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roody

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26. I teach first.

Reply to Quackers (Original post)

Thu Feb 5, 2015, 11:14 PM

Feb 2015

My homework is similar but it says:

Numbers and equations are optional, but a picture is required.

I would expect 15 things with seven crossed out.

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My Daughter's First Grade Homework. [View all] Quackers Feb 2015 OP

If it were me, I would be having a chat with that teacher. nt avebury Feb 2015 #1

Perhaps that is the way it was taught in class... demmiblue Feb 2015 #2

The teacher did not say the answer was wrong, but there was no "proof" provided. Fred Sanders Feb 2015 #15

So long-established basic math is no longer proof? Fawke Em Feb 2015 #36

Wow. Yes, just wow. Fred Sanders Feb 2015 #38

I think everyrhing has to be googled olddots Feb 2015 #3

I feel your pain. My daughter is 10. She usually quickly gets the answer Vattel Feb 2015 #4

We're all a little upset about this, I suspect, elleng Feb 2015 #5

Isn't the problem giving a first grader homework to begin with? Johonny Feb 2015 #6

+1. n/t pnwmom Feb 2015 #10

Happy I never had to "show" the work. (nt) bigwillq Feb 2015 #7

Something like this? Lex Feb 2015 #8

Obviously the teachers is wrong. Valentines are HEARTS. pnwmom Feb 2015 #9

Good example of Arnie Duncan's Wellstone ruled Feb 2015 #11

First graders do not know how to subtract MineralMan Feb 2015 #12

Once again the OUTRAGE THEY ARENT DOING IT MY WAY is on display here. Warren Stupidity Feb 2015 #18

They don't? LisaL Feb 2015 #21

Me too. I would have been very confused with the graphics Cleita Feb 2015 #30

Different people learn addition/subtraction/multiplication/division in different ways uppityperson Feb 2015 #34

I guess they're introducing first graders to the visual concepts first Warpy Feb 2015 #13

Your daughter is great. raven mad Feb 2015 #14

I always thought that simple arithmetic involved the digits: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 0. hobbit709 Feb 2015 #16

You teach that numbers represent things. One circle = 1. Lex Feb 2015 #17

I learned math by using numerals not little circles. Of course that was back in the early 50's. hobbit709 Feb 2015 #19

What do you think the numeral 1 represents? Nevernose Feb 2015 #22

You learned that 1 = one of some thing Lex Feb 2015 #24

By the mid-'60s, "New Math" and number lines were the rage Art_from_Ark Feb 2015 #35

If the teacher wanted an answer in cirlces, then the problem should have said so. LisaL Feb 2015 #20

That's an excellent way to teach basic concepts of math Nevernose Feb 2015 #23

"This is how we answered"... TreasonousBastard Feb 2015 #25

I teach first. roody Feb 2015 #26

That's what I think, too. MrMickeysMom Feb 2015 #31

i've seen this circle thing before and it makes no sense to me... Takket Feb 2015 #27

Fingers and toes are very appropriate ways roody Feb 2015 #39

The circles show how to get the answer graphically. Your version doesn't. That's what "show your ND-Dem Feb 2015 #28

They are taught to solve it using circles Klukie Feb 2015 #29

I didn't get a Valentine Omaha Steve Feb 2015 #32

The teacher is teaching countingbluecars Feb 2015 #33

This is what comes of fetishizing form over substance. tblue37 Feb 2015 #37

Well the teacher is wrong.... whistler162 Feb 2015 #40

One of the things I like about Common Core is that it requires that you show your work from the get- msanthrope Feb 2015 #41