Is your 5 year old ready?
Here is another example of a Common Core math assessment – this one for Kindergarten students. We are in the process of introducing the new curriculum to our teachers. The academic work that we typically associate with Kindergarten will drastically change. More importantly, it appears form the early documentation from the State it is quite possible for a 5 year old to take as many as 12-15 exams in one year in order to evaluate his/her teachers.
Books on Shelves
Miguel has two shelves
Miguel has six books
Miguel wants to put books on the two shelves
How many different ways can Miguel put books on two shelves?
Show and tell how you know.
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Introducing the concepts and allowing students to explore-whatever the grade level- is fine. Subjecting children to standardized tests to check-up (really) on teachers is a major mistake. Even assuming all children have had a complete Pre-K experience, expecting 5 year olds to have the developmental maturity to mentally and physically perform these tasks is often unrealistic. We need to get back to focusing on educating the whole child – academically, physically and socially – particularly in the Primary Grades. So much is learned and developed through music, dance, art and “gym” that we should not be pushing them out of our day.
I had to do a double take when I saw this post, I said to my husband this is what I’m doing with my kids right now. I’m a kindergarten teacher in NYC and this is the math performance task I have to do with my children right now. It seems pretty easy but in reality it is not. At this time in the school year addition really hasn’t been introduce. the initial assessment did not go so well , most of my children scored as a novice or apprentice translation 1 or 2. I will update when the actual task has been completed.