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    The test is too abstract for the kids. First they have to figure out what on earth is being asked, THEN they have to do the math.

And they are 5!

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A simple part - part - whole question is too hard for your 1st grade students?

My 1st grade students have been doing problems like these for some time.    You have a cup full of, say, 6 coins.  You tell the kids there are 6 pennies in the cup.  That's the "whole" so you label the cub (or bag, or box) with the number 6.

Then you remove a certain number of pennies from the cup (box, bag) and set them outside.   That's one of the parts.   The kids look at the part they can see (5 pennies) and see the number 6 on the cup, box, or bag (whole) and need to tell you what's the missng part (i.e. what is still in the cup).   That's the other part -- in this case 1 penny.

Kids don't automatically know how to solve this type of part-part whole problem, but if you teach it this way and have been practicing for several weeks, they understand what to do.

I agree the test posted at the start of this thread had some poorly worded questions, but these types of math problems are in no way developmentally inappropriate for most first grade students.   Now, if the child has a learning disability, that is a different issue; and she may need more hands on modelling.
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Reports are flooding in that Kids subjected to these Common Core standards are shutting down, begging not to go to school every day. And they are in KINDERGARTEN!

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