2.0 1st grade curriculum: Carbon Dioxide? Yes! Telling time? No!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Teachers and administrators out there: I'm sorry you have to deal with complaints like this. I am a parent, not a teacher. Teaching is not my profession so I feel comfortable leaving curriculum development to the national and local curriculum experts. I acknowledge that my idea of what is "normal" and "appropriate" at each age might not align with the school system's curriculum. If I need my child to know something they haven't covered yet, like analog clocks, I teach them myself. I do not say things like "MCPS sucks," maligning a huge and incredibly complicated system with one juvenile word. I do not demand my child be put in math and reading classes two levels higher than their own. If they do truly know it all already, they may come home and read or do math or build cool stuff in their free time. I know you are not put in your job to validate my child's brilliance or my parenting. I know you have a difficult job, and you have reasons for everything you do.

Good for you, brown-noser. MCPS sucks. I came up through MCPS schools and they were excellent. Oldest DC also got an excellent education in MCPS schools. Kids in MCPS now -- what a joke. MCPS really sucks.

This is anonymous forum. Who is that PP brown nosing to? Also, I'm sure you realize that a school district, laws, almost everything in life can't and won't please *everyone*. Some people actually have and do have a positive experience with mcps overall. Please also realize that your attitude could be rubbing off on your child. Not a good thing for your child to learn and take to school.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

This is exactly what it looks like! It's ridiculous, the ones that don't know what they are doing, and really need help, just bounce around.

No child left behind, because if you go this slow there is no "behind". <---This is exactly right.

To the person who stated the OP needed a private school, how about you get bent.

$2.39 billion Operating budget for a school system that can't provide books or a curriculum, but we who are unhappy should just send our kids to private. How about we hold the school responsible for accomplishing their mission.

I don't understand what you mean by "no curriculum". Here OP is, complaining about the curriculum. Is OP complaining about something that doesn't exist?

There is no curriculum it's a mish mosh of worksheets. Ask your child's teacher to show you the binders or ask how much time they spend at the copier EVERY DAY. My child has literally seent he teacher dump them straight from turn in into recycling. Its not graded and completely demotivating.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Teachers and administrators out there: I'm sorry you have to deal with complaints like this. I am a parent, not a teacher. Teaching is not my profession so I feel comfortable leaving curriculum development to the national and local curriculum experts. I acknowledge that my idea of what is "normal" and "appropriate" at each age might not align with the school system's curriculum. If I need my child to know something they haven't covered yet, like analog clocks, I teach them myself. I do not say things like "MCPS sucks," maligning a huge and incredibly complicated system with one juvenile word. I do not demand my child be put in math and reading classes two levels higher than their own. If they do truly know it all already, they may come home and read or do math or build cool stuff in their free time. I know you are not put in your job to validate my child's brilliance or my parenting. I know you have a difficult job, and you have reasons for everything you do.

Good for you, brown-noser. MCPS sucks. I came up through MCPS schools and they were excellent. Oldest DC also got an excellent education in MCPS schools. Kids in MCPS now -- what a joke. MCPS really sucks.

This is anonymous forum. Who is that PP brown nosing to? Also, I'm sure you realize that a school district, laws, almost everything in life can't and won't please *everyone*. Some people actually have and do have a positive experience with mcps overall. Please also realize that your attitude could be rubbing off on your child. Not a good thing for your child to learn and take to school.

My attitude didn't "rub off" on my older kids, pre-curriculum 2.0.

The curriculum is weak. Admit it. MCPS is riding on its former glory.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Teachers and administrators out there: I'm sorry you have to deal with complaints like this. I am a parent, not a teacher. Teaching is not my profession so I feel comfortable leaving curriculum development to the national and local curriculum experts. I acknowledge that my idea of what is "normal" and "appropriate" at each age might not align with the school system's curriculum. If I need my child to know something they haven't covered yet, like analog clocks, I teach them myself. I do not say things like "MCPS sucks," maligning a huge and incredibly complicated system with one juvenile word. I do not demand my child be put in math and reading classes two levels higher than their own. If they do truly know it all already, they may come home and read or do math or build cool stuff in their free time. I know you are not put in your job to validate my child's brilliance or my parenting. I know you have a difficult job, and you have reasons for everything you do.

