When do kids learn long division at MCPS?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Students are exposed to it in 4th grade while they are taught other strategies. They are not expected to master it until sixth grade.

That is ridiculously late. What has happened to education standards over the last 20-30 years?? When I was in (public) elementary school. We learned long division up to 2 and even 3 digits in 2nd grade.

Where were you? When I was a kid in the 70s and 80s in DCPS and also a DC area private school, and when I taught in the 90’s until common core the standard was to introduce multiplication and division in 3rd. This had been changed to the end of 2nd, since common core, but usually only very small numbers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Students are exposed to it in 4th grade while they are taught other strategies. They are not expected to master it until sixth grade.

That is ridiculously late. What has happened to education standards over the last 20-30 years?? When I was in (public) elementary school. We learned long division up to 2 and even 3 digits in 2nd grade.

Where were you? When I was a kid in the 70s and 80s in DCPS and also a DC area private school, and when I taught in the 90’s until common core the standard was to introduce multiplication and division in 3rd. This had been changed to the end of 2nd, since common core, but usually only very small numbers.

You know I've been the passenger on a lot of planes but I've never been a pilot. Being a student doesn't make you an expert on curriculum

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Students are exposed to it in 4th grade while they are taught other strategies. They are not expected to master it until sixth grade.

That is ridiculously late. What has happened to education standards over the last 20-30 years?? When I was in (public) elementary school. We learned long division up to 2 and even 3 digits in 2nd grade.

Where were you? When I was a kid in the 70s and 80s in DCPS and also a DC area private school, and when I taught in the 90’s until common core the standard was to introduce multiplication and division in 3rd. This had been changed to the end of 2nd, since common core, but usually only very small numbers.

You know I've been the passenger on a lot of planes but I've never been a pilot. Being a student doesn't make you an expert on curriculum

NP. The poster above says when they "taught in the 90s". Snark misfire.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Students are exposed to it in 4th grade while they are taught other strategies. They are not expected to master it until sixth grade.

That is ridiculously late. What has happened to education standards over the last 20-30 years?? When I was in (public) elementary school. We learned long division up to 2 and even 3 digits in 2nd grade.

Where were you? When I was a kid in the 70s and 80s in DCPS and also a DC area private school, and when I taught in the 90’s until common core the standard was to introduce multiplication and division in 3rd. This had been changed to the end of 2nd, since common core, but usually only very small numbers.

You know I've been the passenger on a lot of planes but I've never been a pilot. Being a student doesn't make you an expert on curriculum

NP. The poster above says when they "taught in the 90s". Snark misfire.

To be clear, I said I taught from the 90's through the change to common core when multiplication and division started appearing in 2nd. I'm still teaching now.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:Just curious? Does it depend on whether kids are fast tracked in math or not?

2nd grade

Nope. Not in MCPS itself. I ky if parents supplement.

No, *some* do learn in 2nd grade. Try to keep up.

It is not in the Eureka curriculum. And the "enrichment" is harder Eureka problems.
If people are learning it, it's through supplementing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Just curious? Does it depend on whether kids are fast tracked in math or not?

2nd grade

Nope. Not in MCPS itself. I ky if parents supplement.

No, *some* do learn in 2nd grade. Try to keep up.

It is not in the Eureka curriculum. And the "enrichment" is harder Eureka problems.
If people are learning it, it's through supplementing.

2nd grade ends with arrays to show the foundations of multiplication and division. Like seeing that 12 dots are 3 groups of 4 (3*4=12) or 4 groups of 3 (4*3=12) at the same time. It also shows repeated addition to explain multiplication. Definitely not long division.

[Anonymous]

It’s 4th grade across the board, including private schools.