1st grade math

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you can, teach them how to read a clock both analog and digital.

This please!
signed by a middle school teacher

Wait .... middle schoolers can't read a clock??

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:And facts. My kids couldn't calculate for years because they didn't drill multiplication tables hard enough.

You have to do that at home.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would suggest reviewing the homework helpers and then overseeing the homework. It has helped my DD do much better.

+1000. The Homework Helpers in the Succeed books are often the only way for those of us who did not grow up with multi-strategy math to assist our students.

And yes, OP, multi-strategy math persists at least until algebra. My oldest finally got to algebra this year and it has been a relief. DC is doing much better without the overwhelming input of so many different ways to describe mathematical relationships. I think DC never made the imaginative leap of seeing all of these strategies as multiple representations of the same phenomena. I wonder how many kids really do, and how much that matters later on!

+1 do you not have a homework book, OP? Watch your child do a page and that will show you if she gets it or is struggling.

What do you mean by "overwhelm" with worksheets done in school - would you rather they be on screens? I think all the "show your work" and sending it home to parents is great, and I appreciate the teacher time spent grading.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you can, teach them how to read a clock both analog and digital.

This please!
signed by a middle school teacher

Wait .... middle schoolers can't read a clock??

Nope. I am reminded of this every day when I am asked to sign a hall pass.

[Anonymous]

This is a false dichotomy. It’s not worksheets or screens. There are myriad ways to assess knowledge!

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would suggest reviewing the homework helpers and then overseeing the homework. It has helped my DD do much better.

+1000. The Homework Helpers in the Succeed books are often the only way for those of us who did not grow up with multi-strategy math to assist our students.

And yes, OP, multi-strategy math persists at least until algebra. My oldest finally got to algebra this year and it has been a relief. DC is doing much better without the overwhelming input of so many different ways to describe mathematical relationships. I think DC never made the imaginative leap of seeing all of these strategies as multiple representations of the same phenomena. I wonder how many kids really do, and how much that matters later on!

+1 do you not have a homework book, OP? Watch your child do a page and that will show you if she gets it or is struggling.

What do you mean by "overwhelm" with worksheets done in school - would you rather they be on screens? I think all the "show your work" and sending it home to parents is great, and I appreciate the teacher time spent grading.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you can, teach them how to read a clock both analog and digital.

This please!
signed by a middle school teacher

Wait .... middle schoolers can't read a clock??

Nope. I am reminded of this every day when I am asked to sign a hall pass.

Wow.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would suggest reviewing the homework helpers and then overseeing the homework. It has helped my DD do much better.

+1000. The Homework Helpers in the Succeed books are often the only way for those of us who did not grow up with multi-strategy math to assist our students.

And yes, OP, multi-strategy math persists at least until algebra. My oldest finally got to algebra this year and it has been a relief. DC is doing much better without the overwhelming input of so many different ways to describe mathematical relationships. I think DC never made the imaginative leap of seeing all of these strategies as multiple representations of the same phenomena. I wonder how many kids really do, and how much that matters later on!

I doubt that my children understood all the different methods either. What's going on with math reminds me of guided reading. I had to pay for my kids to review a lot of elementary math via franchised tutoring. My older son's last SAT was 680M.

[Anonymous]

I have a 3rd grader and it the strategies do seem to build. We had access to Happy Numbers, a math based game, through MCPS (the teacher needs to start a class account through Clever) and that was good practice because it follow Eureka.

[Anonymous]

I don’t get the impression that ES teachers are typically grading homework for accuracy. First, they just don’t have time. Second, most families are just tossing those papers when they remove them from take home folder. You’ll need to go over some problems with your kid yourself to see how they’re doing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Help! First time MCPS parent here. DD has been bringing home graded math work from school, and I can’t tell whether she is mastering any of the concepts. Sometimes she will get a P when there are multiple wrong answers, and sometimes there’s an N, and it’s clear she wasn’t sure what to do. I think some of it has to do with the way she needs to show her work. DD knows how to add and subtract, but showing it in the various diagrams and such gets her all confused. The number of worksheets for 1st grade seems kind of staggering, and I think there is a level of overwhelm there. Is anyone else going through something similar? I have reached out to her teacher for any suggestions, but also would love to hear from parents of 2nd or 3rd graders… or anyone currently noticing the same thing. Thanks!

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