On 2/07/04, Kelly in MD wrote:
> Our district REALLY sucks in math...both in expectations and in
> curriculm (they thought it would be a good idea to make up their
> own). Anyway are you ready for this...kindergarteners must count
> to 20! (yes that's right 20) and recognize numbers to (drum roll
> please) 10 (uh huh 10). I think that this is ridiculous and if
> this is what we teach the first grade teachers will have a cow.
> They already complained that they can't write numbers to 100 in
> September. I teach how to count to 100 by 1's, 5's, and 10's. We
> recognize numbers during calendar up to 100 (and now most of mine
> can do this independently). We work on writing up to 100 but I
> certainly don't require or expect this of everyone (they really
> have a hard time with the 10's...39 40, 49 50, etc). I am still
> fighting the backwards number battle with quite a few of my
> children...why is it that they can write letters correctly but
> make numbers backwards?

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