Math: Continental Math League

[Anonymous]

Second grader given these CML problem sets. Does this constitute above grade math?

[Anonymous]

Sure

[Anonymous]

Not necessarily. Our school gives them to all the kids.

[Anonymous]

To clarify, CML is intended to challenge kids to do more than just work an equation. The kids need to apply logic to figure out how to solve the problem, which is harder than just solving it. Some kids will get all the questions right, and some will be stymied. If your kid in in the first group, that's great. If s/he's in the second group, s/he has company.

[Anonymous]

It's more advanced math, but there's nothing special about your child being given the worksheets as they give them to all children in the schools. It's not some kind of differentiation, if that's what you're asking.

[Anonymous]

OP here, thanks for the responses.

For those second grade PPs with children doing above grade math, please let me know what they are working that distinguishes above grade material.

Curious b/c teacher informed that extra work was being given to DC; was wondering because the CML problem sets have "2-3 grade" in the header.
FYI, The school has no breakouts for math.

Any info. would be appreciated, thanks in advance.

[Anonymous]

OP, I'm not sure what you're asking. Or maybe why you're asking? Is your child unhappy with CML? Still bored despite the "extra work"?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP, I'm not sure what you're asking. Or maybe why you're asking? Is your child unhappy with CML? Still bored despite the "extra work"?

Can't say DC is bored but may not be challenged enough. She completes the CML worksheets that she brings home in a few minutes.

[Anonymous]

What is above grade level math for 2nd grade? Anyone know?

[Anonymous]

I believe the average 2nd grade kids doing 2 digits addition/subtraction, recognize hundreds/thousands, etc. I would think anything above that counts as above grade (3 or more digits addition/subtraction, multiplication/division, etc)

[Anonymous]

I know some of the above grade math.
For place value, a small group of kids worked on places up to millions.
For addition, they worked on numbers greater than 1000, up to 100, 000s.
For subtraction, they worked on subtractions of four digits, sometimes 5 digits.
For fractions, they did comparison of 7/8 with 5/6, etc, addition of fractions, and mixed numbers.
For measurement, they did some conversions, eg: 32 oz = ? pounds, 3 yards = ? inches.
Rest I don't know. My kid is on some of the advanced group, but not all of them. I saw those tests when stuffing the Tuesday Folders. Some kids were given 4th grade math tests.

[Anonymous]

OP, if your DD is breezing through the CML worksheets, she sounds more advanced generally, not just in math. My DS can get the right answer, but explaining his work in legible handwriting does not interest him. (He *can* do it, and he is generally a rule-follower, but there is something about that aspect of CML that just does not ring his chimes.)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP, I'm not sure what you're asking. Or maybe why you're asking? Is your child unhappy with CML? Still bored despite the "extra work"?

Can't say DC is bored but may not be challenged enough. She completes the CML worksheets that she brings home in a few minutes.

Does she get them right? Or is she rushing through them? I'm guessing the latter. If she's completing the work sheet in a few minutes, she's probably getting most of the answers wrong.

I enjoyed doing CML with my kids b/c it applies math a bit more. The question is not usually what it seems. It requires several steps and several equations to arrive at the correct answer. I had to teach them to really read question and know what was really being asked. I like the exercise because it's really a lesson in critical thinking rather than math.

My 4th grader just brought home CML worksheet and was the only kid in her class to get 5 out of 6 right -- the rest got maybe 2 or 3. And this is a classroom full of bright kids, many of whom are in the gifted program.

[Anonymous]

I just printed out Grade 2-3 CML #1 and #2 and had my second grader completed them. He only got the first two questions correct for #1 by himself. For #2 he got 4 correct without help.
I love those questions! I admire the OP's kid who did the sheet in a few minutes and got the questions correct. Some questions are difficult for second graders.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I just printed out Grade 2-3 CML #1 and #2 and had my second grader completed them. He only got the first two questions correct for #1 by himself. For #2 he got 4 correct without help.
I love those questions! I admire the OP's kid who did the sheet in a few minutes and got the questions correct. Some questions are difficult for second graders.

OP didn't say her kid got the answers right, only that her kid rushed through them.