Jacob’s ladder for some 2nd graders?
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Anonymous
| My child is in second grade and seems to do well in school and has always been a bright child. We were notified DC is ‘in pool’ to be screened for AAP with seemingly very good scores (143 cogat and consistently 97-99th percentile on all ireadys, and generally gets a good report card). DC mentioned there is a group of kids in class that the teacher pulls aside to do things like Jacob’s Ladder and other “extra” enrichment, but dc has never been asked to do it. Does this seem odd? These special groups are not facilitated through the AAPR, just the regular teacher. Not trying to have rose colored glasses, but from what I’ve read it seems like my child is a strong candidate for AAP. Does anyone know if this type of enrichment is common in second grade curriculum or why/how it might be used? I may be reading into it too much, but can’t help but wonder if the teacher doesn't see DC as AAP potential. |
Anonymous
| Why not contact the teacher and ask about it like a normal person? |
Anonymous
| Because I wanted to ask here first and see if anyone knows about/has experience with the use of Jacob’s ladder in second grade. I had never heard of it before and it’s not part of the regular curriculum so I was curious. |
Anonymous
| I sure hope it's not the ladder to all the way up there. Thinking it's gotta be the klick klack wooden jacob's ladder toy or the more nerdy jacob's ladder science kit, I placed online orders for both, to not miss out. I'm not letting my kid kept deprived of no jacob's ladder. |
Anonymous
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Here are four reasonable possibilities:
1. The other kids are in the Young Scholars program, and the enrichment is a push-in for that. 2. Since your kid was in-pool, the school may have already gathered work samples and other materials for your kid. The other kids might be parent referrals, and the school is now scrambling to get work samples and some extra teacher exposure for the HOPE scale. 3. The extra enrichment group was set at the beginning of the year based on NNAT and last year's end of year testing, and they haven't readjusted post CogAT. 4. The teacher doesn't think your kid belongs in the enrichment group. |
Anonymous
My money is on option 4. This is how my son was treated by his second grade teacher. He was also in pool, great scores, but clearly the teacher thought he was not up to snuff based on the GBRS she provided in the AAP packet. We ended up getting into AAP on appeal. I would talk to the teacher now and do what you can to advocate for your child. Show her why he needs the advanced pull outs, and hopefully she is willing to let him try. If so, that may end up with her giving better GBRS scores. |
Anonymous
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Is your kid identified for level II AAP? If not, you can always parent-refer for it mid-year.
If so, then my money would be on the Jacob's Ladder being a Young Scholars thing and your child not qualifying for Young Scholars, which is I believe based largely on race/ethnicity. |
Anonymous
| Never heard of Jacob's ladder. Find out if that group is being given sudoku or logic puzzles. if yes, your concern sounds valid. Dont bother if it's just tic-tac-toe |
Anonymous
| This is what we’re talking about: https://education.wm.edu/centers/cfge/curriculum/languagearts/materials/jacobsladders/ |
Anonymous
| Yes, my kids teacher pulled her out for Jacob’s ladder work. It’s excellent curriculum. Was led by teacher who was given stretch activities from the aap school cdr and given to kids who needed more. |