Good for you, brown-noser. MCPS sucks. I came up through MCPS schools and they were excellent. Oldest DC also got an excellent education in MCPS schools. Kids in MCPS now -- what a joke. MCPS really sucks.

This is anonymous forum. Who is that PP brown nosing to? Also, I'm sure you realize that a school district, laws, almost everything in life can't and won't please *everyone*. Some people actually have and do have a positive experience with mcps overall. Please also realize that your attitude could be rubbing off on your child. Not a good thing for your child to learn and take to school.

My attitude didn't "rub off" on my older kids, pre-curriculum 2.0.

The curriculum is weak. Admit it. MCPS is riding on its former glory.

Yes, but your negative attitude is probably rubbing off on your younger child.

I will withhold my judgement about how good the curriculum is in a few years. I really don't want to judge it by how much or what my 2nd grader is learning, though I feel like my 2nd grader is learning a lot. Yes, we provide enrichment at home, but we were also providing enrichment to our older DC when we lived in a different state. My older DC went to 1st grade in a different state; compared to older DC, younger DC in MCPS has learned more in 1st. However, I'm still withholding judgement until they hit MS or there abouts. 1st/2nd grade is still pretty young.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Teachers and administrators out there: I'm sorry you have to deal with complaints like this. I am a parent, not a teacher. Teaching is not my profession so I feel comfortable leaving curriculum development to the national and local curriculum experts. I acknowledge that my idea of what is "normal" and "appropriate" at each age might not align with the school system's curriculum. If I need my child to know something they haven't covered yet, like analog clocks, I teach them myself. I do not say things like "MCPS sucks," maligning a huge and incredibly complicated system with one juvenile word. I do not demand my child be put in math and reading classes two levels higher than their own. If they do truly know it all already, they may come home and read or do math or build cool stuff in their free time. I know you are not put in your job to validate my child's brilliance or my parenting. I know you have a difficult job, and you have reasons for everything you do.

Good for you, brown-noser. MCPS sucks. I came up through MCPS schools and they were excellent. Oldest DC also got an excellent education in MCPS schools. Kids in MCPS now -- what a joke. MCPS really sucks.

This is anonymous forum. Who is that PP brown nosing to? Also, I'm sure you realize that a school district, laws, almost everything in life can't and won't please *everyone*. Some people actually have and do have a positive experience with mcps overall. Please also realize that your attitude could be rubbing off on your child. Not a good thing for your child to learn and take to school.

My attitude didn't "rub off" on my older kids, pre-curriculum 2.0.

The curriculum is weak. Admit it. MCPS is riding on its former glory.

Yes, but your negative attitude is probably rubbing off on your younger child.

I will withhold my judgement about how good the curriculum is in a few years. I really don't want to judge it by how much or what my 2nd grader is learning, though I feel like my 2nd grader is learning a lot. Yes, we provide enrichment at home, but we were also providing enrichment to our older DC when we lived in a different state. My older DC went to 1st grade in a different state; compared to older DC, younger DC in MCPS has learned more in 1st. However, I'm still withholding judgement until they hit MS or there abouts. 1st/2nd grade is still pretty young.

Good for you. My older DC learned tons more when they were in MCPS than my younger DC are learning now. I'm not bothering to withhold judgment. Why wait?

[Anonymous]

As I recall, under the previous curriculum, kindergartners learned to tell time to the hour on an analog clock, first-graders learned to tell time to the half hour, and second-graders learned to tell time to the quarter hour. Not something worth getting nostalgic about, in my opinion, but of course other people may have other opinions.

