S/o Lucy Calkins APS Reading
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Anonymous
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So my older kid went through Lucy Calkins curriculum in APS and had a terrible time reading, I wonder if it has student their potential forever.
I heard that ATS never did Lucy Calkins, and now the rest of APS is moving away from it. My youngest starts K next year, will they be returning to phonics? I’m trying to explain to spouse about how LC was poor performing, such as the guessing at words but can’t describe what else seemed to not work? I want to be aware of it in case the new method shares characteristics I want to catch early. |
Anonymous
| ATS absolutely used LC and is STILL using it for grades 3-5 and for writing. Pathetic that the APS didn’t use the infusion of federal cash to completely revamp reading curriculum. But, ya know, let’s keep voting for whatever rubber stamp candidate the arl dems serve up. |
Anonymous
| Google is your friend. Lots of info about LC out there. |
Anonymous
I’ve read many screeds against her, but wanted to know why DCUM is so down on its use at APS |
Anonymous
| They have already implemented phonics at my kids school (he is in APS in first). They started it during summer school. |
Anonymous
Well basically DCUM parents are seeing what those screeds rail about play out in there children’s lives. |
Anonymous
Ha I meant their |
Anonymous
| My child had the writing workshop in a local private school. Total waste of time and basically kids look at each others work and go oh that looks good. So basically getting little kids who don't know how to write to tell other little kids how to write... |
Anonymous
Because our kids can’t read. Teacher education in the US is a joke. LC came from Columbia — the best education school in the country. |
Anonymous
| My first grader has a block for phonemic awareness every day. We're in a neighborhood school. APS is definitely teaching phonics. |
Anonymous
| They said at back to school night for our first grader that they're "NOT NOT NOT doing Lucy Calkins for reading," but they are doing it for writing. This means nothing to me, frankly. I saw them doing phonics last year in K as well. |
Anonymous
Do you know if they’re calling it “balanced literacy?” |
Anonymous
Most prestigious, but definitely not the best. |
Anonymous
I'm not sure. I think they mentioned Haggerty at back to school night and one other curriculum for reading that wasn't LC, but I can't remember the name. They're still using LC for writing. My kid is a good reader (started reading in PreK, prior to APS), and had tons of phonics instruction in preschool, though. |
Anonymous
Teacher education everywhere is not really based on how kids learn. It's based on how the education reformers since the late 19th century wanted kids to learn and teachers to teach, and it's been impervious to change by anyone except more educrats since. |