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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous] Agreed... they have this method of sticks and dots for teaching math. We where having a discussion at home and the dollar amount million came up and my 8 year old asked how many sticks and dots that would be. I just couldn't believe this is what math is not for primary grades in MoCo. Pathetic[/quote] My 8-year-old has not said anything about sticks and dots. Perhaps your 8-year-old misunderstood? Alternatively, they do represent place value with drawings of different-sized objects. For example, the number 134 might be represented by a box (for the one hundred), three smaller rectangles (for the three tens), and 4 dots (for the four ones). Maybe that is what your 8-year-old is talking about? I think that this is effective visual representation of place value, and it's useful for learning about composing/decomposing (aka regrouping, aka borrowing and carrying). Also, it was in the MCPS curriculum before 2.0.[/quote]
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