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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There is still acceleration. It just doesn't start until 4th grade.  [/quote]

I think the problem is though that if you didn't get something other than what's offered in the classroom, you're not qualified for compacted math. My son's 2nd grade is still doing single digit addition.[/quote]

Really. My daughter in second grade finished two-digit and three-digit addition and subtraction a while ago; then time; then fractions; and now they're working on arrays.[/quote]

lucky you - this is not happening at our school[/quote]

But that is a problem. The curriculum guide for second grade says that third-quarter math should have covered

• Geometry: Partition shapes into halves, thirds, fourths (circles,rectangles).
• Measurement and Data: Number lines to 100 (whole number lengths); linear measurement (units, tools, estimation); addition and subtraction situations involving linear measurement (within 100); time on analog and digital clocks (to nearest 5 minutes).
• Operations and Algebraic Thinking: Repeated addition (rectangular arrays of up to 5 rows and 5 columns)

And fourth-quarter math should cover

• Geometry: Attributes of shapes—recognize, describe, draw (triangles, quadrilaterals, pentagons, hexagons, cubes).
• Number and Operations in Base Ten: Addition and subtraction within 1000 (concrete models, drawings, place value strategies, written methods).
• Operations and Algebraic Thinking: Addition and subtraction within 20 (sums of two 1-digit numbers from memory)

http://www.montgomeryschoolsmd.org/uploadedFiles/curriculum/elementary/parent-guide-curriculum2.0-grade2-en.pdf

If your son's class isn't getting that, why isn't it? [/quote]

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