. It's good for them.

[Anonymous]

17:54 - biatch!