MCPS elementary school curriculum

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Anonymous wrote:ESOL is now referred to as EML - Emergent Multilingual Learners.

Does that mean they teach children how to speak languages other than English?

Yes. They teach the kids in Spanish AND in English.

Our MS teachers give out assignments in both languages. Not all the assignments, but many of them are translated into Spanish. Hence, multilingual.

Yes but they did not teach the students Spanish, the students came in with that knowledge, that asset. It came from their families. MCPS didn't teach it. You just HATE that that they have something you want.

Nah, your assumptions are off base. I’m good. My kids have been doing Saturday school and have been learning our native language for years (not Spanish). They’re multilingual.

But it’s crazy that MCPS budgets millions of dollars towards ESOL teachers and ESOL education. Yet, they can’t find a way to offer foreign language instruction to elementary school aged kids.

My niece in a public school in NJ has been getting Spanish instruction since K. Why doesn’t MCPS offer that?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I never see my kid needs to do homework at home, and there's never a book/workbook sent home. I know she is a first grader, but when is kid required to do homework at home or if there are any books be sent home to review for exams?

Do elementary school teach social study, science, geography, foreign language or history at later grades? I am confused with the curriculum in mcps. I am not from here.

Kids who speak English as their first language do not get any foreign language instruction in ES in MCPS. The only exception is if your kids gets accepted into a Language Immersion program, which has very limited seats.

Kids who are ESOL do get a bilingual education.

No they don't. They are instructed in English only unless enrolled in a bilingual program.

Not true at all. Kids who come into MCPS speaking Spanish continue to be taught IN Spanish. Ask any high school or MS teacher. Materials are made available in Spanish so that the kids can do their work.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:ESOL is now referred to as EML - Emergent Multilingual Learners.

Does that mean they teach children how to speak languages other than English?

Yes. They teach the kids in Spanish AND in English.

Our MS teachers give out assignments in both languages. Not all the assignments, but many of them are translated into Spanish. Hence, multilingual.

Yes but they did not teach the students Spanish, the students came in with that knowledge, that asset. It came from their families. MCPS didn't teach it. You just HATE that that they have something you want.

Nah, your assumptions are off base. I’m good. My kids have been doing Saturday school and have been learning our native language for years (not Spanish). They’re multilingual.

But it’s crazy that MCPS budgets millions of dollars towards ESOL teachers and ESOL education. Yet, they can’t find a way to offer foreign language instruction to elementary school aged kids.

My niece in a public school in NJ has been getting Spanish instruction since K. Why doesn’t MCPS offer that?

It's not crazy, it's required by federal law to accommodate English language learners.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I never see my kid needs to do homework at home, and there's never a book/workbook sent home. I know she is a first grader, but when is kid required to do homework at home or if there are any books be sent home to review for exams?

Do elementary school teach social study, science, geography, foreign language or history at later grades? I am confused with the curriculum in mcps. I am not from here.

Kids who speak English as their first language do not get any foreign language instruction in ES in MCPS. The only exception is if your kids gets accepted into a Language Immersion program, which has very limited seats.

Kids who are ESOL do get a bilingual education.

No they don't. They are instructed in English only unless enrolled in a bilingual program.

Not true at all. Kids who come into MCPS speaking Spanish continue to be taught IN Spanish. Ask any high school or MS teacher. Materials are made available in Spanish so that the kids can do their work.

Yes, the kids ALREADY speak Spanish. MCPS is not teaching them to speak Spanish since they already speak the language.

The fact you have such a problem with MCPS accommodating English language learners is really sad. It's required by law. They have Spanish speaking teachers which makes things easier for the Spanish speaking kids and for the teachers. Honestly, get over yourself and your incredible sense of entitlement.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I never see my kid needs to do homework at home, and there's never a book/workbook sent home. I know she is a first grader, but when is kid required to do homework at home or if there are any books be sent home to review for exams?

Do elementary school teach social study, science, geography, foreign language or history at later grades? I am confused with the curriculum in mcps. I am not from here.

Kids who speak English as their first language do not get any foreign language instruction in ES in MCPS. The only exception is if your kids gets accepted into a Language Immersion program, which has very limited seats.

Kids who are ESOL do get a bilingual education.

No they don't. They are instructed in English only unless enrolled in a bilingual program.

Not true at all. Kids who come into MCPS speaking Spanish continue to be taught IN Spanish. Ask any high school or MS teacher. Materials are made available in Spanish so that the kids can do their work.

