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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Trying that again without the Swype typos:

I dunno, but I was surprised when my first grader tested at end of fourth grade level for math in standardized testing.[/quote]

Are you saying your first grader knows multiplication/division/fractions/decimals? Did he/she learn that stuff up on his/her own?

The reason I'm asking is my child is in second grade and dying to start studying multiplication (don't ask me why!) but, according to the curriculum,
multiplication/division are taught in third grade, and no sooner. DD is advanced in math, so I'm pretty sure she could grasp the idea but MCPS thinks
she's too young so she's stuck in class adding double-digit numbers again and again. I enrich at home a bit, but mostly puzzle/logic type stuff.

That's why I find the idea of a first grader testing at the fourth grade level pretty fascinating. PP, you've got a genius on your hands![/quote]

Why wouldn't you get a few workbooks and teach her?  We got some multiplication workbooks for our 2nd grader and he's working on them now.  He wanted to learn, so why not.  Our classroom is still doing single and very simple double digit.  They barely spend time on math.[/quote]

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