It is official. Most of my 5th grade students have not mastered the skill of subtraction (at least not when it's mixed with another concept), let alone divide, which is the current 5th grade standard we are trying to meet.
Could it get any more difficult?
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:S
I've never taught math
:S
I hope u can make it work
somehow
:S
Sometimes I think that math in the public schools--at least among some groups of students--is going the way of the dinosaurs. Soon there will be no one who remembers what it looks like, let alone how to do it.
Yeah, I have Elementary Art Standards- and none of them are performance based.
It pisses me off y'know? I get 600 kids one hour a week. Not enough time to teach Art skills.
So my standards are things like- Children will understand Art in Relation to Ohio History.
wtf?
So my subject's relevance is derived from it's more "superior" counterparts? When will Art get recognized for the brain transformational powers it truly possesses? When will the Federal Government care if my students can visually dissect their environment and reproduce it on paper? Or in clay? When will I be held accountable?
And then I read rather depressing posts like this and I think...
Check that. Reverse.
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Brazen
I know how you feel. I have many students who still cannot accurately count their own fingers.
I know what you mean. I taught sixth grade math for fifteen years and was always amazed at how much they didn't seem to retain from previous years. Is it possible that they have to do so much problem solving and creative thinking that they don't learn the basics? Also, memorization was thrown out with the bath water, and kids just don't seem to remember previously learned concepts.
Thanks for all the comments!
They don't master it by high school either. And here they are expected to do so much more. I feel and live your pain.
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