This is inaccurate. Instruction takes place in English, with support being provided through plug-in (in which the ELD teachers co-teaches with the classroom teacher) or pull-out (in which the ELD teachers pulls the students into their room and focus on specific skills that might not directly align to what is being taught in the classroom). Even though there is a lot of research that shows that multi-lingual learners DO learn best in a bilingual setting, there are not enough bilingual teachers (heck, there aren’t even enough mono-lingual teachers) to make that happen.

Instruction happens in English though a teacher might use Google translate occasionally. Resources, such as texts, assignments and quizzes *might* be provided in the students’ first language but that will vary from teacher to teacher. Those resources are almost always the original document run through Google translate. This allows the student to keep up academically, albeit in their first language while they acquire English.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I never see my kid needs to do homework at home, and there's never a book/workbook sent home. I know she is a first grader, but when is kid required to do homework at home or if there are any books be sent home to review for exams?

Do elementary school teach social study, science, geography, foreign language or history at later grades? I am confused with the curriculum in mcps. I am not from here.

Kids who speak English as their first language do not get any foreign language instruction in ES in MCPS. The only exception is if your kids gets accepted into a Language Immersion program, which has very limited seats.

Kids who are ESOL do get a bilingual education.

No they don't. They are instructed in English only unless enrolled in a bilingual program.

Not true at all. Kids who come into MCPS speaking Spanish continue to be taught IN Spanish. Ask any high school or MS teacher. Materials are made available in Spanish so that the kids can do their work.

This is inaccurate. Instruction takes place in English, with support being provided through plug-in (in which the ELD teachers co-teaches with the classroom teacher) or pull-out (in which the ELD teachers pulls the students into their room and focus on specific skills that might not directly align to what is being taught in the classroom). Even though there is a lot of research that shows that multi-lingual learners DO learn best in a bilingual setting, there are not enough bilingual teachers (heck, there aren’t even enough mono-lingual teachers) to make that happen.

Instruction happens in English though a teacher might use Google translate occasionally. Resources, such as texts, assignments and quizzes *might* be provided in the students’ first language but that will vary from teacher to teacher. Those resources are almost always the original document run through Google translate. This allows the student to keep up academically, albeit in their first language while they acquire English.

Depends on the school. In elementary the kids often translate for the other kids.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I never see my kid needs to do homework at home, and there's never a book/workbook sent home. I know she is a first grader, but when is kid required to do homework at home or if there are any books be sent home to review for exams?

Do elementary school teach social study, science, geography, foreign language or history at later grades? I am confused with the curriculum in mcps. I am not from here.

Kids who speak English as their first language do not get any foreign language instruction in ES in MCPS. The only exception is if your kids gets accepted into a Language Immersion program, which has very limited seats.

Kids who are ESOL do get a bilingual education.

No they don't. They are instructed in English only unless enrolled in a bilingual program.

This, it’s not bilingual. Foreign language starts in middle school. Mcps offers free tutoring you can use. However, mcps does not actually teach English as they cut out spelling and grammar from the curriculum.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:OP— why don’t you ask your child’s teachers these questions? It’s November. By this point you should know who they are? They can answer all your questions.

Teachers aren’t really knowledgeable about the overall curriculum. They just know about the grade they teach. Our ES teachers are not a good resource for curriculum information.

Also, in MCPS, the curriculum changes often. Impossible for elementary school teachers to know everything about every subject.

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Most teachers can tell you the curriculum of the grade before and the grade after the grade they are teaching, because they have to know those to know where kids should be and where they need to get them for the next year. Beyond that, they can tell you who to contact. This isn’t hard.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I never see my kid needs to do homework at home, and there's never a book/workbook sent home. I know she is a first grader, but when is kid required to do homework at home or if there are any books be sent home to review for exams?

Do elementary school teach social study, science, geography, foreign language or history at later grades? I am confused with the curriculum in mcps. I am not from here.

Kids who speak English as their first language do not get any foreign language instruction in ES in MCPS. The only exception is if your kids gets accepted into a Language Immersion program, which has very limited seats.

Kids who are ESOL do get a bilingual education.

No they don't. They are instructed in English only unless enrolled in a bilingual program.

Not true at all. Kids who come into MCPS speaking Spanish continue to be taught IN Spanish. Ask any high school or MS teacher. Materials are made available in Spanish so that the kids can do their work.

The only classes taught in Spanish are Spanish language classes. All of the core classes are taught in English.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:ESOL is now referred to as EML - Emergent Multilingual Learners.

Does that mean they teach children how to speak languages other than English?

Yes. They teach the kids in Spanish AND in English.

