Compacted Math

[Anonymous]

My child is a fifth grader and is in compacted math. This is not intended as a humblebrag, in fact I suspect it's a negative sign about the way compacted math is taught at his elem school, but he has not found compacted math challenging at all. The pace is quicker but the work is still simple, rote and boring to him. We hoped that there would be greater enrichment in compacted math, but really it is just a faster pace and not "deep thinking" kind of math.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My child is a fifth grader and is in compacted math. This is not intended as a humblebrag, in fact I suspect it's a negative sign about the way compacted math is taught at his elem school, but he has not found compacted math challenging at all. The pace is quicker but the work is still simple, rote and boring to him. We hoped that there would be greater enrichment in compacted math, but really it is just a faster pace and not "deep thinking" kind of math.

Same here w my son. But it's an improvement.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My child is a fifth grader and is in compacted math. This is not intended as a humblebrag, in fact I suspect it's a negative sign about the way compacted math is taught at his elem school, but he has not found compacted math challenging at all. The pace is quicker but the work is still simple, rote and boring to him. We hoped that there would be greater enrichment in compacted math, but really it is just a faster pace and not "deep thinking" kind of math.

I totally agree with you. My son always says it's boring. Everyone in his class feels the same way according to my son. FYI my son doesn't get outside supplement.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why is it that we don't believe our educators?

Because we think that, since we were students once, we know everything about teaching and school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My child is a fifth grader and is in compacted math. This is not intended as a humblebrag, in fact I suspect it's a negative sign about the way compacted math is taught at his elem school, but he has not found compacted math challenging at all. The pace is quicker but the work is still simple, rote and boring to him. We hoped that there would be greater enrichment in compacted math, but really it is just a faster pace and not "deep thinking" kind of math.

I totally agree with you. My son always says it's boring. Everyone in his class feels the same way according to my son. FYI my son doesn't get outside supplement.

My kid always says it's boring too. That doesn't mean that she's not learning anything. That means that she has to do stuff in class that she doesn't want to do, and doesn't get to do stuff in class that she does want to do.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My child is a fifth grader and is in compacted math. This is not intended as a humblebrag, in fact I suspect it's a negative sign about the way compacted math is taught at his elem school, but he has not found compacted math challenging at all. The pace is quicker but the work is still simple, rote and boring to him. We hoped that there would be greater enrichment in compacted math, but really it is just a faster pace and not "deep thinking" kind of math.

I totally agree with you. My son always says it's boring. Everyone in his class feels the same way according to my son. FYI my son doesn't get outside supplement.

My kid always says it's boring too. That doesn't mean that she's not learning anything. That means that she has to do stuff in class that she doesn't want to do, and doesn't get to do stuff in class that she does want to do.

+1 same for my DC in HGC and compacted math, though DC would rather be at home than in school. No, DC is not a genius, just a kid who would rather play video games than most anything else. DC is always complaining school is boring.

[Anonymous]

We were told that the name is changing. It's no longer "compacted math," it's now "Math 4/5." To be followed in 5th grade by "Math 5/6," so that at the end of 5th grade they will have completed the 6th grade math and be a complete grade level ahead.
Busing is also gone; it should be available at every home school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We were told that the name is changing. It's no longer "compacted math," it's now "Math 4/5." To be followed in 5th grade by "Math 5/6," so that at the end of 5th grade they will have completed the 6th grade math and be a complete grade level ahead.
Busing is also gone; it should be available at every home school.

That is what compacted math is now.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why is it that we don't believe our educators?

Because we think that, since we were students once, we know everything about teaching and school.

Because we know when something isn't working for DC.
Because classroom teachers have told us unless parents advocate for change, their hands are tied.
Because county wide scores are down...
But, yeah, I can keep up with primary math through shifts in jargon.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We were told that the name is changing. It's no longer "compacted math," it's now "Math 4/5." To be followed in 5th grade by "Math 5/6," so that at the end of 5th grade they will have completed the 6th grade math and be a complete grade level ahead.
Busing is also gone; it should be available at every home school.

That is what compacted math is now.

Yes, guess name was to opaque? Also, sounds like money for 5th grade bussing is available next year but then phased out.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My child is a fifth grader and is in compacted math. This is not intended as a humblebrag, in fact I suspect it's a negative sign about the way compacted math is taught at his elem school, but he has not found compacted math challenging at all. The pace is quicker but the work is still simple, rote and boring to him. We hoped that there would be greater enrichment in compacted math, but really it is just a faster pace and not "deep thinking" kind of math.

I totally agree with you. My son always says it's boring. Everyone in his class feels the same way according to my son. FYI my son doesn't get outside supplement.

My kid always says it's boring too. That doesn't mean that she's not learning anything. That means that she has to do stuff in class that she doesn't want to do, and doesn't get to do stuff in class that she does want to do.

+1000 - my child is in compacted math and I review the material and it is deeper and more challenging than I expected for 5th grade. Maybe my expectations aren't as high as other MoCo faux-educators, but I have been pleasantly surprised by both the pace and the material.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We were told that the name is changing. It's no longer "compacted math," it's now "Math 4/5." To be followed in 5th grade by "Math 5/6," so that at the end of 5th grade they will have completed the 6th grade math and be a complete grade level ahead.
Busing is also gone; it should be available at every home school.

This is what it's called now.

[Anonymous]

I had understood that compacted math (or math 4/5) begins in 4th grade. Is that still true? My DD (in 2nd grade) claims that she's heard that some kids will go into advanced math in 3rd grade (next year).

I feel like I'm always running behind on this topic. Older child was not placed in compacted math in 4th grade; however was placed in CM in 5th grade (math 5/6) only after I questioned it. No one reached out to me beforehand, no permission slip, no testing. But when I asked what the criteria were, and how my child compared to those in the program, I was immediately told my child could choose compacted math even though school year had already begun. So apparently, if I hadn't said anything, DC would not have been offered CM even though DC met the criteria.

My DD is actually more advanced in math than my older child, so I consider it to be a no brainer that younger child should be in CM. (younger child has taught herself multiplication and division)

[Anonymous]

My DC is in enriched math in 3rd (states on report card) and will be in Compacted Math or whatever it will be called for 4th-5th. Different things. I was not notified about the enriched math in 3rd--presumably that decision was made based on MAP-M and Inview scores.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My DC is in enriched math in 3rd (states on report card) and will be in Compacted Math or whatever it will be called for 4th-5th. Different things. I was not notified about the enriched math in 3rd--presumably that decision was made based on MAP-M and Inview scores.

When your DC took the Inview test in 2nd, there is a section on there that states that whether your child has been tagged as someone who needs acceleration for math and/or reading. I can't remember the exact phrasing. That document was really wordy, so you have to read through it to find it.

I wasn't made aware that my DC was being assessed for CM either. But, I kind of assumed it when during the PTC, DC's math teacher told me DC was really strong in math.