Principal Placing

[Anonymous]

I have a rising 3rd grader who did not get into AAP (we're at a high SES school with lots of parents who prep their kids to do well on test scores, pay for Kumon, AOPS, reading tutors, Lego league, etc). That said, my kid is really good at math - always scores 99th percentile, never gets a question wrong on assessments, literally asked if they could do math games over the summer, that sort of madness. Assuming my child does not get principal placed into the LLIV classroom, is there an advanced math option in 3rd grade for kids? Or are we stuck with the general ed math curriculum?

[Anonymous]

It's summer and perhaps kids should be allowed to enjoy their summer, instead of parent obsessing over hypothetical situations? If student is happy with general ed math, let them continue there. Don't worry about other students.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have a rising 3rd grader who did not get into AAP (we're at a high SES school with lots of parents who prep their kids to do well on test scores, pay for Kumon, AOPS, reading tutors, Lego league, etc). That said, my kid is really good at math - always scores 99th percentile, never gets a question wrong on assessments, literally asked if they could do math games over the summer, that sort of madness. Assuming my child does not get principal placed into the LLIV classroom, is there an advanced math option in 3rd grade for kids? Or are we stuck with the general ed math curriculum?

Your child will probably be placed in Advanced Math whenever Advanced Math starts at your school.

[Anonymous]

Many schools (if not all) now have advanced math classes for each grade level starting in 3rd. Placement determinations will be made at the beginning of the year.

[Anonymous]

School dependent. What was your kid's CogAT quant score? If your school has LLIV, there should be an option for advanced math starting in 3rd grade, I would think, but my kids went to a center (as our base) so I cannot be sure.

[Anonymous]

This is a question for your school's AART. As others have said, it's very school dependent. Our base school had no advanced math until 5th.

[Anonymous]

With the push by the superintendent and the powers that be to have all students take algebra in 8th grade, schools need to start with the advanced classes at younger ages. So there's a good chance your school will have advanced math in 3rd. But as PP said, check with AART or principal.

[Anonymous]

I understand your child is not placed in full time (LIV) AAP. But is he placed in part time (Level II or III) AAP? His math cir. might be advanced if he's in part time AAP. Talk to your AART.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's summer and perhaps kids should be allowed to enjoy their summer, instead of parent obsessing over hypothetical situations? If student is happy with general ed math, let them continue there. Don't worry about other students.

My kid is enjoying their summer, thank you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I understand your child is not placed in full time (LIV) AAP. But is he placed in part time (Level II or III) AAP? His math cir. might be advanced if he's in part time AAP. Talk to your AART.

Yes, Level II for math

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's summer and perhaps kids should be allowed to enjoy their summer, instead of parent obsessing over hypothetical situations? If student is happy with general ed math, let them continue there. Don't worry about other students.

A parent can ask a question about math placement while their child enjoys summer.

A child might even ask to do math or science or LA or history during the summer because they, gasp, like the subjec. DS has selected 3 different STEM camps this summer (chemistry, coding, and robotics) to go along with Scout camp and weeks of hiking and water activities for the rest of the summer. He also asked to take an AoPS math class this summer. He is enjoying himself.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's summer and perhaps kids should be allowed to enjoy their summer, instead of parent obsessing over hypothetical situations? If student is happy with general ed math, let them continue there. Don't worry about other students.

A parent can ask a question about math placement while their child enjoys summer.

A child might even ask to do math or science or LA or history during the summer because they, gasp, like the subjec. DS has selected 3 different STEM camps this summer (chemistry, coding, and robotics) to go along with Scout camp and weeks of hiking and water activities for the rest of the summer. He also asked to take an AoPS math class this summer. He is enjoying himself.

All this is great. Do what fits your own child.

The original post immediately jumped into worrying about other kids. That kind of obsessive comparison is ridiculous.

[Anonymous]

If he's Level II I wouldn't expect much. At our base that was described as the teacher providing in-class differentiation as they would without the label. I would ask your AART if there are any pull-outs, or if advanced math is still to be determined in the Fall, as it is at many schools.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If he's Level II I wouldn't expect much. At our base that was described as the teacher providing in-class differentiation as they would without the label. I would ask your AART if there are any pull-outs, or if advanced math is still to be determined in the Fall, as it is at many schools.

More likely then not the kid was in Level II in second grade. A lot of schools don't place kids into Advanced Math until the school year begins. The schools use iReadys, CoGAT, and grades to start the process but might use an assessment at the beginning of the year to finish forming the Advanced Math group.

Advance Math does not start in 3rd grade in every school, so that might not be a thing at the OPs school. The OP should be able to get that information from her school.

Our school had Advanced Math in 3rd grade but it was a grouping in the regular math class. I am not sure how they ran it but we were told DS was in the Advanced Math group. There was a seperate Advanced Math class in 5th grade because the kids were doing math a year ahead. All the kids in Advanced Math were in on class.

Our school uses the cluster method for LIV so there is no other classroom to go to before 5th grade for math.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's summer and perhaps kids should be allowed to enjoy their summer, instead of parent obsessing over hypothetical situations? If student is happy with general ed math, let them continue there. Don't worry about other students.

A parent can ask a question about math placement while their child enjoys summer.

A child might even ask to do math or science or LA or history during the summer because they, gasp, like the subjec. DS has selected 3 different STEM camps this summer (chemistry, coding, and robotics) to go along with Scout camp and weeks of hiking and water activities for the rest of the summer. He also asked to take an AoPS math class this summer. He is enjoying himself.

All this is great. Do what fits your own child.

The original post immediately jumped into worrying about other kids. That kind of obsessive comparison is ridiculous.

I'm not sure where in my post you got that I am worried about other kids? Not at all. I mentioned activities that other kids do that my child does not.