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Eureka Math - I am SO ANGRY
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Anonymous
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My daughter started 4th this week. I understand the last curriculum, particularly math, was a dismal failure of which this county should be ashamed. But my daughter was doing fine in math, but with some intermittent confidence issues. Now I can't even figure out how to to help her because the her work sheet is like it's in another language. Zero support or explanation or heads up from our school. Even once I figured it out in order to help her, it seems pointless - and frankly designed to rock her confidence by starting fresh yet again. So sick of these people f'ing up not only my kids' education but also our home life and stress levels. My son started K this week and honestly I am not even kidding...we are supposed to teach him to count starting with his pink instead of thumb or index finger. He was pretty advanced in a math at his Montessori and can reason through multiplication in his head. Yet now he is confused and upset.
Is this going to get better??? |
Anonymous
| You should not need to help your kid with homework in 4th grade. If she doesn’t get it, teach her to talk to the teacher to get help. |
Anonymous
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I bet he is confused and upset because YOU are upset.
Children mimic their parents emotions. I agree that this type of math is terribly frustrating but please be low key about it at home. No need to add to the stress. |
Anonymous
| My DC relies heavily on Kahn to understand the concepts. It’s great. |
Anonymous
| Who starts counting with their pinky finger???? |
Anonymous
What a load of BS this is. You have no idea what you are talking about |
Anonymous
| I don’t want to say that you are a troll but this is absurd. My kid came home with the eureka math and I loved it. Khan academy is a good helper for parents in need of the common core explanation. The new curriculum should be explained at your Back to School night. |
Anonymous
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The worst is when they un-teach your kids how to write the alphabet! My kids were doing great until his teachers told him that he needed to start at the bottom of the letter "i" and work his way up to the dot. Likewise with the letter "l". As for "d", you are supposed to make the vertical bar first than make the circle on the left. Or the "o" is clockwise rather than counter clockwise. This undid everything they knew coming into Kindergarten and to this day, and screwed them for writing cursive properly.
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Anonymous
+1 |
Anonymous
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Trolling parent. I simply googled Eureka Math example and found the grade 4 Math homework lessons 1-19 with thorough examples and explanations.
https://docs.google.com/viewerng/viewer?url=http://www.stoddert.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Homework_Helper-Grade_4_Module_1-copy.pdf&hl=en_US |
Anonymous
It’s what the curriculum calls “The Math Way.” https://www.cpsb.org/site/handlers/filedownload.ashx?moduleinstanceid=8822&dataid=8467&FileName=ParentKinder1.pdf |
Anonymous
| Khan academy is helpful because it helps the kids understand the “why” factor and conceptual understanding not just rote Math problems. |
Anonymous
Makes sense so that the kids don’t get confused when using their fingers to add or subtract. |
Anonymous
The intent is to get kids to count left to right. It sets them up for using a ten frame and seeing groups of ten. |
Anonymous
| I’m just glad to see MCPS going back toward reputable curriculum providers. #MakeMCPSGreatAgain |