Anonymous wrote:Fcps doesnt teach long division like we learned it. My kid was doing all this writing in the margins and didn't understand "carrying down" the next digit, etc.
I had no clue what DD was doing and, of course, there's no textbook so I have no clue how they're teaching the kids.
So annoyed.

My fourth grader only knows the old school algorithm.

Anonymous wrote:One of my kids is in 5th grade AAP and his class basically had a long division boot camp at the very beginning of the year. His teacher really felt like as a whole the whole class was behind prior years due to the pandemic. It's kind of stressing my son out a bit but for better or for worse, his teacher is really making strides with them and I generally approve. My son recently told me that they had to slow down because they were so much ahead of the other 5th grade AAP classes recently.

To be clear it wasn't one digit long division fwiw. It was 2-3-4 digit outside the division thing - LOL IDK what it is called.

One of my kids is in 5th grade AAP and his class basically had a long division boot camp at the very beginning of the year. His teacher really felt like as a whole the whole class was behind prior years due to the pandemic. It's kind of stressing my son out a bit but for better or for worse, his teacher is really making strides with them and I generally approve. My son recently told me that they had to slow down because they were so much ahead of the other 5th grade AAP classes recently.

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Anonymous wrote:Fcps doesnt teach long division like we learned it. My kid was doing all this writing in the margins and didn't understand "carrying down" the next digit, etc.
I had no clue what DD was doing and, of course, there's no textbook so I have no clue how they're teaching the kids.
So annoyed.

Maybe it's your school. My DD def learned to "carry down" the numbers. They did some estimating in the margins (to help with the larger number divisors). But, they def carried down the traditional way.

She has no textbooks but they do worksheets and online math games.

She is in 6th grade now so this was only a couple of years ago.

DP. DS was absent the one day that they taught normal long division so he still uses this strange method along the side.

One day to teach long division? Really?

This is definitely school specific, my DD worked in this for a week or two - with larger numbers as they got further along.

2nd half of fourth grade

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Anonymous wrote:Fcps doesnt teach long division like we learned it. My kid was doing all this writing in the margins and didn't understand "carrying down" the next digit, etc.
I had no clue what DD was doing and, of course, there's no textbook so I have no clue how they're teaching the kids.
So annoyed.

Maybe it's your school. My DD def learned to "carry down" the numbers. They did some estimating in the margins (to help with the larger number divisors). But, they def carried down the traditional way.

She has no textbooks but they do worksheets and online math games.

She is in 6th grade now so this was only a couple of years ago.

DP. DS was absent the one day that they taught normal long division so he still uses this strange method along the side.

One day to teach long division? Really?

IMHO, kids should not be taught more advanced mathematical concepts such as multiplication and division in preschool or in kindergarten. They should be playing outside as much as possible and learning social skills until they are ready to sit and focus in the classroom. It's nuts that schools in the area are being pressured to push kids academically early. Let them be kids. Once kids reach 9 years old, their brain will be ready. My son knew the multiplication table in kindergarten. We stopped enriching him and focused on developing him physically through multiple team sports. He turned 9 a month ago and mastered long division with 2 digit divisors in just 2 hours. He was ready. Kids will eventually catch up. We don't need to rush them.

Anonymous wrote:Fcps doesnt teach long division like we learned it. My kid was doing all this writing in the margins and didn't understand "carrying down" the next digit, etc.
I had no clue what DD was doing and, of course, there's no textbook so I have no clue how they're teaching the kids.
So annoyed.

Maybe it's your school. My DD def learned to "carry down" the numbers. They did some estimating in the margins (to help with the larger number divisors). But, they def carried down the traditional way.

She has no textbooks but they do worksheets and online math games.

She is in 6th grade now so this was only a couple of years ago.

Anonymous wrote:My kid hasn’t started pre school yet...
But can someone speak to this “not having a text book” thing I keep hearing about.

Schools don't use textbooks anymore and if they do they have maybe 1 per class so your child is not taking it home (unless your child has an IEP).

4th and continuing into 5th, for my kid

Anonymous wrote:I think FCPS does it in 3rd grade AAP and 4th grade regular class

This was our experience last year in AAP 3rd.