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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There is a handout for each unit for parents.  You should ask for that if the teacher isn't already sending it home.[/quote]

A handout that shows how they are teaching math? [/quote]

A handout that shows what they are teaching.[/quote]

Right but I want to know how they are explaining it to the kids so I can do it the same way.  I know its not rocket science but it also not how I learned math.[/quote]

Agreed...  they have this method of sticks and dots for teaching math.  We where having a discussion at home and [b]the dollar amount million came up and my 8 year old asked how many sticks and dots that would be. [/b]

I just couldn't believe this is what math is not for primary grades in MoCo.  Pathetic[/quote]

You missed a great teaching point here.  You ask the 8 yr old, what does the stick represent?  He should answer "10".  You then ask, "How many 10's would make a million?"  You start small... "how many 10s in 100" then move up from there.  Group the 10's into 100 boxes, etc...  Then you show how "10" - 100,000 boxes  (not that you draw 100K boxes, you just draw a box that represents 100K) make one million, and that is multiplication.[/quote]

Are you kidding me???  You seriously think this is a worthwhile exercise to do and that any real math is being taught????   This is something an English major would suggest.  What an enormous waste of time.

You sound like an MCPS shill go back to writing your crap Curriculum 2.0 worksheet that you will send out to the classrooms tomorrow.[/quote]

What is "real" math?  Math is math.  There are different ways to teach it.  What is multiplication ... it's adding up that number x number of times.  What is our numbering system based on ... 10.   You show an 8 yr old those two concepts.   That is real math.

And you sound unhinged.  [/quote]

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