[Anonymous]

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This is why homeschooling is so much better. A child shouldn't learn math facts before K and then have to "relearn" them with kids in 1st. My child has a 3 minute timed math sheet. There is only 30 problems on it. Each week, he comes home with a 30/30 and vast pictures on the back. It looks like 1 minute spent on sheet and 2 minutes on coloring. Why not just give him a sheet that takes him 3 minutes to do 30 problems instead? When asked, I was told it was detrimental to the other kids to move some kids too far. So dumbed-down math he will continue until compact math. If I had the money I would homeschool.

I think your issue is a teacher issue TBH. I am PP who stated my kids would get harder worksheets than other kids. Sure, sometimes, they'd finish it before the 1min, but they don't *always* have to be challenged. They like to read after they finish their worksheets.

That is all smart kids do in ALL grades with 2.0. Finish quickly and sit at their desk and read a book. I think my kids spend about 1 hour a day doing anything of substance. So yes, I would do anything for my kids to be challenged.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Teachers and administrators out there: I'm sorry you have to deal with complaints like this. I am a parent, not a teacher. Teaching is not my profession so I feel comfortable leaving curriculum development to the national and local curriculum experts. I acknowledge that my idea of what is "normal" and "appropriate" at each age might not align with the school system's curriculum. If I need my child to know something they haven't covered yet, like analog clocks, I teach them myself. I do not say things like "MCPS sucks," maligning a huge and incredibly complicated system with one juvenile word. I do not demand my child be put in math and reading classes two levels higher than their own. If they do truly know it all already, they may come home and read or do math or build cool stuff in their free time. I know you are not put in your job to validate my child's brilliance or my parenting. I know you have a difficult job, and you have reasons for everything you do.

Good for you, brown-noser. MCPS sucks. I came up through MCPS schools and they were excellent. Oldest DC also got an excellent education in MCPS schools. Kids in MCPS now -- what a joke. MCPS really sucks.

+1 Seriously, who is that clueless idiot? She probably trusts what politicians spew out too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

That is all smart kids do in ALL grades with 2.0. Finish quickly and sit at their desk and read a book. I think my kids spend about 1 hour a day doing anything of substance. So yes, I would do anything for my kids to be challenged.

Well, there's a generalization.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
This is why homeschooling is so much better. A child shouldn't learn math facts before K and then have to "relearn" them with kids in 1st. My child has a 3 minute timed math sheet. There is only 30 problems on it. Each week, he comes home with a 30/30 and vast pictures on the back. It looks like 1 minute spent on sheet and 2 minutes on coloring. Why not just give him a sheet that takes him 3 minutes to do 30 problems instead? When asked, I was told it was detrimental to the other kids to move some kids too far. So dumbed-down math he will continue until compact math. If I had the money I would homeschool.

I think your issue is a teacher issue TBH. I am PP who stated my kids would get harder worksheets than other kids. Sure, sometimes, they'd finish it before the 1min, but they don't *always* have to be challenged. They like to read after they finish their worksheets.

That is all smart kids do in ALL grades with 2.0. Finish quickly and sit at their desk and read a book. I think my kids spend about 1 hour a day doing anything of substance. So yes, I would do anything for my kids to be challenged.

How do you know they spend just an hour of any substance? And sometimes, doing a worksheet, even an easy one, can have some benefit, like doing review work. Review work reinforces what you've learned, like HW. These are 1st/2nd graders we're talking about here. Do ES kids have to be challenged *all* the time? I think that's crazy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Teachers and administrators out there: I'm sorry you have to deal with complaints like this. I am a parent, not a teacher. Teaching is not my profession so I feel comfortable leaving curriculum development to the national and local curriculum experts. I acknowledge that my idea of what is "normal" and "appropriate" at each age might not align with the school system's curriculum. If I need my child to know something they haven't covered yet, like analog clocks, I teach them myself. I do not say things like "MCPS sucks," maligning a huge and incredibly complicated system with one juvenile word. I do not demand my child be put in math and reading classes two levels higher than their own. If they do truly know it all already, they may come home and read or do math or build cool stuff in their free time. I know you are not put in your job to validate my child's brilliance or my parenting. I know you have a difficult job, and you have reasons for everything you do.

