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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My second grader knows her multiplication table up to 11 right now.  I do feel that math is no longer a priority in MCPS.  I have been really disappointed.  So I've been the one to teach her.[/quote]
Math is still a priority at the schools. Memorization at the expense of understanding the relationship between the numbers, however, is not a priority. Would you rather the schools no longer focus on the relationship between numbers and letting the kids develop good number sense but be able to rattle off the times tables super quickly without understanding the concept?

[quote]I have 2 kids that went thru MCPS and my observation is that they teach basic addition and then move on to algebra, lol. Not really but they push nonsense in 1-3rd instead of the basics. They barely spend time on math facts, money, word problems, percentages, fractions. Things the kids really need. My daughter went accelerated and is currently in honors algebra in 7th. She STILL sucks at basic math. They pushed her right thru it. It is like common sense math is all gone these days. [/quote]
That is what C2.0 is trying to correct - not accelerating the children willy nilly but making sure they have the basics down solid. It may be different from how you and I learned math but that doesn't necessarily make it wrong.

My 2nd grade daughter started her math unit on money this week so I know at least one MCPS school is teaching money. She had to do a quasi multiplication problem as part of the homework. She did rattle off the answer because she had her multiplication facts memorized? No. But was she able to relatively quickly come up with the answer because she understood the relationship between the numbers and was able to reason what the answer should be? Yep - and as a parent, that was pretty neat to see.

Memorization will come in time. In the mean time, I am going to enjoy watching my daughter have a much better number sense than I did at that age (even thought I was able to rattle off facts much more quickly).[/quote]

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