I welcome a view into the curriculum, if they’re interested in more thoughts on their offering. I worry, though, that these examples might be representative of the way it is taught. I don’t know how they teach this in the IXL Math Practice program. Of course I haven’t really gotten into the curriculum. For a seven year old (and for me), if you had 2/10 of that pie and he (or I) had 2/11 of that pie and it looked like these pictures, they could easily be perceived as the same. This might be more effective without the pictures. If I look and count really, or look at the fractions, I can see they’re different. Better would be the same objects, or bigger or with more space between the lines. And the various colors and objects are confusing. The right answer (the pens) are very very hard to see here. I’m pretty sure that five-year-olds and their parents will figure out what the answer is, but the question stem is written at a really high level. I didn’t know what plane geometry was until college. A reference object would certainly help this. These suitcases appear to be the same but zoomed in. As well as having a few of the objects, not just one of each. I think a graph with lines or bars instead of Xs would be clearer. Nor have I seen graphs made with giant Xs. I’ve never seen a graph made of two objects. Instead of using terms that might be cultural, perhaps they could have used breakfast. Some people say “dinner” for “lunch.” They reserve the word “supper” for the evening meal. Here are some screenshots that I’m running into, as well as my thoughts: Kindergarten Skills When looking at the IXL sample page, I started having some concerns. Homeschooler my thoughts on the math program from IXL via twitter a few days ago.
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