Would you mind sharing what your 5th grader has been doing in english/language arts/reading this

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school year so far? Books read, etc? Thanks.

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Wordly Wise and reading Virginia Choice readers. I think they wrote thank you letters.

All pretty meh.

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What are Virginia Choice readers?

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OP here- I am very unhappy b/c all my child's class seems to do are these SOL type reading worksheets. They are printed off the internet, like from "easyworksheets.com". I don't understand how this is all they are doing?!?!

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Anonymous wrote:What are Virginia Choice readers?

Got the name mixed up, its Virginia's Readers Choice books or something like that.

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My son's reading group has been reading Tripods which is some futuristic novel. Some language worksheets have also come home but I don't think they spend much time on grammar.

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Anonymous wrote:My son's reading group has been reading Tripods which is some futuristic novel. Some language worksheets have also come home but I don't think they spend much time on grammar.

That's a good series!

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My son's reading group has been reading Tripods which is some futuristic novel. Some language worksheets have also come home but I don't think they spend much time on grammar.

That's a good series!

That is an awesome series, especially for 5th grade. Lots of adventure and action, but also you can have some great discussions about free will and courage. I've always been surprised the series isn't more widely known.

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I can't understand for the life of me why grammar is not being taught anymore - really taught well. These kids aren't learning how to write.

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Anonymous wrote:I can't understand for the life of me why grammar is not being taught anymore - really taught well. These kids aren't learning how to write.

We have seen some terribly-written reading comprehension type worksheets come home. Typos, grammar errors, run on sentences. Really crappy stuff.

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Anonymous wrote:OP here- I am very unhappy b/c all my child's class seems to do are these SOL type reading worksheets. They are printed off the internet, like from "easyworksheets.com". I don't understand how this is all they are doing?!?!

OP, which school system? We are in FCPS and feel the same way except my kids don't even get worksheets. What is the point of ecart if no one is using it or nothing of value is located on it?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here- I am very unhappy b/c all my child's class seems to do are these SOL type reading worksheets. They are printed off the internet, like from "easyworksheets.com". I don't understand how this is all they are doing?!?!

OP, which school system? We are in FCPS and feel the same way except my kids don't even get worksheets. What is the point of ecart if no one is using it or nothing of value is located on it?

So what do they do?

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Do all the kids in fifth grade read the same book, or are there different books by reading level?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here- I am very unhappy b/c all my child's class seems to do are these SOL type reading worksheets. They are printed off the internet, like from "easyworksheets.com". I don't understand how this is all they are doing?!?!

OP, which school system? We are in FCPS and feel the same way except my kids don't even get worksheets. What is the point of ecart if no one is using it or nothing of value is located on it?

So what do they do?

Not sure about this year, but in the past they just read books, draw on this little erasing whiteboard, and discuss them. It's pathetic.

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Were they reading books in different reading groups and then discussing them? I would prefer that to worksheets a 10000 times over!