I only made it through Calcus 3, I need help with my 2nd graders math

[PappyHoel]

Draw 3 rows with 2 counters in each row. Write a word problem that can be acted out using these counters.

What in the world common core math.

 

[T-N-T]

Prayers for the children.

Really.

 

[elfiii]

Draw 3 rows with 2 counters in each row. Write a word problem that can be acted out using these counters.

What in the world common core math.

Do which?

 

[PappyHoel]

Do which?

Ed zachery

 

[kmckinnie]

Me knot no how Eder

 

[dixiecutter]

Funniest thing about this common core math, is that some prius driver somewhere convinced the academic community that this bunghole of a garbage pile plan, is the best way to teach math to children. I can't help my little boy with his 2+2, and I too am very strong in mathematics and common sense. We may be ditching PS over this pretty soon.

 

[naildrvr]

Yep. First time my daughter said daddy will you help me with my math homework, I said sure. She was learning division and was having trouble, so I took the pencil and proceeded to work the problem and she says what are you doing? Division. That's not how my teacher showed us how to do it. Well, I don't care how you get the answer as long as it's correct. That ended my helping with math homework.

 

[jbird1]

Don't get me started. My 8 yr. old was struggling with his times tables so I jumped in to help. He starts telling me about "X number of groups" of this and that. I just shook my head. I said, "hey little buddy, want me to show you a trick? Just memorize them...it's a lot faster." Now, instead of falling behind, he has jumped out in front of the class. I learned a while ago that the parents are going to have to circumvent these idiots.

 

[beginnersluck]

I teach public school, but luckily I'm a PE teacher. I'm a believer in the firm old fashion way of..."do it this one and only way". I think it's easier to teach 100 kids one way to do something than it is to teach 5 kids 20 different ways. Does a kid need to know why 3+5=8 or just that those two numbers add up to 8?

 

[jbird1]

I teach public school, but luckily I'm a PE teacher. I'm a believer in the firm old fashion way of..."do it this one and only way". I think it's easier to teach 100 kids one way to do something than it is to teach 5 kids 20 different ways. Does a kid need to know why 3+5=8 or just that those two numbers add up to 8?

Pardon the confusion if there was any...by "idiots," I was referring to the powers that be in the Dept. of ED. Most of the teachers I speak with think the new teaching methods are bunk, but that is the directive from the top.

 

[PappyHoel]

Don't get me started. My 8 yr. old was struggling with his times tables so I jumped in to help. He starts telling me about "X number of groups" of this and that. I just shook my head. I said, "hey little buddy, want me to show you a trick? Just memorize them...it's a lot faster." Now, instead of falling behind, he has jumped out in front of the class. I learned a while ago that the parents are going to have to circumvent these idiots.

Yep that's what I told my 7 yr old.

 

[T-N-T]

Remember when that math teacher said "You won't always have a calculator with you....."

Well she was wrong!
Every phone in America has a calculator on it now. And if I don't have a phone in my pocket, I'm not doing math anyways right then

 

[redeli]

Pardon the confusion if there was any...by "idiots," I was referring to the powers that be in the Dept. of ED. Most of the teachers I speak with think the new teaching methods are bunk, but that is the directive from the top.

Power to be in Dept of Ed=clueless.... and i am an educator

 

[redeli]

Remember when that math teacher said "You won't always have a calculator with you....."

Well she was wrong!
Every phone in America has a calculator on it now. And if I don't have a phone in my pocket, I'm not doing math anyways right then

thats what i tell our math teachers....

 

[StriperrHunterr]

Professional certification tests that I've taken make you leave your phone in a locker outside the testing room.

 

[rjcruiser]

x x
x x
x x

or 2*3...but definitely not 3*2

The classroom has 3 rows of students with 2 students in each row, how many students are in the classroom?

 

[specialk]

pie r square

 

[T-N-T]

x x
x x
x x

or 2*3...but definitely not 3*2

The classroom has 3 rows of students with 2 students in each row, how many students are in the classroom?

You get out of here with that nonsense.

 

[T-N-T]

pie r square

Pie r round

 

[Oldstick]

Well I am going to present an opposing point of view to some of the above posts concerning the state of our public education. I graduated in 1975, got a Physics degree in college and worked as an engineer for close to 35 years.

Last year I worked some as a substitute teacher in the Houston County school system. From my observations in the math and science classes I sat in, the level of the curriculum was far beyond anything I had experienced at the same age in high school in the 1970s.

So my kudos go out to the teachers of today, given the huge changes in society.