New curriculum for FCPS - dumbing down school?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It's actually the opposite. The new language arts curriculum is much more rigorous than last year. They are building up to writing essays, etc., it's still early in the school year and in the curriculum.

We joke the unit is sponsored by big corn in our house. Anytime we ask our 5th grader what she learned about, it’s corn. Corn for weeks.

Oh my god, just shut up about the corn. I'm sure your child has moved on to a different unit by now. Each unit is only 10 days.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The new LA curriculum is actually the opposite of dumbing down - and the 5th graders have written plenty of papers already. Have you checked google drive?

No they probably haven’t

I’m always fascinated by parents complaining about things but you questions like

1. Have you talked to your student?
2. Have you asked to see their paper and electronic work?
3. Have you reviewed those assignments with your child?
4. If you have concerns that your child can’t address have you written them down and reached out to the teacher?
5. If you haven’t heard from the teacher with 3-4 days, did you reach back out again?
6. Have you escalated to counselor if the teacher still hasn’t responded and have you requested a parent teacher conference to discuss concerns you have
7. Have you escalated to assistant or school principal if counselor has been unresponsive?

It’s funny to how so many parents go from “I have an issue” to number 7, skipping steps 1-6.

So then the principal forwards the message to the assistant principal and teacher

Then the teacher has to answer them and the counselor so that the principal can then answer the parent

The principal probably ends up recommending a conference because it’s always easier to discuss in person

So we’ve essentially done steps 4-7, by starting at step 7 making the principal have to explain what the teacher explained and notice so in this process

We still haven’t done the part where the parent actually talks and reviews things with their child

So obviously it’s the teacher sucks, the curriculum is bad, my angel is perfect, and fcps sucks donkey nuts

What about when you have done it all and then go to admin and they protect a teachers who is not teaching and not remediating but they protect and shrug their shoulders at the problem, Do you think that's ok....stop protecting your precious angel FCPS.

This thread is about the curriculum - you soung like you have a teacher problem. Not a curriculum problem.

This thread is about FCPS failing our students. Also the PP was responding to someone who clearly isn't you and was talking/complaining about parents not handling issues....reread and get back to us

Did you review the curriculum when it was available for review all last year? Did you provide your feedback then?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have a third grader in AAP and our teacher said the curriculum is perfect for that cohort. There is a ton of reading and writing. I wish more spelling. The teachers think it's a bit above the level third grade gen Ed, though I'm not sure if they are having to make modifications or what to it for them.

CoughbullshitCough

My 3rd grader who is not in AAP is thriving with this curriculum. It's just right for her. Lots of reading, writing, word study. She brings home a huge stack of paper every week, and brought home her first workbook today. She's doing great!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have a third grader in AAP and our teacher said the curriculum is perfect for that cohort. There is a ton of reading and writing. I wish more spelling. The teachers think it's a bit above the level third grade gen Ed, though I'm not sure if they are having to make modifications or what to it for them.

CoughbullshitCough

My 3rd grader who is not in AAP is thriving with this curriculum. It's just right for her. Lots of reading, writing, word study. She brings home a huge stack of paper every week, and brought home her first workbook today. She's doing great!

Why would I make it up? Teacher said it once at back to school night and again at the parent teacher conference. I'm glad your daughter is able to keep up but it sounds like some kids are struggling with it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The new LA curriculum is actually the opposite of dumbing down - and the 5th graders have written plenty of papers already. Have you checked google drive?

No they probably haven’t

I’m always fascinated by parents complaining about things but you questions like

1. Have you talked to your student?
2. Have you asked to see their paper and electronic work?
3. Have you reviewed those assignments with your child?
4. If you have concerns that your child can’t address have you written them down and reached out to the teacher?
5. If you haven’t heard from the teacher with 3-4 days, did you reach back out again?
6. Have you escalated to counselor if the teacher still hasn’t responded and have you requested a parent teacher conference to discuss concerns you have
7. Have you escalated to assistant or school principal if counselor has been unresponsive?

It’s funny to how so many parents go from “I have an issue” to number 7, skipping steps 1-6.

So then the principal forwards the message to the assistant principal and teacher

Then the teacher has to answer them and the counselor so that the principal can then answer the parent

The principal probably ends up recommending a conference because it’s always easier to discuss in person

So we’ve essentially done steps 4-7, by starting at step 7 making the principal have to explain what the teacher explained and notice so in this process

We still haven’t done the part where the parent actually talks and reviews things with their child

So obviously it’s the teacher sucks, the curriculum is bad, my angel is perfect, and fcps sucks donkey nuts

What about when you have done it all and then go to admin and they protect a teachers who is not teaching and not remediating but they protect and shrug their shoulders at the problem, Do you think that's ok....stop protecting your precious angel FCPS.

This thread is about the curriculum - you soung like you have a teacher problem. Not a curriculum problem.

This thread is about FCPS failing our students. Also the PP was responding to someone who clearly isn't you and was talking/complaining about parents not handling issues....reread and get back to us

Did you review the curriculum when it was available for review all last year? Did you provide your feedback then?

WE did .....did you? I know many teachers who did not want this curriculum but here we are so shut it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's actually the opposite. The new language arts curriculum is much more rigorous than last year. They are building up to writing essays, etc., it's still early in the school year and in the curriculum.

We joke the unit is sponsored by big corn in our house. Anytime we ask our 5th grader what she learned about, it’s corn. Corn for weeks.

Oh my god, just shut up about the corn. I'm sure your child has moved on to a different unit by now. Each unit is only 10 days.

