Saturday, April 5, 2014

Before math gets too complicated, Common Core publishers should learn to count to 20


How are parents supposed to help their children with Common Core math when it’s just flat-out wrong? - EAG

Parent Mina Boyd’s kindergartener was given an assignment to count the number of apples on the page and write the number. The worksheet is titled “Count and Write 20,” so presumably, there would be 20 apples to count.

Except there’s 19.

The lesson is part of a “Go Math” Common Core-aligned curriculum published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.

“They ask her to count and write 20. So she counts…counts again and again. And says mom, ‘there’s only 19,’” - WaaselZippers