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  • Posted by $ Maphesdus 11 years, 10 months ago in reply to this comment.
    If that's how the fraction problem is supposed to work, then I have no opposition to that. Understanding fractions is a vital part of math. But if that was the intention, the instructions could definitely have been more clear.

    Though there is also the possibility that maybe there are SUPPOSED to be shaded portions, and the page just didn't print correctly or something? Or maybe the teacher was supposed to shade certain shapes, but simply forgot to do so? I'm just throwing out ideas here...
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  • Posted by khalling 11 years, 10 months ago in reply to this comment.
    One could say all of this curriculum was put together relatively quickly. and of course BIG TIME crony. I think there is one main company where all of these textbooks are purchased from. this isn't just a progressive push either. Jeb Bush was instrumental in influencing Florida to accept the standards. When you see examples like these, the critically thinking child will not anser or do the assignment. But most children will defer to the teacher. So during a very cognitively important time in a child's growth, they learn that critical thinking will not help them get ahead, they must ask the teacher for guidance in answering anything in order to be "right" or "correct."
    I sure hope all of these bad worksheets are due to just putting stuff together on the fly. That's bad but not insidious. I think it's the latter.
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  • Posted by $ Maphesdus 11 years, 10 months ago
    First question: I have no idea what this question is asking. Maybe the worksheet comes accompanied with oral instructions from the teacher? That's about the only explanation I can think of.

    Second question: Maybe they're supposed to shade the shapes themselves, and then match the shapes to the equivalent fraction?

    Third question: That depends. How many friends does she have, and how many stickers come in each bag? Without those critical pieces of information, the problem is unsolvable. Is this supposed to be a complete math problem?
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  • Posted by khalling 11 years, 10 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Yes! This is how these worksheets are looking more and more. When I originally saw the first worksheet I was convinced the teacher must have been leading the assignment. But the parent who originally posted it said it was sent home as homework. So no additional instructions. The only thing I could tell from the fraction worksheet was to lead the kids to understand the power of the denominator by counting all the parts in the shape, finding the fraction with the correct number on the bottom and THEN shading the number of spaces shown by the numerator. But the instructions did not lead the student to do so.
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  • Posted by $ Maphesdus 11 years, 10 months ago
    The article slipped in a line about vaccines, which makes me wary of this website as a reliable source. The whole "anti-vaccine" craze is idiotic, and I'm highly skeptical of anyone who endorses or promotes anti-vaccine nonsense...
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  • Posted by khalling 11 years, 10 months ago
    Oh my. I 'd already seen the 1st worksheet but not the math problem nor the 2nd sheet. I can 't believe teachers are handing these out.
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