Since GBRS is so important, is there anything I should do now to advocate for my first grader?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Jesus DCUM. Just stop this insanity.

Amen.

Thank you both for making me feel less alone. Holy moly.

Why are you even clicking on this topic if you are not interested? The title clearly says GBRS and the forum is of AAP?
Jesus, stop this insanity of peeping into AAP forum topics.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My 1st grader got a 154 on the NNAT. I think this child should be in AAP. The child is NOT currently being taught above grade level per the report card but I looked up the guided reading book and it appears to be a 24. Child isn’t getting level 2 services currently.

I do think this is the type of child who would get a high gbrs (very articulate) but I definitely think the child needs to be in aap.

Any suggestions on what I can be doing now to help make sure this happens? [/quote

How do you check the grade level on the report card?

And guided reading book as well?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My 1st grader got a 154 on the NNAT. I think this child should be in AAP. The child is NOT currently being taught above grade level per the report card but I looked up the guided reading book and it appears to be a 24. Child isn’t getting level 2 services currently.

I do think this is the type of child who would get a high gbrs (very articulate) but I definitely think the child needs to be in aap.

Any suggestions on what I can be doing now to help make sure this happens?

How do you check the grade level on the report card?

And guided reading book as well?

[Anonymous]

Nothing is checked on the report card for above level.

I googled the dra level for the book.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Jesus DCUM. Just stop this insanity.

Amen.

Thank you both for making me feel less alone. Holy moly.

Why are you even clicking on this topic if you are not interested? The title clearly says GBRS and the forum is of AAP?
Jesus, stop this insanity of peeping into AAP forum topics.

I read the AAP forum because I have kids in AAP.

Is that okay with you?

[Anonymous]

There is a box at the top of the Math and LA sections that can be checked if your child is receiving above grade instruction.

Your kids classroom will have its own library that kids can take books out of the read when they finish their work. The levels on those are probably easier then what DS can handle but the Teachers notice what books the kids pick up on their own. He would pick up mainly non-fiction books that interested him. This was noted in his GBRS. I actually dread library day because the books he brings home are below what he can read. He will finish the book in about 30 minutes to an hour. We have suggested that he ask the Libraria to help him find other books in his interest but he doesn't. I think the fact that he has a ton of books at home makes him care less.

I don't have a guide to reading books, let your child read what they want to read at home. DS gets books at Christmas that I think he might be interested in. I choose some from the scholastic book club for his grade and I choose some from the next grade up. I'll get the first book in a series and we see what hits. He is in Third Grade. He has been capable of reading chapter books like Harry Potter and Percy Jackson for a while but he was not been interested in reading those type of books. I asked him why and he said he still liked books with pictures. My solution? Find chapter books that still have some pictures, like the Danny Dragon Breath and Last Kids on Earth series. He is now reading the Land of Stories series on his own, we are reading Percy Jackson together because he still likes reading with us. I used the chapter books with some pictures as a bridge to regular chapter books.

For First Grade/Second Grade: He never got into Magic Treehouse but loved the Dragon Masters series. He read the 13 Story Treehouse series, Notebook of Doom, the Bad Guys, Super Turbo and Captain Underpants. I don't care what he is reading per se just that he is reading and enjoying it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:volunteer to be a room mom- there is never more competition than second grade. Use and occasion you can to kiss the teacher's ass, again welcome to second grade in FCPS

I love the laid backness of my school, though it's an AAP center school (GS rating 9). This year, NO ONE volunteered to be one of the two room parents for second grade. Last year, the first grade teacher had to send multiple emails asking for one more room parent, because only one parent signed up.

I did not do anything but say the one sentence in during a 15 min parent teacher conference that I planned to have my child apply for AAP. I didn't even mention to the teacher my child tested at 99% in the NNAT.

If you want to do something, just flat out tell the teacher sometime during the first or second quarter that you're going to apply.

[Anonymous]

My DC went to Freedom Hill Elementary. She had very good scores in NNAT and CoGAT but the teacher scored her low in GBRS. The school work and everything was exceptional. We had to gather all her homework and got through GMU for WISC assessment. Now my child is a straight A at a AAP center school and enjoying. It is a shame a lot depends on GBRS and not all teachers are the same, but FCPS still relies in them instead of NNAT or CoGAT

[Anonymous]

GBRS is sometimes an excuse to have over representation of Asians in AAP. They just want the topmost Asians in AAP, other Asians who have applied, they want an excuse to reject them, so that they have enough spots for Hispanics and AA kids. These AAP kids will then apply for TJ after few years. So, they want to stop overrepresentation of Asians right from 3rd grade AAP. This is what is Equity and the goal of FCPS and current school board.
This has been happening in college admissions, now TJ and other top high schools. Next is AAP.
Parents who don’t support this racial discrimination and bias in the name of Equity should vote out this school board.

[Anonymous]

First sentence correction - GBRS is an excuse to *Stop over representation of Asians in AAP.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:GBRS is sometimes an excuse to have over representation of Asians in AAP. They just want the topmost Asians in AAP, other Asians who have applied, they want an excuse to reject them, so that they have enough spots for Hispanics and AA kids. These AAP kids will then apply for TJ after few years. So, they want to stop overrepresentation of Asians right from 3rd grade AAP. This is what is Equity and the goal of FCPS and current school board.
This has been happening in college admissions, now TJ and other top high schools. Next is AAP.
Parents who don’t support this racial discrimination and bias in the name of Equity should vote out this school board.

+100

[Anonymous]

Agree, GBRS is a way to reject Asian kids without any reason inspite of high scores on Cogat and NNAT. This is equity in education. What about equity in sports or entertainment?