Re: numbers...backwards numbers
Posted by Kim on 4/09/09
On 4/09/09, Kim wrote:
> 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?
