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[quote=Anonymous]"I am the PP and the entire four classes in her school have fact tests each week. This week it is adding/subtracting up to 6. They have to get 20 right in 3 minutes. They are currently also adding sums of doubles while adding a smaller number so 6+6+3 is 12+3=15. If you think that is advanced work for kids this age, great. It is not for my child. I don't like that they teach to the lowest common denominator in the school. I am all for helping kids struggling but not at the expense of half the kids being bored. And because now they have tiny math groups, she gets about 10 minutes of accelerated math but the teachers are not allowed to send any work home on acceleration. Maybe you didn't have kids in elementary when they actually moved to a different math class based on ability but it work much better for all kids. Accelerated, on grade level, and below grade level. If you look at what the curriculum was before and now, you can easily tell the 1st graders are working at below grade concepts in 2.0"

Being able to say 1+6 = 7 (preschool) and being tested on knowing them without time to think about it (1st grade) are two entirely different things.  A timed test would not be appropriate for a 4 learning the skill but it is for a 6 who is very familiar with it.  And your second example..no the math is not hard but training your self to dissect a problem into smaller parts is essential for doing math in your head quickly in the future.  I think it is hard for some parents to discern what is actually being taught which is a lot more than 1+6.[/quote]

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