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[quote=Anonymous]No tutor, and no plans to get one.

I get the frustration with some of the curriculum, especially with the weird math problems.  But we got a paper from the teacher showing how the students are learning different ways to solve a math problem.  I think they were learning six different ways to do it.

The first time we saw it we were flabbergasted.  How can  you ever try to do this strategy in  your head if you had to do the math problem in your head?  But as I read through the explanation paper the teacher sent home, I saw that the last strategy was indeed doing double digit addition the old fashioned way.

When I talked to the math teacher she said they do expect the kids to do math in their heads using the old fashioned way.  They just want to make sure the kids understand the addition inside and out, hence the different ways to do math.

When I see DC do math in DC's head, I can see DC using various strategies, and it's pretty good. Not how we are used to doing it, but it works.

I don't love 2.0, but I can see how it can be useful.[/quote]

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