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Annalee 09:43 AM 12-15-2017
Originally Posted by daycarediva:
Welcome to common core.

The push down of academics that most of us complain about is just that. Kindergarten is the new first grade.

Are these words from books they are reading in class?

They're assuming the kid learning pre-k dolch sight words in preschool. They're assuming they can read, write, spell well enough to understand these words.

The sad fact is, the great majority cannot. I WOULD NOT worry about this- maybe even ask the teacher if he can opt out if possible.

Instead, work on word families at home- -AT bat, rat, cat, sat, fat, mat, pat. etc. and the dolch sight words (words like one, and, you, that you cannot sound out, you can google search for these by grade level)
Yep...commom core at it's best. My sons are jh and hs now but when they were in elementary, I was told by the teachers if they could prove 2+2 is 3 and the sun is purple then they are correct. Some crazy stuff out there!
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