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[quote=Anonymous]Genuine, no-agenda question here.  I'm a parent to a Kindergartener, so this is all new to me, but I've looked at the curriculum guide on the MCPS website and have a question.  Some of the concepts listed are obvious (counting, I got that), but some are clearly in edu-speak.  For instance, this is just a small one:
Number and Operations in Base Ten: Compose and decompose
numbers (11–19): ten ones and some further ones.

I'm not a dumb person (I can tell you my degrees if you need) but I don't honestly know how to help my kid learn that.  "Compose numbers"?  What does that mean?  Write the numbers?  Ok, I can do that.  "Decompose numbers"?  Huh?  In normal person speak, "decompose" means to separate into pieces.  So, does this mean the concept that you can make 9 out of 3 3's, or a 5 and a 4 -- that sort of thing?
I realize that may seem obvious, but it isn't.  And clearly it only gets less obvious as they move up in grades.  I was a person who had to read the textbook when I got home to reinforce the lesson.  
My question is: is there any resource that will help me translate these "curriculum guides" into something that's actually instructive?
Other than asking the teacher?  Because I don't really want to be the pain in the ass parent that's emailing the teacher every week.[/quote]

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