Good for you, brown-noser. MCPS sucks. I came up through MCPS schools and they were excellent. Oldest DC also got an excellent education in MCPS schools. Kids in MCPS now -- what a joke. MCPS really sucks.

This is anonymous forum. Who is that PP brown nosing to? Also, I'm sure you realize that a school district, laws, almost everything in life can't and won't please *everyone*. Some people actually have and do have a positive experience with mcps overall. Please also realize that your attitude could be rubbing off on your child. Not a good thing for your child to learn and take to school.

My attitude didn't "rub off" on my older kids, pre-curriculum 2.0.

The curriculum is weak. Admit it. MCPS is riding on its former glory.

Yes, but your negative attitude is probably rubbing off on your younger child.

I will withhold my judgement about how good the curriculum is in a few years. I really don't want to judge it by how much or what my 2nd grader is learning, though I feel like my 2nd grader is learning a lot. Yes, we provide enrichment at home, but we were also providing enrichment to our older DC when we lived in a different state. My older DC went to 1st grade in a different state; compared to older DC, younger DC in MCPS has learned more in 1st. However, I'm still withholding judgement until they hit MS or there abouts. 1st/2nd grade is still pretty young.

Good for you. My older DC learned tons more when they were in MCPS than my younger DC are learning now. I'm not bothering to withhold judgment. Why wait?

Understand PP. But, my point was that there are parents out there that don't feel the same as you, and just because a parent expresses a positive or non-negative opinion about MCPS, it doesn't mean they are brown nosing (though, again, not sure how you could do that on anonymous forum).

[Anonymous]

I don't wanna get in to details, but I have a 6th grader in magnet and a 4th grader in compacted math. Couldn't be happier.
I occasionally looks at what they are learning and am very satisfied (I also come from a European country where public education is standardized and very very good).
As some PPs said, MCPS cannot please everyone.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't wanna get in to details, but I have a 6th grader in magnet and a 4th grader in compacted math. Couldn't be happier.
I occasionally looks at what they are learning and am very satisfied (I also come from a European country where public education is standardized and very very good).
As some PPs said, MCPS cannot please everyone.

You got in under the wire.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Teachers and administrators out there: I'm sorry you have to deal with complaints like this. I am a parent, not a teacher. Teaching is not my profession so I feel comfortable leaving curriculum development to the national and local curriculum experts. I acknowledge that my idea of what is "normal" and "appropriate" at each age might not align with the school system's curriculum. If I need my child to know something they haven't covered yet, like analog clocks, I teach them myself. I do not say things like "MCPS sucks," maligning a huge and incredibly complicated system with one juvenile word. I do not demand my child be put in math and reading classes two levels higher than their own. If they do truly know it all already, they may come home and read or do math or build cool stuff in their free time. I know you are not put in your job to validate my child's brilliance or my parenting. I know you have a difficult job, and you have reasons for everything you do.

Good for you, brown-noser. MCPS sucks. I came up through MCPS schools and they were excellent. Oldest DC also got an excellent education in MCPS schools. Kids in MCPS now -- what a joke. MCPS really sucks.

+1 Seriously, who is that clueless idiot? She probably trusts what politicians spew out too.

Thank you both for your wisdom and have a lovely day.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don't wanna get in to details, but I have a 6th grader in magnet and a 4th grader in compacted math. Couldn't be happier.
I occasionally looks at what they are learning and am very satisfied (I also come from a European country where public education is standardized and very very good).
As some PPs said, MCPS cannot please everyone.

You got in under the wire.

NP. What does that mean?