Common Core "Mathlish"

The "old" 1st grader's homework used to look like this:

The new "rigorous" Common Core math is, well, not quite the same. 

Today's Common Core mathlish first grader brings home essentially the same homework page day in and day out.  These pages typically contain a few simple addition or subtraction problems.  The child is instructed to not just answer the question that they could/should be able to do in their head, but also draw pictures to correspond with each number in the problem.  Some pages require the child to come up with their own "mathlish sentence."  Considering many 1st graders are just starting to learn to read, shoving word problems at them does nothing but cause frustration and aggravation for both the child and the parent.  

On the backside of the homework page, the child is then conditioned to take tests and fill in a bubble.

See samples of these 1st grade pages for yourself.  Notice the student is reminded several times that they need to also draw the pictures, not just answer the problem, even if they can solve it in their head.

Sample Common Core ELA Lesson Plan

The Common Core Institute has put out a sample weekly lesson plan for 4th and 8th grade ELA.  Here is how the week broke down:

You'll notice that on Monday, the 4th grade class reads chapter 4 of the literary classic, "Where the Red Fern Grows."

That's it.

One chapter.

Which is exactly why the proponents of Common Core can claim that the standards require reading of classic literature.  They do.  Just not the whole book.  As evidenced by the lesson plan above, more importance is placed on researching pet adoption than reading the message of determination and love that protrudes throughout the book.


The 8th grade ELA lesson plan isn't any better.  It spends a week teaching students how to be good, little community organizers.


Here is a weekly lesson plan sample for math:

Algebra II - 
Monday:  "Warm up- Cell Phone Logic?"
Friday:  in Pairs: Compare future salaries
            individual:  Apartment Hunting


This same Common Core Institute posted videos of brainwashed children singing the praises of "C2" (Common Core) in Lake County, IL.    

"The Future is Calling Us"

Common Core won't EDUCATE our children.  It will teach cold, industrial, "skills."

Educate:  cultivate, develop, discipline, civilize, edify

Skills:  job, technique, trade, dexterity, know-how