Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Measurements were the only new thing for my kids in 2nd grade. Everything else was review because we accelerate them on the side during the school year and over the summer. We are not atypical. Public elementary school pacing is just too slow for anybody even slightly above average.
Keep in mind that Private school pacing is not quicker( except maybe Montessori). .
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Measurements were the only new thing for my kids in 2nd grade. Everything else was review because we accelerate them on the side during the school year and over the summer. We are not atypical. Public elementary school pacing is just too slow for anybody even slightly above average.
Public was fine for me and I went to MIT. I looked through my old elementary worksheets recently and my kids are ahead of where I was.
Anonymous wrote:Measurements were the only new thing for my kids in 2nd grade. Everything else was review because we accelerate them on the side during the school year and over the summer. We are not atypical. Public elementary school pacing is just too slow for anybody even slightly above average.
Anonymous wrote:We just had back to school night and second grade math is addition and subtraction up to 200, then place values and then introduction to the concept of multiplication. Those are the only three topics for 2nd and the first two seem like a repeat of 1st. Is this true at all schools for 2nd?
Anonymous wrote:Measurements were the only new thing for my kids in 2nd grade. Everything else was review because we accelerate them on the side during the school year and over the summer. We are not atypical. Public elementary school pacing is just too slow for anybody even slightly above average.
Anonymous wrote:We just had back to school night and second grade math is addition and subtraction up to 200, then place values and then introduction to the concept of multiplication. Those are the only three topics for 2nd and the first two seem like a repeat of 1st. Is this true at all schools for 2nd?