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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]To 19:16 - well, it's a bit of a secret, but most fourth graders in mcps don't know their times tables thanks to the new curriculum based on the common core. This is precisely because they didn't teach them at school in third or fourth grade. And guess what? They are realizing that kids can't do long division without having a strong grasp of basic times tables. So go ahead and make light of it, but it's a very real problem with the math curriculum. [/quote]

Crazy talk, I'm in Maryland (not Montgomery County) and we are following common core in our county.  Multiplication is still taught in second grade just as it has always been, same with division.  Whatever you are complaining about has nothing to do with common core.[/quote]

Since when are multiplication tables standard in 2nd grade? It hasn't always been taught in that grade and isn't being taught in VA currently. Ralphie in A Christmas Story was doing double digit addition in 3rd. The only 2nd grade standard I see for multiplication is this one. Not memorizing times tables yet. If the states are making the standards higher, there should be complaints against that state's standards only.

Work with equal groups of objects to gain foundations for multiplication.

CCSS.Math.Content.2.OA.C.3
Determine whether a group of objects (up to 20) has an odd or even number of members, e.g., by pairing objects or counting them by 2s; write an equation to express an even number as a sum of two equal addends.

CCSS.Math.Content.2.OA.C.4
Use addition to find the total number of objects arranged in rectangular arrays with up to 5 rows and up to 5 columns; write an equation to express the total as a sum of equal addends.[/quote]

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