Simple algebra starts in 1st grade. I have 7 pencils and my friend has some too. Altogether we have 15 pencils. How many pencils does my friend have?

Algebra in 4th grade? Good grief. There's a reason these kids are all depressed and anxious.

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Anonymous wrote:isn't this beginning algebra?

My oldest child is 5. I can't imagine him doing that in 3rd grade.

Yes, it is algebra and likely too abstract for an 8 year old.

Our school started this in 1st grade in the pull-outs...

The best thing a 3rd grader can learn is the multiplication tables. Know them like the back of your hand.

Anonymous wrote:isn't this beginning algebra?

My oldest child is 5. I can't imagine him doing that in 3rd grade.

Yes, it is algebra and likely too abstract for an 8 year old.

The way I explained it to my confused 4th grader -- and it worked-- is by starting with what info you have...there are some cheese pizzas and some pepperoni pizzas and they add up to 15. (C+P=15)

Do we know how many cheese pizzas there are? No. C=?
Do we know how many pep. Pizzas there are? Sort of...C+7.

C +P= 15
C+ C+7 =15

Solve.

i was curious how a teacher would go about helping kids constructing the correct equation. coz like i said my way was terrible and definitely not getting through with him or his older brother going in 5th. just like i never learned about 'regrouping' but that's how kids learn nowadays (at least in APS).

Anonymous wrote:Why focus on something that is way above grade level with a C student? I suggest sticking with third grade concepts.

That's what I was about to write. You need to see what topics were on the tests in the last quarter and review them. You need to do remedial work, not enrichment.

Anonymous wrote:My fcps 4th grader had homework like this last May in non-aap adv math. They start working on algebraic concepts in 2nd grade.

Non-AAP 4th grade advanced math in May. Well yes. That's entirely possible. They are doing 5th grade math so that would make sense.

Algebraic concepts in 2nd, sure, but not with two variables.

My fcps 4th grader had homework like this last May in non-aap adv math. They start working on algebraic concepts in 2nd grade.

Anonymous wrote: This was 7th grade math when I was a kid.

My DW teaches 6th grade and she says they spend a lot of time on it because they have a hard time with it at that grade level. She thinks they may be introduced in 5th, but no earlier.

OP, what district is your child in?

Why focus on something that is way above grade level with a C student? I suggest sticking with third grade concepts.

This was 7th grade math when I was a kid.

Anonymous wrote:isn't this beginning algebra?

My oldest child is 5. I can't imagine him doing that in 3rd grade.

He won't. It's not part of the VA SOLs or pacing in FCPS during third grade.

isn't this beginning algebra?

My oldest child is 5. I can't imagine him doing that in 3rd grade.