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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My 4th grader gets speed drills every couple of weeks from her math teacher that are causing a ton of stress.  She's actually fine with math facts/fluency based on what we see at home, but is not particularly fast, and she does really poorly under the added pressure of these timed drills. Usually the goal is 40 problems in one minute which seems absurd to me, an adult who is really good at math.  The teacher also makes them do every problem in order - she's not supposed to jump around or skip problems.

These are *not* the sprints in her Eureka books; they are separate worksheets/quizzes that I assume are generated by the teacher directly.  They are graded and recorded in ParentVue as "Multiplication Facts - Assignment"; she's had 5 so far this quarter, all Ds.  (She's in compacted math, if it matters, but I believe the non-compacted class taught by the same teacher gets them too.)

My DD absolutely hates math now, and its starting to spill over into her feelings about the rest of school. Is there any use complaining?[/quote]

Oh wow! I wish my 4th grader's teacher did math drills or homework. Everything seems lackadaisical with my daughter as their homework (which is the Eureka practice book) is completely optional. [/quote]

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