DS has a weekly times tables test every Thursday. First week was 2x up to 12 and reverse (e.g., 2 x 12 and 12 x 2, 2 x 7 and 7 x 2). Those that get all 20 questions correct are tested on the next number the following week. Those who miss 1 or more of the 20 have to repeat the 2x table the following week instead of progressing. Follow me?
This was ok for DS for the first 4 weeks: 2x, 5x, 10x, review. But now they have moved to 3x, 4x, 7x, 8x, 9x, etc. With 2x, 5x, 10x they have had 1.5 years of various practice counting in 2s, 5x, 10s, number line, grouping, hundred chart, etc, The other numbers they appear to have had no concrete practice.
He has squeaked through the weekly set, but now that he is at the part to consolidated knowledge, he has fallen behind. He's demotivated because 1) he is now behind his peers for the rest of the year on the weekly test because he has to re-take the previous week (missed 4); 2) he feels lilke he's no good at maths, which is not true at all. They simply have not taught them these number sets and appear to be skipping parts of the curriculum, which for Year 2 is only meant to cover 2x, 5x, 10x.
How to I raise this with the school? What is the point in memorising these symbols with no understanding to underpin it? It is very demotivating and I think it's unreasonable to be testing in such an aggressive way when they have not given them sufficient tools or time to really understand beyond 2x, 5x, 10x.
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MineyMoe · 23/11/2017 20:26
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