[s]Common Core[/s] "NEW" Math Problem - Please Help Me Understand

[Token]

My kid's math teacher broke. She told them to quit estimating every number, and is now teaching long form multiplication.  This week has been a breeze in homework.

[bottomfeeder]

It looks like matrices and scalar mathematics to me. They call it manipulatives.

http://huppiemama.com/teaching-subtraction-using-manipulatives/

[Tiger Wench]

My kid's math teacher broke. She told them to quit estimating every number, and is now teaching long form multiplication.  This week has been a breeze in homework.

Bless her heart. THAT'S a good teacher.

[The Six]

Bless her heart. THAT'S a good teacher.

Will probably be fired for not following district curriculum standards and replaced by a non-qualified illegal by year's end.

[AUTiger1]

My kid's math teacher broke. She told them to quit estimating every number, and is now teaching long form multiplication.  This week has been a breeze in homework.

She is probably in a better mood and class is more easy going as a result.  Here lately Mrs.AUT1 spends the minimal amount of time she can with the "common core" method and the majority of her time teaching it the way she always has.  I can tell that she is in a better mood b/c of it.