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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Can you give examples of the kinds of problems your first grader has been given? My first grader is currently doing math mountains and word problems, not complex stuff for a parent to figure out at all.[/quote]

Here are a couple of examples she gets from school.  This is the kind where I go "what the f--- ?" On the bottom one I think they were told by the teacher to use only two numbers, not three.  She wouldn't have thought of this herself.

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As pointed out, common core are standards not the curriculum.

As far as the worksheets go... it seems like the issue is with identifying the strategies and vocabulary, or with reading and understanding the directions. That may be an area to practice at home to help her be more successful at school.

Doubles facts: 1+1, 2+2, etc
Doubles plus 1: 1=2, 2+3, etc
Count on - counting on by 1, 2, or 3: 5+2, 6+3, etc

[b]Rote memorization is a horrible way to learn math, because there is no true understanding to i[/b]t. Developing number sense and mental math strategies is not just a "common core" idea.

The second one it's asking if you see a problem like 3+3+6= how can you group the numbers to help you add. You can group 3+3 into 6, so then the problem becomes 6+6=12, so it's right. Say you had the problem 2+2+3+3 you could group it into 4+6. [/quote]

What a crock of SHIT! You repeating this over and over doesn't make it true.

At younger ages CONCRETE LEARNING IS BEST! [/quote]

The most amusing thing about your post...there is nothing concrete about rote memorization.

Also, the parents lamenting the language used in the math,  it is undoubtedly the language used in the classroom when the math is taught. [/quote]

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