Yu Ying Math?

[Anonymous]

We supplement. Send DC there to learn Chinese. Not a big deal. We would supplement at any other school, too. Normal, I'm Asian.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I like EM for struggling kids, but it is not great for the smart ones who don't have outside tutoring to make up for the lack of discipline in the curriculum. It will be interesting to see how Yu Ying is going to prepare kids for Algebra in grades 6+. Many schools get algebra 1 to kids in grade 7 or 8 at the latest, and EM just doesn't cut it for preparing kids at that level. Hopefully they will only use it for the lower grades and then come to their senses. Otherwise I imagine people will abandon ship in middle school so their kids aren't behind their peers (especially anyone moving on to a competitive or private high school).

EM doesn't help struggling students either. Most of our fifth graders are using their fingers for simple addition.

What school is that (can't be YY, that's only up to 4th so far)?

[Anonymous]

Love Everyday Math! DC is in the 4/3 class so has had it for two years now--scoring advanced proficient on the Discovery Tests and way out-thinking peers in private schools not using it. BTW, child was NOT naturally good at math to begin with. EM also fits within the IB PYP much better than other more tradition skill-drill programs out there, which is my understanding why it was chosen.

[Anonymous]

EM can be taught well or taught badly, like anything. EM requires a high level of literacy so it is not a good choice for ESL kids (not that YY has many ESL kids). Private schools ues it. DCPS uses it. I disagree with the poster who said it is not great for kids who are advanced at math. It contemplates differentiated learning, its just that few teachers seem to be able to teach it at the advanced levels (and I am not talking about YY specifically -- I really have no knowledge of how YY teachers have been trained).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The teachers are still struggling to implement EM. The Chinese teachers seem to teach "normal" math, which helps though. Most parents have to supplement at home to keep kids performing on grade level.

We don't supplement and DC scores above grade level. Doubt we are unusual.

[Anonymous]

We don't supplement either Really like how EM focuses more on conceptual understanding.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The Asians are fantastic at math.

that's a stereotype. some asians suck at math. some excel.

It is a stereotype. You shuold, however, read The Outliers which, among many other interesting things, discusses how Asian language and culture actually create an unusually strong foundation for developing superior math skills.

[Anonymous]

Can't wait to see the DC CAS scores this year. I guess that will tell us how Yu Ying's implementation of Every Day Math is working for one of the wealthiest school populations this side of the park.

Better be in the 70s folks, or you have some s'plaining to do!

[Anonymous]

I'm not finding any differentiation up with it. My kids are pretty bored with the level of math they are getting with everyday math. However, they find the random assignments to be engaging occasionally. I suppose that is more acceptable than just being bored with a one-size-fits-all math curriculum all the time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm not finding any differentiation up with it. My kids are pretty bored with the level of math they are getting with everyday math. However, they find the random assignments to be engaging occasionally. I suppose that is more acceptable than just being bored with a one-size-fits-all math curriculum all the time.

Got it, dear. Your kids are gifted and it is all because of their wonderful gene pool. Next?

[Anonymous]

Oh, goodness no! My kids aren't gifted and I didn't mean to imply that at all. They are both good at math but that wasn't the point. My kids on the higher end of normal (not gifted) get bored because there isn't a lot of challenge.

[Anonymous]

Last yea YY math cas score was embarrassing.

[Anonymous]

Huge range last year. It is the problem with that leading edge class -- you have kids in that class who can do math a few grades ahead and kids who are a couple of grades behind. There were four kids who were below grade level and four advanced. Everyone else fell in the middle.

[Anonymous]

but only one of the advanced was a girl. boys and girls had very different results on the dc-cas math. very similar results on dc-cas reading. when the principal was unwilling to engage in a conversation about why that would happen, I knew my days were limited. fortunately oob came through.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:but only one of the advanced was a girl. boys and girls had very different results on the dc-cas math. very similar results on dc-cas reading. when the principal was unwilling to engage in a conversation about why that would happen, I knew my days were limited. fortunately oob came through.

thank goodness for the future of world civilization!!