ST Math

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:A 5th grader in AAP math shouldn't have to waste hours clicking to estimate "tens' "one" or "hundreds" of petals in a pile. This is ridiculous.

This is a teacher issue. My fifth grader in AAP started with ratios.

My AAP 5th grader started with large decimal numbers on a number line. He was not trapped in petal hell like my 3rd grader.

My AAP 6th grader started with the petals!?

Does it just automatically start everyone there if the teacher doesn't set the topic?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Teachers can assign content. I assigned content today.

Can you explain this a little more? So you can go into ST Math, and click "subtracting fractions" if that is what your class is learning this week, and then the kids go into ST Math and do subtracting fractions? Because that makes more sense to me.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Thinking about sitting down with a scotch tonight breaking out DD's laptop, taking one for the team and getting her past the petals

Okay, this is likely the funniest and best idea I have seen posted! But also a truly serious question - IS there even anything past the petals??? And if so, what? I'd love to give mine a light at end of tunnel.

Nobody knows. Nobody has managed to get past the petals. We all just give up.

[Anonymous]

I think they don't expect parents to be paying attention to realize how terrible this stuff is?

[Anonymous]

The petals are strewn along the mobius strip that is our life in 2020.

[Anonymous]

you all piqued my curiosity so i checked and my 3rd grader and 6th grader both agree that they started with the petals, the petals are stupid, and they hate ST Math.

[Anonymous]

The place value/estimating petals must be the default setting? Why would grade 3 and grade 6 AAP start on the same topic?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The place value/estimating petals must be the default setting? Why would grade 3 and grade 6 AAP start on the same topic?

My 6th grader did not start with petals. Unfortunately she’s so behind in math that the petals would have been appropriate for her.

[Anonymous]

I don't even see the petal game on here???

http://dlassets.stmath.com/pdfs/trial/trial_scope_and_sequence.pdf

[Anonymous]

i found it. They are starting everyone off on the first concept of first grade. even aap 6th graders apparently. GMAFB FCPS

https://play.stmath.com/raft/resources/help/puzzle_talks/1_how_many_petals_V3R.pdf

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:i found it. They are starting everyone off on the first concept of first grade. even aap 6th graders apparently. GMAFB FCPS

https://play.stmath.com/raft/resources/help/puzzle_talks/1_how_many_petals_V3R.pdf

[Anonymous]

Can Scotch Mom do it and then report back how long it took to get thru the level.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Teachers can assign content. I assigned content today.

Can you explain this a little more? So you can go into ST Math, and click "subtracting fractions" if that is what your class is learning this week, and then the kids go into ST Math and do subtracting fractions? Because that makes more sense to me.

So each grade level should be assigned a journey. Then the teacher can assign content to the whole class or individual students. Based off our first unit, I assigned an objective. Kids can be assigned objectives of different grade levels as well. There is a place on the login to get assignments the teachers have assigned.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Teachers can assign content. I assigned content today.

Can you explain this a little more? So you can go into ST Math, and click "subtracting fractions" if that is what your class is learning this week, and then the kids go into ST Math and do subtracting fractions? Because that makes more sense to me.

So each grade level should be assigned a journey. Then the teacher can assign content to the whole class or individual students. Based off our first unit, I assigned an objective. Kids can be assigned objectives of different grade levels as well. There is a place on the login to get assignments the teachers have assigned.

so they didn't tell everyone to start on first grade math, that's just teachers using the default? It doesn't automatically start fourth graders on 4th grade math?

[Anonymous]

Neither of my kids saw these petals. Second and fifth. The second grader is stuck on the glue/estimation though. Is he bad with numbers? No, about average. Is he learning anything? No. Not how to find numbers on a number line, not how to deal with frustration.

Am I furious? No. It's only a couple days in.