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[quote=Anonymous]OP, sounds like your issue is really with the math specifically more than textbooks in general--?

I've read about schools (not necessarily here, but in general) starting "math for parents" one-time workshops where parents can come and be shown the techniques the teachers will use with their kids, so the parents are using the same terms as the teachers throughout the year. Sounds like  a great idea. It's too late for this school year, but why don't you work with the third grade math teachers and maybe the PTA to set this up for next year at the beginning of the year? Be proactive. And it would get you on teachers' radar in a positive way.

Also, heed the idea above about asking the teacher for online resources. Not sure about second grade where your kid is now, but by about fourth grade my kid's history and science textbooks were available via online accounts we could access from home using passwords the school provided. Easy to go in and get whatever was needed. If there is a math textbook (and there may not be one online for this class), see if it's available through an account that parents can access.

Teachers often give out all that sort of information at the start of the school year then do not repeat it, so maybe check, if you still have them, any papers that came home early in the year. It'd be faster, though, just to shoot the teacher an e-mail about it.[/quote]

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