It's in-"grained" in our brains. Did you know that corn is a vegetable when it's fresh and a grain when it's dried out? I can tell you all about it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have a third grader in AAP and our teacher said the curriculum is perfect for that cohort. There is a ton of reading and writing. I wish more spelling. The teachers think it's a bit above the level third grade gen Ed, though I'm not sure if they are having to make modifications or what to it for them.

CoughbullshitCough

My 3rd grader who is not in AAP is thriving with this curriculum. It's just right for her. Lots of reading, writing, word study. She brings home a huge stack of paper every week, and brought home her first workbook today. She's doing great!

Why would I make it up? Teacher said it once at back to school night and again at the parent teacher conference. I'm glad your daughter is able to keep up but it sounds like some kids are struggling with it.

To add, something like 30% of kids in the county fail the language arts SOL in every spring. Of course you aren't going to be able to plop that many kids who are objectively behind into what sounds like a rigorous curriculum and expect them to suddenly be able to keep up.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's actually the opposite. The new language arts curriculum is much more rigorous than last year. They are building up to writing essays, etc., it's still early in the school year and in the curriculum.

We joke the unit is sponsored by big corn in our house. Anytime we ask our 5th grader what she learned about, it’s corn. Corn for weeks.

Oh my god, just shut up about the corn. I'm sure your child has moved on to a different unit by now. Each unit is only 10 days.

It's in-"grained" in our brains. Did you know that corn is a vegetable when it's fresh and a grain when it's dried out? I can tell you all about it.

That's kinda corny, but there's certainly a kernel of truth to it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's actually the opposite. The new language arts curriculum is much more rigorous than last year. They are building up to writing essays, etc., it's still early in the school year and in the curriculum.

We joke the unit is sponsored by big corn in our house. Anytime we ask our 5th grader what she learned about, it’s corn. Corn for weeks.

Oh my god, just shut up about the corn. I'm sure your child has moved on to a different unit by now. Each unit is only 10 days.

Each unit is 15 days, not 10.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have a third grader in AAP and our teacher said the curriculum is perfect for that cohort. There is a ton of reading and writing. I wish more spelling. The teachers think it's a bit above the level third grade gen Ed, though I'm not sure if they are having to make modifications or what to it for them.

wow. How many fail the math SOL?

CoughbullshitCough

My 3rd grader who is not in AAP is thriving with this curriculum. It's just right for her. Lots of reading, writing, word study. She brings home a huge stack of paper every week, and brought home her first workbook today. She's doing great!

Why would I make it up? Teacher said it once at back to school night and again at the parent teacher conference. I'm glad your daughter is able to keep up but it sounds like some kids are struggling with it.

To add, something like 30% of kids in the county fail the language arts SOL in every spring. Of course you aren't going to be able to plop that many kids who are objectively behind into what sounds like a rigorous curriculum and expect them to suddenly be able to keep up.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's actually the opposite. The new language arts curriculum is much more rigorous than last year. They are building up to writing essays, etc., it's still early in the school year and in the curriculum.

We joke the unit is sponsored by big corn in our house. Anytime we ask our 5th grader what she learned about, it’s corn. Corn for weeks.

Oh my god, just shut up about the corn. I'm sure your child has moved on to a different unit by now. Each unit is only 10 days.

It's in-"grained" in our brains. Did you know that corn is a vegetable when it's fresh and a grain when it's dried out? I can tell you all about it.

I'm sorry but you must have a really weird co-dependent relationship with your child if they are telling you this much about their language arts work. My kids have told me their themes and I see the work they bring home, but I don't know the intimate details of their language arts curriculum like you seem to. Your kid is, what, 10 years old? I am guessing a boy. You need to get out more.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have a third grader in AAP and our teacher said the curriculum is perfect for that cohort. There is a ton of reading and writing. I wish more spelling. The teachers think it's a bit above the level third grade gen Ed, though I'm not sure if they are having to make modifications or what to it for them.

CoughbullshitCough

My 3rd grader who is not in AAP is thriving with this curriculum. It's just right for her. Lots of reading, writing, word study. She brings home a huge stack of paper every week, and brought home her first workbook today. She's doing great!

Why would I make it up? Teacher said it once at back to school night and again at the parent teacher conference. I'm glad your daughter is able to keep up but it sounds like some kids are struggling with it.

To add, something like 30% of kids in the county fail the language arts SOL in every spring. Of course you aren't going to be able to plop that many kids who are objectively behind into what sounds like a rigorous curriculum and expect them to suddenly be able to keep up.

I just laugh at the people who think that only their special AAP snowflakes can handle this curriculum. Not true.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's actually the opposite. The new language arts curriculum is much more rigorous than last year. They are building up to writing essays, etc., it's still early in the school year and in the curriculum.

We joke the unit is sponsored by big corn in our house. Anytime we ask our 5th grader what she learned about, it’s corn. Corn for weeks.

Oh my god, just shut up about the corn. I'm sure your child has moved on to a different unit by now. Each unit is only 10 days.

Each unit is 15 days, not 10.

Either way, it's the end of October, pretty sure the corn unit is over. This PP is nuts.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:That is kind of the point of it.

They are trying to close the post covid achievement gap. The easiest way is top down.

No, this is all being pushed by the FCPS DEI "pros" who want to shut off excellence and merit. My poor kid went to Langley High and never once was assigned a paper to I had to send her to a writing summer clinic at Johns Hopkins before she went to college. OP, get out of FCPS and go orivate. Yes, the DEI personnel are getting the boot but it's going to take a long time before these publics are fixed and start educating in the basics again

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:7th graders have not been writing anything.

+1. What happened to writing?