We went to our school's open house for our local gifted program, which starts in fourth grade. I had heard that it acclerates the whole class ahead by a year for math, which is great for us since my son is pretty "math-y."
She said that they are talking about next year just starting right off the bat for fourth grade with our district's 5th grade curriculum! That is something, at least.
Last week, the third graders, for 30 minutes or so, cut out two shapes, colored them, and taped them together. That was it! So everyone could "get comfortable" with shapes.
I was like, really?? I told my son, this is why the USA ranks almost last among industrialized countries in math!
Last edited by jack'smom; 03/05/12 03:38 PM.
