Third Grade Common Core Math: 50 Shades of Nonsense
It looks like the math team of Common Core has done it again!
The latest nightmarishly awful Common Core math worksheet to bubble up courtesy of Twitter is for third graders, according to Twitchy.
Here it is, in all its surreal, subtly cruel glory:My 3rd grader’s #CommonCore math homework. Note that there are no shaded parts. pic.twitter.com/hIkzoSXRr4
— Jennifer Hall (@jenjhall) January 27, 2014
Indeed:
The instructions — “Match the picture with the fraction that names the shaded part” — are likely confusing to a typical third-grade kid just trying to make it through the day. This is because, as Twitter user Jennifer Hall keenly notes, there are no shaded parts.
Of course, the instructions would probably be even more confusing to some poor kid who knows very little about fractions.
Sadly, Hall observes, her daughter is just learning fractions for the first time:
@Ringo6 @Artist_Angie @WDMichael They just introduced fractions last Thursday in her class.
— Jennifer Hall (@jenjhall) January 27, 2014
Also, sure enough! Those super-tiny words at the bottom of the worksheet say “Common Core.”
This awful worksheet is the latest in an ever-growing series of stories demonstrating the awfulness of the Common Core State Standards Initiative, a curriculum — but don’t call it a curriculum! — currently being implemented by 45 states and the District of Columbia.
This Common Core math worksheet offers a glimpse into Kafkaesque third-grade hell (The Daily Caller)
Comments
My 3rd grader’s #CommonCore math homework. Note that there are no shaded parts.
My first thought was…OK, this was just a failure by the company that printed the worksheet.
But, even if that were the case, why would the teacher go ahead and send the worksheet home with the students? It seems common sense isn’t a part of Common Core.
Even before common code, teachers sent home works sheets that were poorly written and contained mistakes. The teacher claimed they never looked at the work sheet prior to handing them out. If one can be bothered to check the materials used for teaching, then maybe the teachers need to find a different job.