If you have a bright MCPS 3rd grader…

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Anonymous wrote:If you meet the on-level standard in ES, you get an A. Kids who are not at grade level get a lower grade. At our school, not everyone gets an A in every class. I do think teachers spend most of their time trying to help kids who are below grade level meet the standard, but they don't succeed with everyone so there are kids who don't get all As.

A kid with 99% on MAP in math somehow got a B in 2nd-grade math. My sense is the teacher just hands out worksheets and doesn't want to be bothered with explaining anything.

Sounds like you arent even paying attention. Eureka is very specific. Teachers cant just grade whatever they feel like and "worksheets" arent part of the curriculum. Quizzes and tests are the only things that are allowed to be graded in MCPS for math. Maybe do some research first.

The teacher refuses to share copies of their work and the books are kept at school. A track down a copy of the book myself and purchased it on Amazon so I can go over the material with the kids since the teacher refuses to explain anything.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you meet the on-level standard in ES, you get an A. Kids who are not at grade level get a lower grade. At our school, not everyone gets an A in every class. I do think teachers spend most of their time trying to help kids who are below grade level meet the standard, but they don't succeed with everyone so there are kids who don't get all As.

A kid with 99% on MAP in math somehow got a B in 2nd-grade math. My sense is the teacher just hands out worksheets and doesn't want to be bothered with explaining anything.

Sounds like you arent even paying attention. Eureka is very specific. Teachers cant just grade whatever they feel like and "worksheets" arent part of the curriculum. Quizzes and tests are the only things that are allowed to be graded in MCPS for math. Maybe do some research first.

I'm guessing you've never looked at eureka math book because it's just a book of worksheets.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you meet the on-level standard in ES, you get an A. Kids who are not at grade level get a lower grade. At our school, not everyone gets an A in every class. I do think teachers spend most of their time trying to help kids who are below grade level meet the standard, but they don't succeed with everyone so there are kids who don't get all As.

A kid with 99% on MAP in math somehow got a B in 2nd-grade math. My sense is the teacher just hands out worksheets and doesn't want to be bothered with explaining anything.

Sounds like you arent even paying attention. Eureka is very specific. Teachers cant just grade whatever they feel like and "worksheets" arent part of the curriculum. Quizzes and tests are the only things that are allowed to be graded in MCPS for math. Maybe do some research first.

I'm guessing you've never looked at eureka math book because it's just a book of worksheets.

What's funny is these are classified as workbooks not textbooks because the pages can be removed and are used as worksheets.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you meet the on-level standard in ES, you get an A. Kids who are not at grade level get a lower grade. At our school, not everyone gets an A in every class. I do think teachers spend most of their time trying to help kids who are below grade level meet the standard, but they don't succeed with everyone so there are kids who don't get all As.

A kid with 99% on MAP in math somehow got a B in 2nd-grade math. My sense is the teacher just hands out worksheets and doesn't want to be bothered with explaining anything.

Sounds like you arent even paying attention. Eureka is very specific. Teachers cant just grade whatever they feel like and "worksheets" arent part of the curriculum. Quizzes and tests are the only things that are allowed to be graded in MCPS for math. Maybe do some research first.

The teacher refuses to share copies of their work and the books are kept at school. A track down a copy of the book myself and purchased it on Amazon so I can go over the material with the kids since the teacher refuses to explain anything.

And yet all you had to do was put in eureka math third grade into google and all of the resources are available and free online. There are also videos of lessons on YouTube, homework help videos, etc. you didn’t need to buy anything but clearly you’d rather just be angry than spend five minutes googling. Your time spent here should be used for something resourceful.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you meet the on-level standard in ES, you get an A. Kids who are not at grade level get a lower grade. At our school, not everyone gets an A in every class. I do think teachers spend most of their time trying to help kids who are below grade level meet the standard, but they don't succeed with everyone so there are kids who don't get all As.

A kid with 99% on MAP in math somehow got a B in 2nd-grade math. My sense is the teacher just hands out worksheets and doesn't want to be bothered with explaining anything.

Sounds like you arent even paying attention. Eureka is very specific. Teachers cant just grade whatever they feel like and "worksheets" arent part of the curriculum. Quizzes and tests are the only things that are allowed to be graded in MCPS for math. Maybe do some research first.

