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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think the emphasis is on bringing reading up to speed early because it’s the foundation of all other learning. It’s difficult to teach science, history, even more advanced math if students aren’t strong readers. Math can more easily be accelerated in later grades for students who are capable of a faster pace.

And there’s some evidence that a slower pace in early grades sets a strong foundation for more complex tasks. People complain about their children being taught multiple ways to solve a simple arithmetic problem, but the intent is to help students also understand the underlying concepts when they memorize those facts. And many of those seemingly repetitive approaches come into play again later, in more advanced ways, so it’s helpful to have that grounding from earlier work. My high school student isn’t a math whiz, but a solidly advanced student, and they’ve been surprised over the years to realize there was actually a reason for some of those hated elementary-school lessons like matrices. [/quote]

Yep. Second grade is horridly boring and repetitive in Eureka math but there is a reason for the long slog. [/quote]

I remember my kid already knew his times tables really well but they insisted on making them do these models to teach him what he already knew. I assume this is helpful for some but personally, I found it absurd.[/quote]

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