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[quote=Anonymous]OP, one of the PPs pointing out the lack of clarity in the directions.  I figured out what to do by looking at the instructions and then putting them together with the equations below them to infer the missing steps in the instructions and figure out the answers.

Truthfully,  I am completely stumped on how one would tutor a first grader on strategies to use to overcome poor instructions and would argue that a six year old should not be put in such a position.   As the worksheets are taking a lot of language shortcuts there was an expectation on the part of the publishers that the teacher had thoroughly gone over the steps with the class and spent a fair amount of time on the foundations.

I can only guess a couple of things.  Perhaps the teacher did not do this and is just shoving the work sheets at the kids with little prior instruction.  Or she did all this orally and your child has some weakness in pragmatic listening skills.  That would indicate perhaps your child would benefit from an SLP, but you should have had some hint in everyday life that your child has problems with multistep oral directions.

I would maintain that the sheet that required the child to solve the problem, identify the type, and color code it was developmentally inappropriate for most first graders.

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