I'm guessing you've never looked at eureka math book because it's just a book of worksheets.

The problem sets aren’t graded. Move along.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you meet the on-level standard in ES, you get an A. Kids who are not at grade level get a lower grade. At our school, not everyone gets an A in every class. I do think teachers spend most of their time trying to help kids who are below grade level meet the standard, but they don't succeed with everyone so there are kids who don't get all As.

A kid with 99% on MAP in math somehow got a B in 2nd-grade math. My sense is the teacher just hands out worksheets and doesn't want to be bothered with explaining anything.

Sounds like you arent even paying attention. Eureka is very specific. Teachers cant just grade whatever they feel like and "worksheets" arent part of the curriculum. Quizzes and tests are the only things that are allowed to be graded in MCPS for math. Maybe do some research first.

The teacher refuses to share copies of their work and the books are kept at school. A track down a copy of the book myself and purchased it on Amazon so I can go over the material with the kids since the teacher refuses to explain anything.

Once every couple of months a copy of one of the Eureka math worksheets will wind up in my kid's folder. Once I noticed they got a couple of things wrong so sat down and discussed it. It took about 30 seconds to explain the concept so the kid could do this and similar problems correctly without error. This leads me to believe the teacher assigns the worksheets but does little if anything to explain the concepts. Most of my kid's teachers are wonderful and dedicated, but a few just go through the motions and do the minimum. This seems like the later.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you meet the on-level standard in ES, you get an A. Kids who are not at grade level get a lower grade. At our school, not everyone gets an A in every class. I do think teachers spend most of their time trying to help kids who are below grade level meet the standard, but they don't succeed with everyone so there are kids who don't get all As.

A kid with 99% on MAP in math somehow got a B in 2nd-grade math. My sense is the teacher just hands out worksheets and doesn't want to be bothered with explaining anything.

Sounds like you arent even paying attention. Eureka is very specific. Teachers cant just grade whatever they feel like and "worksheets" arent part of the curriculum. Quizzes and tests are the only things that are allowed to be graded in MCPS for math. Maybe do some research first.

I'm guessing you've never looked at eureka math book because it's just a book of worksheets.

The problem sets aren’t graded. Move along.

If the exit tickets are, we never see them since the teacher won't share them with parents.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you meet the on-level standard in ES, you get an A. Kids who are not at grade level get a lower grade. At our school, not everyone gets an A in every class. I do think teachers spend most of their time trying to help kids who are below grade level meet the standard, but they don't succeed with everyone so there are kids who don't get all As.

A kid with 99% on MAP in math somehow got a B in 2nd-grade math. My sense is the teacher just hands out worksheets and doesn't want to be bothered with explaining anything.

Sounds like you arent even paying attention. Eureka is very specific. Teachers cant just grade whatever they feel like and "worksheets" arent part of the curriculum. Quizzes and tests are the only things that are allowed to be graded in MCPS for math. Maybe do some research first.

I'm guessing you've never looked at eureka math book because it's just a book of worksheets.

The problem sets aren’t graded. Move along.

If the exit tickets are, we never see them since the teacher won't share them with parents.

Sigh. Exit tickets aren’t graded either. What part of “only quizzes and assessments are graded” don’t you understand?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you meet the on-level standard in ES, you get an A. Kids who are not at grade level get a lower grade. At our school, not everyone gets an A in every class. I do think teachers spend most of their time trying to help kids who are below grade level meet the standard, but they don't succeed with everyone so there are kids who don't get all As.

A kid with 99% on MAP in math somehow got a B in 2nd-grade math. My sense is the teacher just hands out worksheets and doesn't want to be bothered with explaining anything.

Sounds like you arent even paying attention. Eureka is very specific. Teachers cant just grade whatever they feel like and "worksheets" arent part of the curriculum. Quizzes and tests are the only things that are allowed to be graded in MCPS for math. Maybe do some research first.

I'm guessing you've never looked at eureka math book because it's just a book of worksheets.

The problem sets aren’t graded. Move along.

