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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I supplement my first grader's math at home.  We use Singapore math with a bit of Kumon worksheets to reinforce the material.

At home DD is doing well, a bit above her grade level.

At school they follow Common Core and her grades started to go down.  I'm very puzzled.  I think a lot of the time she doesn't understand the instructions which can be very confusing.  Sometimes I read CC worksheets and think "wtf?"

[b]Do you have any advice what to do?[/b]

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1. Ask your teacher what curriculum they're using.
2. Ask your teacher for suggestions for help.
3. Read up on the curriculum they're using.

There is no such thing as "Common Core math". The Common Core is standards -- for example, here is a Common Core math standard for first grade, meaning that students who are on grade level should be able to do this by the end of first grade:

[i]CCSS.Math.Content.1.OA.C.6
Add and subtract within 20, demonstrating fluency for addition and subtraction within 10. Use strategies such as counting on; making ten (e.g., 8 + 6 = 8 + 2 + 4 = 10 + 4 = 14); decomposing a number leading to a ten (e.g., 13 - 4 = 13 - 3 - 1 = 10 - 1 = 9); using the relationship between addition and subtraction (e.g., knowing that 8 + 4 = 12, one knows 12 - 8 = 4); and creating equivalent but easier or known sums (e.g., adding 6 + 7 by creating the known equivalent 6 + 6 + 1 = 12 + 1 = 13).[/I]

The curriculum is what teachers/schools use to teach the students so that they meet those standards. There are a lot of math curricula that say that they are aligned to the Common Core standards. Some of those curricula are good. Some of them are not so good.[/quote]

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