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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Our school was supposed to start algebra 1 today but apparently there were some delays and the teacher wasn’t there and they aren’t sure if they will start this week. Two weeks in and the students have not taken a single algebra class. This seems to have all the hallmarks of a disaster! [/quote]

Our school didn’t start today either. Kid came home saying they studied the “real number system” which isn’t an algebra standard at all.

Hmmm…[/quote]

My kid the real number system last year in Alg 1 HN in middle school.  [/quote]

That's a M8/Prealgebra standard. I don't know why teachers are covering it. It's not anywhere in the Algebra 1 standards.

Algebra 1: https://www.doe.virginia.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/48985/638603403347570000
M8: https://www.doe.virginia.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/48945/638741652670270000 (8.NS.2 The student will investigate and describe the relationship between the subsets of the real number system.)[/quote]

Maybe because it is important and they know kids have not learned it yet? The one benefit to A1H in 6th is that there will be math every day, vs the block structure, so there might be more time to cover some of the basics before diving into the A1H material.

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But how long is the math every day?

And, as covered previously, the MS 6th graders are getting an extra 90m study hall in their schedule with the Algebra teacher containing only 6th-grade Algebra students to cover missed topics. I still see being in the MS for this pilot as having a number of advantages over being in the ES.[/quote]

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