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[quote=Anonymous]My 1st grader scored in the 99% on map-m as well. While I plan to ask about differentiation at his conference, im not too concerned at this point. He's still learning things in their daily math block - not so much the basic things like skip counting and simple addition and subtraction, which he mastered on his own long ago, but different strategies to decompose and represent numbers that serve him well whatever level he is at (thanks 2.0!). We supplement at home, in that we give him math challenges to figure out in daily life as they arise, which he loves, and he incorporates numbers and measurement into his play all the time. No worksheets or the like to push him ahead, which would accomplish little if he'll get the same later in school, but lots of opportunities to build, set up fake stores, manage his real money, figure out fractions for cooking, etc. So far, he's thriving, picking up great critical thinking skills, and obviously continuing to learn considering his test skills. There's plenty of time in his future to learn formal strategies for long division, and I'm glad he'll have a really strong foundation when he gets there.
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