I know what are these people thinking. I mean how dare they expect teachers to grade papers or provide feedback or instruction.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you meet the on-level standard in ES, you get an A. Kids who are not at grade level get a lower grade. At our school, not everyone gets an A in every class. I do think teachers spend most of their time trying to help kids who are below grade level meet the standard, but they don't succeed with everyone so there are kids who don't get all As.

A kid with 99% on MAP in math somehow got a B in 2nd-grade math. My sense is the teacher just hands out worksheets and doesn't want to be bothered with explaining anything.

Sounds like you arent even paying attention. Eureka is very specific. Teachers cant just grade whatever they feel like and "worksheets" arent part of the curriculum. Quizzes and tests are the only things that are allowed to be graded in MCPS for math. Maybe do some research first.

I'm guessing you've never looked at eureka math book because it's just a book of worksheets.

The problem sets aren’t graded. Move along.

If the exit tickets are, we never see them since the teacher won't share them with parents.

Sigh. Exit tickets aren’t graded either. What part of “only quizzes and assessments are graded” don’t you understand?

I know nothing is graded. That way the kids don't get feedback and we can just make up whatever grade we feel they deserve.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you meet the on-level standard in ES, you get an A. Kids who are not at grade level get a lower grade. At our school, not everyone gets an A in every class. I do think teachers spend most of their time trying to help kids who are below grade level meet the standard, but they don't succeed with everyone so there are kids who don't get all As.

A kid with 99% on MAP in math somehow got a B in 2nd-grade math. My sense is the teacher just hands out worksheets and doesn't want to be bothered with explaining anything.

Sounds like you arent even paying attention. Eureka is very specific. Teachers cant just grade whatever they feel like and "worksheets" arent part of the curriculum. Quizzes and tests are the only things that are allowed to be graded in MCPS for math. Maybe do some research first.

The teacher refuses to share copies of their work and the books are kept at school. A track down a copy of the book myself and purchased it on Amazon so I can go over the material with the kids since the teacher refuses to explain anything.

Once every couple of months a copy of one of the Eureka math worksheets will wind up in my kid's folder. Once I noticed they got a couple of things wrong so sat down and discussed it. It took about 30 seconds to explain the concept so the kid could do this and similar problems correctly without error. This leads me to believe the teacher assigns the worksheets but does little if anything to explain the concepts. Most of my kid's teachers are wonderful and dedicated, but a few just go through the motions and do the minimum. This seems like the later.

This sounds about right for early ES. The grades are usually arbitrary and depend entirely on the teacher's work ethic and dedication.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you meet the on-level standard in ES, you get an A. Kids who are not at grade level get a lower grade. At our school, not everyone gets an A in every class. I do think teachers spend most of their time trying to help kids who are below grade level meet the standard, but they don't succeed with everyone so there are kids who don't get all As.

A kid with 99% on MAP in math somehow got a B in 2nd-grade math. My sense is the teacher just hands out worksheets and doesn't want to be bothered with explaining anything.

Sounds like you arent even paying attention. Eureka is very specific. Teachers cant just grade whatever they feel like and "worksheets" arent part of the curriculum. Quizzes and tests are the only things that are allowed to be graded in MCPS for math. Maybe do some research first.

I'm guessing you've never looked at eureka math book because it's just a book of worksheets.

The problem sets aren’t graded. Move along.

If the exit tickets are, we never see them since the teacher won't share them with parents.

Sigh. Exit tickets aren’t graded either. What part of “only quizzes and assessments are graded” don’t you understand?

We wouldn't know since the teacher won't send anything home or respond to emails.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you meet the on-level standard in ES, you get an A. Kids who are not at grade level get a lower grade. At our school, not everyone gets an A in every class. I do think teachers spend most of their time trying to help kids who are below grade level meet the standard, but they don't succeed with everyone so there are kids who don't get all As.

A kid with 99% on MAP in math somehow got a B in 2nd-grade math. My sense is the teacher just hands out worksheets and doesn't want to be bothered with explaining anything.

Sounds like you arent even paying attention. Eureka is very specific. Teachers cant just grade whatever they feel like and "worksheets" arent part of the curriculum. Quizzes and tests are the only things that are allowed to be graded in MCPS for math. Maybe do some research first.

