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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am very disappointed in the level of challenge offered by 4/5 math.  My child is completely bored and I see him being more and more "turned off" by math.  "Oh, it's so boring now, etc."  I think it is a real shame that kids who really love math and have an ability to do more are stuck in this new math curriculum.   (It feels similar to having a very advanced reader who isn't allowed to read books in school, but rather has to simply repeat the ABC's in order to "get the fundamentals down.") 
I have a 5th grader who is grandfathered into the "old" curriculum and he is doing very advanced math b/c he's ready for it.  [b]Kids in this 2.0 curriculum are really getting the shaft.[/b][/quote]

I am really surprised by the posters that say their kids are getting nightly math homework assignments.  My child is in the 4/5 compacted math class at his school and only has brought home about 3 math worksheets since school started.  They were things he could have done in kindergarten.  No challenge.  Nothing new.  Definitely no rigor.

Perhaps the staff at his school has not been properly trained because it seems they are just winging it and giving the children busy work.  My older kids did have nightly math homework from a textbook by 4th grade and the curriculum was much more challenging than what my youngest is being offered.  I am supplementing with other math resources so my child receives learning experience and opportunities he craves. [/quote]

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