What are the MCPS options for bright 3rd graders?
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My 2nd grader is testing in the 99th percentile on MAP and DIBELS and has gotten A's on everything for the first half of 2nd grade. She is not being challenged and is bored in her class, although she loves her teacher. We are not interested in skipping grades (and know that MCPS doesn't do that usually). We are in a school where the majority of students are below grade level.
What does MCPS do for these kids? What are our options? Is third grade just a waste and then we hope for a spot in CES? Older kid is on CES wait list but at least has the ELC class and compacted Math to make things a bit less boring. |
Anonymous
I feel most kids in my child’s class are very bored. The content is too easy. Going to school is only for socializing. |
Anonymous
| To be honest, my bright 3rd grader found second grade very boring but has not had the same complaint in 3rd grade though I suspect that a lot of this is because of the actual teachers. |
Anonymous
| Get a tutor for your kids |
Anonymous
| If you want the enrichments available, and these are supposed to be available, you unfortunately have to raise your voice, and raise it often or in numbers. If the former, you run the risk of being seen as "that parent." Getting the latter together is difficult even in areas with many highly capable students, though a sizeable cohort can engender application of enrichments simply by being easier to manage than a group with highly diverse capability levels. |
Anonymous
| Second grade is just very easy for smart kids. Math is particularly basic. It will get better. |
Anonymous
| Elementary school is very low demand. You can read and math and science at home. Little kids don't need constant intense instruction. Set them up to pursue interests in free time. |
Anonymous
| This is when you teach your bright child to be in charge of their own learning and develop their own interests. The complaints about “boring” are a sign they need to be spoonfed less, not more. |
Anonymous
These days, they do nothing. For bright kids, ES is independent study. Most of the teacher's time goes to struggling students. Kids like your won't even get a reading group. |
Anonymous
This is probably your best option. School just doesn't have time to teach kids who are at or above grade level. |
Anonymous
| Tutor or workbooks at home. |
Anonymous
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Why is your child bored? Does she not like socializing? My DC at that age would just get all the "work" done very quickly and be happy just to read and be with friends and I think most kids are.
Everyone in our school has bright kids with all As and the only kids who had trouble being "bored" are ones with special needs. |
Anonymous
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When my kids were that age, they brought a book to school and they entertained themselves that way. One of mine read the entire Harry Potter series at school. We supplemented with beast academy for math. One teacher allowed her to do that instead of regular math even (although that might have been a covid thing).
She's fine, btw. Her love of learning didn't die a slow death or anything. She is at a magnet and well challenged now. |
Anonymous
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She’s bored so what? Teach her how to deal with her boredom. I’m sure she’s learning something this year.
What exactly are you trying to race towards in terms of her learning? |
Anonymous
OP depicted the majority of their school's students as academically challenged. MCPS need to be able to address that bright kid's needs in that environment equivalently to how they address your bright kids' needs in an environment conducive to teaching the whole class at a high level. |