I'm guessing you've never looked at eureka math book because it's just a book of worksheets.

The problem sets aren’t graded. Move along.

If the exit tickets are, we never see them since the teacher won't share them with parents.

Sigh. Exit tickets aren’t graded either. What part of “only quizzes and assessments are graded” don’t you understand?

We wouldn't know since the teacher won't send anything home or respond to emails.

NP. If the teacher won’t or isn’t sending anything home then you have a teacher concern and possibly a child understanding concern. Email the teacher and request a conference. If you don’t get a response or an appropriate response, followup and copy the counselor or AP. There are mechanism to easily resolve this list times. As other have said all of the Eureka material is available on line for free. The MCPS curriculum page has links to support. There is even pages teachers can send home specifically for parents to know what is being taught. Your concern is about a specific teacher, maybe a problem at a specific school. It you want or need improved teacher/school/parent communication request it.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you meet the on-level standard in ES, you get an A. Kids who are not at grade level get a lower grade. At our school, not everyone gets an A in every class. I do think teachers spend most of their time trying to help kids who are below grade level meet the standard, but they don't succeed with everyone so there are kids who don't get all As.

A kid with 99% on MAP in math somehow got a B in 2nd-grade math. My sense is the teacher just hands out worksheets and doesn't want to be bothered with explaining anything.

Sounds like you arent even paying attention. Eureka is very specific. Teachers cant just grade whatever they feel like and "worksheets" arent part of the curriculum. Quizzes and tests are the only things that are allowed to be graded in MCPS for math. Maybe do some research first.

I'm guessing you've never looked at eureka math book because it's just a book of worksheets.

The problem sets aren’t graded. Move along.

If the exit tickets are, we never see them since the teacher won't share them with parents.

Sigh. Exit tickets aren’t graded either. What part of “only quizzes and assessments are graded” don’t you understand?

We wouldn't know since the teacher won't send anything home or respond to emails.

NP. If the teacher won’t or isn’t sending anything home then you have a teacher concern and possibly a child understanding concern. Email the teacher and request a conference. If you don’t get a response or an appropriate response, followup and copy the counselor or AP. There are mechanism to easily resolve this list times. As other have said all of the Eureka material is available on line for free. The MCPS curriculum page has links to support. There is even pages teachers can send home specifically for parents to know what is being taught. Your concern is about a specific teacher, maybe a problem at a specific school. It you want or need improved teacher/school/parent communication request it.

+1 You should request a conference because it sounds like there is very poor communication between you and the teacher. You want to know exactly what the grading policy is and how to help your child. I believe the teacher keeps copies of all graded assignments, so you should be able to see these during your conference.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you meet the on-level standard in ES, you get an A. Kids who are not at grade level get a lower grade. At our school, not everyone gets an A in every class. I do think teachers spend most of their time trying to help kids who are below grade level meet the standard, but they don't succeed with everyone so there are kids who don't get all As.

A kid with 99% on MAP in math somehow got a B in 2nd-grade math. My sense is the teacher just hands out worksheets and doesn't want to be bothered with explaining anything.

Sounds like you arent even paying attention. Eureka is very specific. Teachers cant just grade whatever they feel like and "worksheets" arent part of the curriculum. Quizzes and tests are the only things that are allowed to be graded in MCPS for math. Maybe do some research first.

I'm guessing you've never looked at eureka math book because it's just a book of worksheets.

The problem sets aren’t graded. Move along.

If the exit tickets are, we never see them since the teacher won't share them with parents.

Sigh. Exit tickets aren’t graded either. What part of “only quizzes and assessments are graded” don’t you understand?

We wouldn't know since the teacher won't send anything home or respond to emails.

NP. If the teacher won’t or isn’t sending anything home then you have a teacher concern and possibly a child understanding concern. Email the teacher and request a conference. If you don’t get a response or an appropriate response, followup and copy the counselor or AP. There are mechanism to easily resolve this list times. As other have said all of the Eureka material is available on line for free. The MCPS curriculum page has links to support. There is even pages teachers can send home specifically for parents to know what is being taught. Your concern is about a specific teacher, maybe a problem at a specific school. It you want or need improved teacher/school/parent communication request it.

Did that twice but no response from the teacher either time.