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[quote=Anonymous]PP who was asking about new math. Thanks for the link. I thought new math was more like this: what is 23+25? Well, 23 is 3 more than 20, and 25 is 5 more than 20. 20+20 is 40, and 3+5 is 8, so it must be 40+8, i.e., 48. My kid is still in K, but she seems to be encouraged to use dots to count things up instead of just know her math facts. (We play a lot of Sleeping Queens so she is pretty good with math addition/subtraction up to 10 without needing to count things out.)

We are in MCPS, but my friends in DCPS say their kids get dinged if they just know the answer (i.e., just knowing your mah facts) and not showing work in the right way (which apparently involves ten frames).

Sorry to be dense here. I’m trying to figure out how to support her in math, as it has been essential for me professionally, and I have heard repeated complaints about the weakness of the MCPS math curriculum (fingers crossed that it gets better with whatever curriculum they move to).

Thanks again for all your help![/quote]

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