Post by shawnabm1320 on Mar 9, 2017 21:21:43 GMT -5
360blessings, that homework confuses me, although I admit I am sleep deprived right now. I might email the teacher and ask what she'd like you to do with his questions/frustration. Maybe she can shed some light on the goal of assignments like that.
What would you guys do if your kid's 2nd grade teacher sends homework that is not correct/doesn't make sense or has multiple correct answers? DS1 is doing enriched work but he gets frustrated when he expects there to be only one correct answer and he keeps getting multiple answers or correcting the handout?
The second sheet makes no sense (I'm a second grade teacher). If one heart = one piece of fruit then there should be 32 hearts under tree three. If that statement weren't there than I would assume the hearts each equal 8 pieces of fruit, therefore tree one only needing 1 heart.
I would honestly send a note attached to the sheet asking for further clarification. Not sure where you are located so I don't know if your schools use the common core. I have had to clarify different math strategies that we teach the kiddos now under the common core for some of my student's parents.
360blessings The second one makes sense to me...You figure out that one heart is four pieces of fruit, so 8 pieces of fruit is two hearts. The second one may just have multiple answers. I'd ask the teacher what she wants. It may be part of the lesson--many real world problems have more than one answer.
The problem is in the second example the paragraph clearly states that a heart stands for 1 piece of fruit. Otherwise there would be no question. :/ I really like that his teacher is challenging him and has given him and 3 other kids in his class more advanced assignments, but from what I am given to understand, she gives these 4 kids homework but doesn't give a lot of specific information on the expectations for their specialized assignments - at least we never see "lessons" or specific instructions other than what is on the sheet. It's hard when the pages are somewhat ambiguous.
The second sheet makes no sense (I'm a second grade teacher). If one heart = one piece of fruit then there should be 32 hearts under tree three. If that statement weren't there than I would assume the hearts each equal 8 pieces of fruit, therefore tree one only needing 1 heart.
I would honestly send a note attached to the sheet asking for further clarification. Not sure where you are located so I don't know if your schools use the common core. I have had to clarify different math strategies that we teach the kiddos now under the common core for some of my student's parents.
Thanks. I am in Ohio and our district does use common core standards. Their math is Singapore Math/Math in Focus. My son easily recognizes that if 1 heart equals 1 fruit there should be 8 hearts, but if that sentence wasn't there then 1 heart would equal four fruit. I have him diagram or write out both/all scenarios but it's frustrating that he is used to there being one correct answer. I know this will change as he advances but I don't think it's standard common practice for 7 year olds to come up with multiple correct answers without being told there is more than one right answer.
I'll send a note to his teacher tomorrow, but wanted to make sure I wasn't way off. 😉
Thanks, jnetx and tcck. Overall, I love my job, but there are some days that really make me question my career decisions! Especially since I am paid on the teacher scale and would make the exact same pay if I went back to the classroom. Counselors have it so tough too, tcck. There's never enough time to go around and kids need so, so much of that love, guidance and support. We have to share our counselor with another school and it's truly a disservice to our kids.
360blessings, that does sound frustrating and I can see my DS having a problem with "more than one correct solution" in a few years, but more than one correct solution is the way life works and the way we really should be teaching more than we do. (Instead of "abcd" and only one is right.) However, that worksheet is kind of weird. The first page makes more sense and the work your child has done shows he has understanding of the problem, but really it should be worded more like, "What is a possible number of students for Tues and Wed to make these statements true?" And the fruit one is just wrong. It states that the heart is one piece of fruit, but it actually represents 8 pieces of fruit. So, I would say, the rigor of the work is not the problem, but she has some crappy worksheets she is using. And that's how I would word it to her- except not say "crappy." : )
wineandcake, glad you are looking out for you. You need a break/some help.
Post by laurie12820 on Mar 10, 2017 6:39:06 GMT -5
360blessings, does the homework not match his work in school? I understand she is trying to challenge him and would think that he's getting the same enrichment in class too.
Post by 360blessings on Mar 10, 2017 6:54:26 GMT -5
laurie12820 - he says he doesn't do this kind of work in class but I don't necessarily believe him. ;-) I think in all likelihood they do similar word problem solving but there is usually just one correct answer and I'm assuming any printed material that has inconsistencies is dealt with in class. His frustrations seems to just come from not knowing what is expected and second guessing when there are inconsistencies or he come up with multiple answers.
And while I completely agree with you ncjulia12 about multiple answers being taught, I think it needs to be taught or stated if a math problem at this age can have more than one answer. He is familiar with more than one way to solve a problem but this just wasn't anything that had been explained to him before.
Thanks for your help/guidance yesterday everyone. I know it's not a big deal and he is being challenged, I just want to make sure he has an understanding of what he is expected to do.
NC teacher and administrator pay was frozen for years so we didn't get the pay increases we were supposed to from year to year. Finally, a few years ago, our legislature gave teachers a raise, but didn't change the admin scale, so depending on years of service, many teachers make more than administrators- especially APs who don't work 12 months a year. I actually would make more if I went back to the classroom and got my National Boards. I knew NC admin pay was bad, but didn't realize until some articles came out recently that had us ranked as 49th out of the 50 states. Not great for morale.
NC teacher and administrator pay was frozen for years so we didn't get the pay increases we were supposed to from year to year. Finally, a few years ago, our legislature gave teachers a raise, but didn't change the admin scale, so depending on years of service, many teachers make more than administrators- especially APs who don't work 12 months a year. I actually would make more if I went back to the classroom and got my National Boards. I knew NC admin pay was bad, but didn't realize until some articles came out recently that had us ranked as 49th out of the 50 states. Not great for morale.
NC teacher and administrator pay was frozen for years so we didn't get the pay increases we were supposed to from year to year. Finally, a few years ago, our legislature gave teachers a raise, but didn't change the admin scale, so depending on years of service, many teachers make more than administrators- especially APs who don't work 12 months a year. I actually would make more if I went back to the classroom and got my National Boards. I knew NC admin pay was bad, but didn't realize until some articles came out recently that had us ranked as 49th out of the 50 states. Not great for morale.
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