APS Math instruction

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Regardless of the teacher, APS middle school students seem to be learning math almost exclusively on apps. That isn't a good way to learn. They need to work on paper and layout their work. They need problems assigned that develop their learning sequentially and not by semi-randomly assigned IXL problem sets.

False.

My kids - both on the advanced track -have received in-person instruction for the last six years.

Some of these posts seem to be stretching the truth.

So what math curriculum are your kids using? Do they have textbooks or workbooks for homework? Where do these come from? Do they take tests on paper? Are the marked up and handed back?

Are you saying they are not using IXL or DeltaMath at all? Do they not watch math videos on Canvas or other apps?

Please explain.

The silence speaks volumes. Your kid is in an "in person" class doing problems on their iPad just like everyone elses. The closest thing to a curriculum is IXL since APS teachers do not use the Envision workbooks.

[Anonymous]

I've had kids at two different middle schools. I think what people are experiencing is variability in teachers in APS. Their middle school math teachers ranged from excellent to not-so-great, with some in between. A lot of APS teachers quit during the pandemic when they had health concerns or didn't want to deal with the entitled Open Up NOWWWWW calling them lazy. And APS has had a hard time keeping teachers since too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I've had kids at two different middle schools. I think what people are experiencing is variability in teachers in APS. Their middle school math teachers ranged from excellent to not-so-great, with some in between. A lot of APS teachers quit during the pandemic when they had health concerns or didn't want to deal with the entitled Open Up NOWWWWW calling them lazy. And APS has had a hard time keeping teachers since too.

The variability is because there isn't an actual math curriculum. Teachers have rejected Envision and so they are making it up and trying to follow the "workshop" model tauted by APS (i.e., the same format that failed for language arts as part of LC).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I've had kids at two different middle schools. I think what people are experiencing is variability in teachers in APS. Their middle school math teachers ranged from excellent to not-so-great, with some in between. A lot of APS teachers quit during the pandemic when they had health concerns or didn't want to deal with the entitled Open Up NOWWWWW calling them lazy. And APS has had a hard time keeping teachers since too.

The variability is because there isn't an actual math curriculum. Teachers have rejected Envision and so they are making it up and trying to follow the "workshop" model tauted by APS (i.e., the same format that failed for language arts as part of LC).

Why have they rejected Envision?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I've had kids at two different middle schools. I think what people are experiencing is variability in teachers in APS. Their middle school math teachers ranged from excellent to not-so-great, with some in between. A lot of APS teachers quit during the pandemic when they had health concerns or didn't want to deal with the entitled Open Up NOWWWWW calling them lazy. And APS has had a hard time keeping teachers since too.

The variability is because there isn't an actual math curriculum. Teachers have rejected Envision and so they are making it up and trying to follow the "workshop" model tauted by APS (i.e., the same format that failed for language arts as part of LC).

Why have they rejected Envision?

Because it's not good.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Regardless of the teacher, APS middle school students seem to be learning math almost exclusively on apps. That isn't a good way to learn. They need to work on paper and layout their work. They need problems assigned that develop their learning sequentially and not by semi-randomly assigned IXL problem sets.

False.

My kids - both on the advanced track -have received in-person instruction for the last six years.

Some of these posts seem to be stretching the truth.

So what math curriculum are your kids using? Do they have textbooks or workbooks for homework? Where do these come from? Do they take tests on paper? Are the marked up and handed back?

Are you saying they are not using IXL or DeltaMath at all? Do they not watch math videos on Canvas or other apps?

Please explain.

The silence speaks volumes. Your kid is in an "in person" class doing problems on their iPad just like everyone elses. The closest thing to a curriculum is IXL since APS teachers do not use the Envision workbooks.

Jeez. Some of us have jobs and a life.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Regardless of the teacher, APS middle school students seem to be learning math almost exclusively on apps. That isn't a good way to learn. They need to work on paper and layout their work. They need problems assigned that develop their learning sequentially and not by semi-randomly assigned IXL problem sets.

False.

My kids - both on the advanced track -have received in-person instruction for the last six years.

Some of these posts seem to be stretching the truth.

So what math curriculum are your kids using? Do they have textbooks or workbooks for homework? Where do these come from? Do they take tests on paper? Are the marked up and handed back?

Are you saying they are not using IXL or DeltaMath at all? Do they not watch math videos on Canvas or other apps?

Please explain.

-Envision hardbound textbook at home
-A lot of the material does seem to come from TPT but it’s good quality
-Students take guided notes together as class and work through several problems together, all taught by the teacher
-Kids have choice board with variety of assignments - with a partner, on paper, on IXL or other app
-Kids take quizzes on paper - they are marked up, graded, and returned
-Kids take tests on iPad but have to show their work on paper. Work paper is returned if requested for test corrections with answer key.
-Kids have to do test corrections to be eligible for test retake
-Kids use IXL, etc for homework, not instruction

We are 6 for 6 on teacher-led instruction.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Regardless of the teacher, APS middle school students seem to be learning math almost exclusively on apps. That isn't a good way to learn. They need to work on paper and layout their work. They need problems assigned that develop their learning sequentially and not by semi-randomly assigned IXL problem sets.

False.

My kids - both on the advanced track -have received in-person instruction for the last six years.

Some of these posts seem to be stretching the truth.

So what math curriculum are your kids using? Do they have textbooks or workbooks for homework? Where do these come from? Do they take tests on paper? Are the marked up and handed back?

