"Teacher of the Year" quits over Common Core tests

[Anonymous]

Do you honestly think I'm capable of performing miracles?

I don't. I know you work hard. However, PP who thinks CC is the solver of all things in education thinks that your expectations are too low. You must be racist.

[Anonymous]

Here's a clue:
Before you can add, it is a good idea to know how to count.
Then you can combine groups (add0
Child also needs to learn numerals.
etc.

Long time to get to place value. Long time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

“Compose and decompose numbers from 11 to 19 into ten ones and some further ones, e.g., by using objects or drawings, and record each composition or decomposition by a drawing or equation (such as 18 = 10 + 8); understand that these numbers are composed of ten ones and one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, or nine ones.”

When a kid comes to school and cannot count to ten consistently, that standard is quite a reach. There are more kids like this than you think.

"These are poor kids from the inner city, they aren't capable!" <- that is the soft bigotry of low expectations...

They aren't.

They come in behind, and it's impossible to move most up, especially if class sizes are large.

At the HS level, I have 29 kids in inclusion classes. At least half are reading way below grade level. I am one person. Do you honestly think I'm capable of performing miracles?

It's most likely because they didn't properly teach phonics in elementary that your high schoolers can't read.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Do you honestly think I'm capable of performing miracles?

I don't. I know you work hard. However, PP who thinks CC is the solver of all things in education thinks that your expectations are too low. You must be racist.

Which PP thinks that Common Core is the solver of all things in education? Could you provide a specific citation, please?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

“Compose and decompose numbers from 11 to 19 into ten ones and some further ones, e.g., by using objects or drawings, and record each composition or decomposition by a drawing or equation (such as 18 = 10 + 8); understand that these numbers are composed of ten ones and one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, or nine ones.”

When a kid comes to school and cannot count to ten consistently, that standard is quite a reach. There are more kids like this than you think.

Yes, you're right. That standard is quite a reach for a kid who comes to school and cannot count to ten consistently. That doesn't mean that the standard is bad or developmentally appropriate. It means that we need to devote more resources to kids who come to school unable to count to ten consistently -- both in and out of school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Wow. Well, here we are. The anti-CCers reveal themselves for the racists that they are. I guess we finally now can understand that they have been calling it "developmentally inappropriate" because they consider it "fact" that black kindergartners aren't capable of learning the alphabet song or learning to count to 20 because they are apparently inferior beings.

Holy cow. Just when I thought this thread was merely obnoxious and pedantic, now it's gone full bore racist.

Wow. A poster points out that some kindergarteners start school without being able to count. Poster points out that the standard about place value is a stretch to accomplish that year. And, now it is racist?

The anti-CCer is making it pretty clear that they don't think poor black kids will *ever* be capable of learning.

Nah, that's not racist at all.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

“Compose and decompose numbers from 11 to 19 into ten ones and some further ones, e.g., by using objects or drawings, and record each composition or decomposition by a drawing or equation (such as 18 = 10 + 8); understand that these numbers are composed of ten ones and one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, or nine ones.”

When a kid comes to school and cannot count to ten consistently, that standard is quite a reach. There are more kids like this than you think.

Yes, you're right. That standard is quite a reach for a kid who comes to school and cannot count to ten consistently. That doesn't mean that the standard is bad or developmentally appropriate. It means that we need to devote more resources to kids who come to school unable to count to ten consistently -- both in and out of school.

That's why schools need add-ons like math labs and reading labs to supplement and help the kids that came in less-prepared. Doesn't mean we need to get rid of the standards.

[Anonymous]

The anti-CCer is making it pretty clear that they don't think poor black kids will *ever* be capable of learning.

Nah, that's not racist at all.

Who said that? You are the only one who has used those words.

[Anonymous]

The anti-CCer

So, you think there is only one anti-CCer here on this board. Really? And, I guess they are all racists in your mind.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

The anti-CCer

So, you think there is only one anti-CCer here on this board. Really? And, I guess they are all racists in your mind.

The more you keep posting, the more you keep reinforcing that.

[Anonymous]

The more you keep posting, the more you keep reinforcing that.

LOL! Funny--if you only knew.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Here's a clue:
Before you can add, it is a good idea to know how to count.
Then you can combine groups (add0
Child also needs to learn numerals.
etc.

Long time to get to place value. Long time.

Long time? LMAO! Nothing that can't be learned in less than a year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
The anti-CCer


So, you think there is only one anti-CCer here on this board. Really? And, I guess they are all racists in your mind.


The more you keep posting, the more you keep reinforcing that.

I can see why more states are dropping out of CC if people like you are arguing in favor of it. Easy call to drop out.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
Here's a clue:
Before you can add, it is a good idea to know how to count.
Then you can combine groups (add0
Child also needs to learn numerals.
etc.

Long time to get to place value. Long time.


Long time? LMAO! Nothing that can't be learned in less than a year.

You have no understanding of child development.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
The anti-CCer


So, you think there is only one anti-CCer here on this board. Really? And, I guess they are all racists in your mind.


The more you keep posting, the more you keep reinforcing that.

I can see why more states are dropping out of CC if people like you are arguing in favor of it. Easy call to drop out.

Yep, the overwhelming majority of people dropping out are right wing neoconfederates.