Marie131 Posted June 15, 2012 Share Posted June 15, 2012 My rising 2nd grader knows 2 & 3, he can't do 1 and since we are located in Canada, he understands that our city is located within our province which is located within Canada. We haven't covered continents yet, we're doing that next year. ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scuff Posted June 15, 2012 Share Posted June 15, 2012 I wasn't quizzing her. These things came up over the course of what the kids were doing over the day. The spelling thing- I let her go on her FB account and she was trying to type a response to someone and kept asking me how to spell things. She asked me where America was, out of the blue, so that led into a conversation about what exactly she meant by America. When I got out the globe to show her, that led to the question about the big red line around the middle of the globe. The math thing came up because she and my ds2 were playing something and one of them had 13 items and one of them had 15 items. My ds (also a rising 3rd grader) said that meant they had 28 all together. She asked him how he knew that. Sounds like there's nothing wrong with her curiosity. She may have just not been exposed to some things yet. (and I agree that if she were a hser, we'd all be up in arms. One things I've had to realize about my nieces: they are not my children and I don't have control. Even if I am the older sister who has always known best. ;) ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dinsfamily Posted June 15, 2012 Share Posted June 15, 2012 1. how to spell nothing and cousin? 2. what the equator is? 3. how to add 13 +15 in their head? 4. that the USA is in North America? . Ds8 (rising 3rd) could easily spell nothing but not cousin. He missed the u. He answered the other three easily also. He's known those since 1st grade and quite possibly K. My rising 1st grader knows 2 and 4. However, those depend on exposure and we love geography around here. Having maps on the wall goes along way. That's a pretty easy mental math question IMHO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heather in Neverland Posted June 15, 2012 Share Posted June 15, 2012 Yes to all of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phathui5 Posted June 15, 2012 Share Posted June 15, 2012 My dd is finishing third grade and she would know #1, 3 & 4. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LMD Posted June 16, 2012 Share Posted June 16, 2012 1. how to spell nothing and cousin? Nothing, yes. Cousin, no. 2. what the equator is? Well I would have said yes, but I just asked and she said 'never heard of it' :glare:, when I explained she wen't 'Oooooooooooh yeah'. 3. how to add 13 +15 in their head? Yes. 4. that the USA is in North America? Well, we're not in the US so it's a little different. She knows the USA is in America, but probably not the north part. . My DD is half-way through 2nd. What you've posted doesn't sound too outside the realm of normal for a rising 3rd grader IMO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amy Jo Posted June 16, 2012 Share Posted June 16, 2012 1. how to spell nothing and cousin? 2. what the equator is? 3. how to add 13 +15 in their head? 4. that the USA is in North America? My DS8 knew #3, he knows, but had a hard time verbalizing #2 & 4. For #1 I asked him to spell nothing and he said "0". :lol: Might be nicer to read some lovely books with her, or even some Life of Fred, rather than pop-quizzing her. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carrie75 Posted June 16, 2012 Share Posted June 16, 2012 My DS 7, going into 2nd, knows all four of those. He is afterschooled by me, but also goes to a 10 public school. Not all schools are at that level in 1st grade. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crimson Wife Posted June 16, 2012 Share Posted June 16, 2012 I wouldn't expect a child who had just finished 2nd to spell cousin correctly as that's an oddball word. The rest I would expect, but if the child didn't know about the equator I wouldn't be super-concerned. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chepyl Posted June 17, 2012 Share Posted June 17, 2012 My rising second grader could do all of them, he might struggle with cousin. Math is his thing and we spent most of kindergarten going one geography. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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