Our MS teachers give out assignments in both languages. Not all the assignments, but many of them are translated into Spanish. Hence, multilingual.

Yes but they did not teach the students Spanish, the students came in with that knowledge, that asset. It came from their families. MCPS didn't teach it. You just HATE that that they have something you want.

Nah, your assumptions are off base. I’m good. My kids have been doing Saturday school and have been learning our native language for years (not Spanish). They’re multilingual.

But it’s crazy that MCPS budgets millions of dollars towards ESOL teachers and ESOL education. Yet, they can’t find a way to offer foreign language instruction to elementary school aged kids.

My niece in a public school in NJ has been getting Spanish instruction since K. Why doesn’t MCPS offer that?

Check out how much taxes your niece’s parents pay! And this isn’t common, even in NJ.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I never see my kid needs to do homework at home, and there's never a book/workbook sent home. I know she is a first grader, but when is kid required to do homework at home or if there are any books be sent home to review for exams?

Do elementary school teach social study, science, geography, foreign language or history at later grades? I am confused with the curriculum in mcps. I am not from here.

Kids who speak English as their first language do not get any foreign language instruction in ES in MCPS. The only exception is if your kids gets accepted into a Language Immersion program, which has very limited seats.

Kids who are ESOL do get a bilingual education.

No they don't. They are instructed in English only unless enrolled in a bilingual program.

Not true at all. Kids who come into MCPS speaking Spanish continue to be taught IN Spanish. Ask any high school or MS teacher. Materials are made available in Spanish so that the kids can do their work.

Lol what planet do you live on? This isn’t true and you are just spewing misinformation. Spanish speaking students are taught in English. There are no materials in Spanish- the goal is for the kid to learn English. Even if the district wanted to, your little dreamworld would not be feasible. Every single teacher would have to be bilingual for that to happen.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I never see my kid needs to do homework at home, and there's never a book/workbook sent home. I know she is a first grader, but when is kid required to do homework at home or if there are any books be sent home to review for exams?

Do elementary school teach social study, science, geography, foreign language or history at later grades? I am confused with the curriculum in mcps. I am not from here.

Kids who speak English as their first language do not get any foreign language instruction in ES in MCPS. The only exception is if your kids gets accepted into a Language Immersion program, which has very limited seats.

Kids who are ESOL do get a bilingual education.

No they don't. They are instructed in English only unless enrolled in a bilingual program.

Not true at all. Kids who come into MCPS speaking Spanish continue to be taught IN Spanish. Ask any high school or MS teacher. Materials are made available in Spanish so that the kids can do their work.

Lol what planet do you live on? This isn’t true and you are just spewing misinformation. Spanish speaking students are taught in English. There are no materials in Spanish- the goal is for the kid to learn English. Even if the district wanted to, your little dreamworld would not be feasible. Every single teacher would have to be bilingual for that to happen.

You must not have a kid that attends a school with a high ESOL population.

At my kid’s middle school the teachers run the assignments through translating software. The assignments get posted in English and Spanish. Not all of them, but many of them - especially Science or Math.

[Anonymous]

Your underlying assumption is correct: MCPS is definitely not worth the billions you are spending

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I never see my kid needs to do homework at home, and there's never a book/workbook sent home. I know she is a first grader, but when is kid required to do homework at home or if there are any books be sent home to review for exams?

Do elementary school teach social study, science, geography, foreign language or history at later grades? I am confused with the curriculum in mcps. I am not from here.

Kids who speak English as their first language do not get any foreign language instruction in ES in MCPS. The only exception is if your kids gets accepted into a Language Immersion program, which has very limited seats.

Kids who are ESOL do get a bilingual education.

No they don't. They are instructed in English only unless enrolled in a bilingual program.

Not true at all. Kids who come into MCPS speaking Spanish continue to be taught IN Spanish. Ask any high school or MS teacher. Materials are made available in Spanish so that the kids can do their work.

Lol what planet do you live on? This isn’t true and you are just spewing misinformation. Spanish speaking students are taught in English. There are no materials in Spanish- the goal is for the kid to learn English. Even if the district wanted to, your little dreamworld would not be feasible. Every single teacher would have to be bilingual for that to happen.

You must not have a kid that attends a school with a high ESOL population.

At my kid’s middle school the teachers run the assignments through translating software. The assignments get posted in English and Spanish. Not all of them, but many of them - especially Science or Math.

Yeah, they shouldnt be doing that....Not sure what school you're at, but maybe post it in the future so people know what they are dealing with.