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In any case, there is no Common Core standard that says "First-graders must know four different ways to add." The Common Core standard is:

CCSS.Math.Content.1.OA.C.6
Add and subtract within 20, demonstrating fluency for addition and subtraction within 10. [b]Use strategies such as counting on; making ten (e.g., 8 + 6 = 8 + 2 + 4 = 10 + 4 = 14); decomposing a number leading to a ten (e.g., 13 - 4 = 13 - 3 - 1 = 10 - 1 = 9); using the relationship between addition and subtraction (e.g., knowing that 8 + 4 = 12, one knows 12 - 8 = 4); and creating equivalent but easier or known sums (e.g., adding 6 + 7 by creating the known equivalent 6 + 6 + 1 = 12 + 1 = 13).[/b]

Again, I don't think that any of these strategies is too hard for a first-grader. And if the first-grader's worksheet says, "Find the answer to 6 + 7 by creating an equivalent but easier or known sum", that's a curriculum problem.[/quote]

To be fair, I think the part I bolded, starting "use strategies..." really shouldn't be a standard.   The standard should be the end goal expected at the end of the year, and it should be observable (and testable).

I DO think that teaching children to use those strategies is the best way to teach basic numeracy and computation at this grade level, but there's really no way to look inside a child's head and see which strategy he is using.  When people try ot create worksheets and tests to make sure students are using particular strategies, they end up overly cumbersome and confusing, which is where a lot of the frustration with COmmon Core seems to be coming from.

I can see why people have problems with this as a standard.

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