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LWolf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-31-10 11:28 AM
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15. More info needed.
Did you ask her who was requiring it, and why?

Are they timed math drills? Some districts have standardized "formative assessments" in place. I haven't seen something like that used, but it's possible.

Once you determine where the requirement is coming from, and what the purpose is, you can ask her what she is doing to differentiate instruction for your child, since he can obviously move on from proving that he knows his addition facts.
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  -Can anyone explain to me stopschoolpaddling  Jan-30-10 11:43 PM   #0 
  - Once I was that kid.  existentialist   Jan-30-10 11:44 PM   #1 
  - That's just bad teaching.  donco6   Jan-30-10 11:50 PM   #2 
  - Can't speak for that particular school (or teacher)  teacher gal   Jan-30-10 11:51 PM   #3 
  - If she's spending all of her time digging out of an avalanche.....  Smarmie Doofus   Jan-31-10 05:54 AM   #7 
  - Ugh, my daughter had to go through a similar thing  noamnety   Jan-31-10 12:00 AM   #4 
  - Many teachers resent kids who are exceptional.  LeftyMom   Jan-31-10 12:11 AM   #5 
  - "Many"? oh, right.  Hannah Bell   Feb-15-10 01:00 AM   #27 
  - It follows Kumon practice  grantcart   Jan-31-10 12:14 AM   #6 
  - The best thing a teacher ever made me do was a punishment.  fasttense   Jan-31-10 07:42 AM   #8 
  - Incredible, really  stopschoolpaddling   Jan-31-10 10:24 AM   #9 
     - Then you don't know much about child development  proud2BlibKansan   Jan-31-10 10:51 AM   #10 
        - You have to use memorization, especially for math.  tonysam   Jan-31-10 10:53 AM   #12 
        - Yes but we have to build understanding first  proud2BlibKansan   Jan-31-10 11:13 AM   #13 
           - The trouble is, so much of the current teaching of math  tonysam   Jan-31-10 12:04 PM   #16 
              - And I think at the elementary level we are doing it so much better than we used to  proud2BlibKansan   Jan-31-10 02:30 PM   #23 
        - Seriously?  stopschoolpaddling   Jan-31-10 01:13 PM   #17 
           - Read the post again  proud2BlibKansan   Jan-31-10 02:32 PM   #24 
  - Talk to the principal  proud2BlibKansan   Jan-31-10 10:53 AM   #11 
  - How do you think a principle can help ?  stopschoolpaddling   Jan-31-10 01:30 PM   #18 
  - Because it is the princiPAL's job  proud2BlibKansan   Jan-31-10 02:24 PM   #22 
  - "Okay boys ,you win" '  stopschoolpaddling   Jan-31-10 07:06 PM   #25 
  - Maybe required for later math?  Dr. Strange   Jan-31-10 11:17 AM   #14 
  - I'm his mother  stopschoolpaddling   Jan-31-10 01:35 PM   #19 
  - More info needed.  LWolf   Jan-31-10 11:28 AM   #15 
  - Yes, I'm going to ask her for a more in-depth  stopschoolpaddling   Jan-31-10 01:48 PM   #20 
     - Differentiation doesn't mean doing extra work;  LWolf   Jan-31-10 02:05 PM   #21 
  - haha don't complain that your kids smart  Laura902   Feb-14-10 06:57 PM   #26 
  - Funny I thought this post was dead but just this morning I attached a note to another such worksheet  stopschoolpaddling   Feb-15-10 10:06 AM   #28 
     - I'm guessing your the only parent in that school who wants their child  Laura902   Feb-15-10 11:31 AM   #29 
        - This is the sticks, so if you are an outsider you don't get in the loop even though  stopschoolpaddling   Feb-15-10 12:11 PM   #30 
  - Basicly, to teach your child subservience to authority.  AdHocSolver   Feb-16-10 03:40 AM   #31 
 

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