MCPS second/third grade MATH program?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No...definitely not..on any subject..depends on the school...All 2nd graders might do butterflies but not in the same way..

Exactly. This is why it bugs me when people paint all of MCPS with the same brush. Implementation of the curriculum can be very different across schools. So much depends on the leadership, the particular teachers, the kids themselves...

[Anonymous]

But I still don't understand why some school have the textbooks while other schools don't have any, or maybe all the classroom have the books but only some school let the kids take them home. For kids who don't learn everything in the classroom (45-60 min), having a textbook gives them the oppotunity to review the classroom materials and may even prepare them for the next class. As a parent, I can prepare my kid better for school if I know what he is learning in school. Does MCPS have a policy on taking home textbooks?

[Anonymous]

My kids (College Gardens) can take the books home whenever they like..though it is mostly before a test. I have heard teachers say they had to jump through many hoops to get the books.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My kids (College Gardens) can take the books home whenever they like..though it is mostly before a test. I have heard teachers say they had to jump through many hoops to get the books.

Our child is at a different elementary school, but in the same cluster as College Gardens and I've never seen a math textbook come home. I went as far as purchasing one on my own (Everyday Math) from Amazon.com so that I would understand what my child was doing. Apparently, what we learned as "borrowing" and "carry over", is now referred to as "regrouping". According to my child, I'm "old school".

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Several of these posters are incorrect. Harcourt and Everyday Math are commonly used in MCPS and it varies by school which program is used.

The Elementary Integrated Curriculum, now being referred to as Curriculum 2.0, has incorporated the Common Core State Standards adopted by MD and 47 other states last year. They don't have everyone working above grade level like the PP said--the on-grade level standards are more rigorous and will hopefully lessen the practice of accelerating entire classes worth of students to the next grade level just so it looks like lots of kids are working above grade level in math.

Curriculum 2.0 is only for K-2 this coming school year, so your 3rd grader will have one or the other-Everyday Math or Harcourt. I'd call your school if you want to know which one they use.

Our school implemented EIC last year and still 30% of the grade was working "above grade level" in math. About 20% were one grade ahead and 10% were 2 grades ahead.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Several of these posters are incorrect. Harcourt and Everyday Math are commonly used in MCPS and it varies by school which program is used.

The Elementary Integrated Curriculum, now being referred to as Curriculum 2.0, has incorporated the Common Core State Standards adopted by MD and 47 other states last year. They don't have everyone working above grade level like the PP said--the on-grade level standards are more rigorous and will hopefully lessen the practice of accelerating entire classes worth of students to the next grade level just so it looks like lots of kids are working above grade level in math.

Curriculum 2.0 is only for K-2 this coming school year, so your 3rd grader will have one or the other-Everyday Math or Harcourt. I'd call your school if you want to know which one they use.

Our school implemented EIC last year and still 30% of the grade was working "above grade level" in math. About 20% were one grade ahead and 10% were 2 grades ahead.

Whixh cluster are you in? Or which es I?

[Anonymous]

I wish they had actual textbooks available at the library to check to take home for the school year for reference.

[Anonymous]

Several of these posters are incorrect. Harcourt and Everyday Math are commonly used in MCPS and it varies by school which program is used.

The Elementary Integrated Curriculum, now being referred to as Curriculum 2.0, has incorporated the Common Core State Standards adopted by MD and 47 other states last year. They don't have everyone working above grade level like the PP said--the on-grade level standards are more rigorous and will hopefully lessen the practice of accelerating entire classes worth of students to the next grade level just so it looks like lots of kids are working above grade level in math.

Sorry, but YOUR post also has inaccurisacies. Our school also implemented the EIC, and this is NOT how it is 'played out' in every elementary in MCPS. As previously discussed, unless you are math curric. admin for MCPS or close to that, each school designs this program to accommodate their school population.

But if you are an MCPS curric specialist, and this is supposed to be as you described, please follow up w/all of your elem. schools and let them know....