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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Gee I wonder why these kids can’t add. Check out page 10 from the 3rd grade curriculum.

https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/documents/asset/uploaded_file/3724/WCPS/3157617/Grade_3.pdf

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From link says teachers to have number talks where “teacher is not to be the definite authority” and “simply records student thinking.” All depends on how teachers interpret this. Our DC’s teacher had it mean teacher should never correct any child. So number talks were kids giving all kinds of wrong answers to math problems and wrong ways of doing problem and maybe some right, but teacher never corrected or said what actual answers. That teaching method didn’t work for many in class and lots of parents got tutors that year.[/quote]

This is the equivalent to “whole language” instead of phonics. [/quote]

Yep. Bunch of kid’s schools did both, which was grate (written as was mandated for teachers to accept 109% of the time at those schools- and please don’t correct that there is no percentage over 100 as that is not in line with just listening and simply recording). Those teachers that would still correct spelling and math were highly sought after.[/quote]

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