Are you saying they are not using IXL or DeltaMath at all? Do they not watch math videos on Canvas or other apps?

Please explain.

-Envision hardbound textbook at home
-A lot of the material does seem to come from TPT but it’s good quality
-Students take guided notes together as class and work through several problems together, all taught by the teacher
-Kids have choice board with variety of assignments - with a partner, on paper, on IXL or other app
-Kids take quizzes on paper - they are marked up, graded, and returned
-Kids take tests on iPad but have to show their work on paper. Work paper is returned if requested for test corrections with answer key.
-Kids have to do test corrections to be eligible for test retake
-Kids use IXL, etc for homework, not instruction

We are 6 for 6 on teacher-led instruction.

Where do you get the hardbound textbook? We have the workbooks but I don’t think I’ve ever seen a hard bound copy. Online isn’t showing it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Regardless of the teacher, APS middle school students seem to be learning math almost exclusively on apps. That isn't a good way to learn. They need to work on paper and layout their work. They need problems assigned that develop their learning sequentially and not by semi-randomly assigned IXL problem sets.

False.

My kids - both on the advanced track -have received in-person instruction for the last six years.

Some of these posts seem to be stretching the truth.

So what math curriculum are your kids using? Do they have textbooks or workbooks for homework? Where do these come from? Do they take tests on paper? Are the marked up and handed back?

Are you saying they are not using IXL or DeltaMath at all? Do they not watch math videos on Canvas or other apps?

Please explain.

-Envision hardbound textbook at home
-A lot of the material does seem to come from TPT but it’s good quality
-Students take guided notes together as class and work through several problems together, all taught by the teacher
-Kids have choice board with variety of assignments - with a partner, on paper, on IXL or other app
-Kids take quizzes on paper - they are marked up, graded, and returned
-Kids take tests on iPad but have to show their work on paper. Work paper is returned if requested for test corrections with answer key.
-Kids have to do test corrections to be eligible for test retake
-Kids use IXL, etc for homework, not instruction

We are 6 for 6 on teacher-led instruction.

Where do you get the hardbound textbook? We have the workbooks but I don’t think I’ve ever seen a hard bound copy. Online isn’t showing it.

Teacher sent it home at the beginning of the year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Regardless of the teacher, APS middle school students seem to be learning math almost exclusively on apps. That isn't a good way to learn. They need to work on paper and layout their work. They need problems assigned that develop their learning sequentially and not by semi-randomly assigned IXL problem sets.

False.

My kids - both on the advanced track -have received in-person instruction for the last six years.

Some of these posts seem to be stretching the truth.

So what math curriculum are your kids using? Do they have textbooks or workbooks for homework? Where do these come from? Do they take tests on paper? Are the marked up and handed back?

Are you saying they are not using IXL or DeltaMath at all? Do they not watch math videos on Canvas or other apps?

Please explain.

-Envision hardbound textbook at home
-A lot of the material does seem to come from TPT but it’s good quality
-Students take guided notes together as class and work through several problems together, all taught by the teacher
-Kids have choice board with variety of assignments - with a partner, on paper, on IXL or other app
-Kids take quizzes on paper - they are marked up, graded, and returned
-Kids take tests on iPad but have to show their work on paper. Work paper is returned if requested for test corrections with answer key.
-Kids have to do test corrections to be eligible for test retake
-Kids use IXL, etc for homework, not instruction

We are 6 for 6 on teacher-led instruction.

Nice work of fiction.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Regardless of the teacher, APS middle school students seem to be learning math almost exclusively on apps. That isn't a good way to learn. They need to work on paper and layout their work. They need problems assigned that develop their learning sequentially and not by semi-randomly assigned IXL problem sets.

False.

My kids - both on the advanced track -have received in-person instruction for the last six years.

Some of these posts seem to be stretching the truth.

So what math curriculum are your kids using? Do they have textbooks or workbooks for homework? Where do these come from? Do they take tests on paper? Are the marked up and handed back?

Are you saying they are not using IXL or DeltaMath at all? Do they not watch math videos on Canvas or other apps?

Please explain.

-Envision hardbound textbook at home
-A lot of the material does seem to come from TPT but it’s good quality
-Students take guided notes together as class and work through several problems together, all taught by the teacher
-Kids have choice board with variety of assignments - with a partner, on paper, on IXL or other app
-Kids take quizzes on paper - they are marked up, graded, and returned
-Kids take tests on iPad but have to show their work on paper. Work paper is returned if requested for test corrections with answer key.
-Kids have to do test corrections to be eligible for test retake
-Kids use IXL, etc for homework, not instruction

We are 6 for 6 on teacher-led instruction.

Where do you get the hardbound textbook? We have the workbooks but I don’t think I’ve ever seen a hard bound copy. Online isn’t showing it.

This person is making this up. If you check the Envision website, they don't even sell a hardbound student textbook for grades 6-8.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Regardless of the teacher, APS middle school students seem to be learning math almost exclusively on apps. That isn't a good way to learn. They need to work on paper and layout their work. They need problems assigned that develop their learning sequentially and not by semi-randomly assigned IXL problem sets.

False.

My kids - both on the advanced track -have received in-person instruction for the last six years.

Some of these posts seem to be stretching the truth.

So what math curriculum are your kids using? Do they have textbooks or workbooks for homework? Where do these come from? Do they take tests on paper? Are the marked up and handed back?

Are you saying they are not using IXL or DeltaMath at all? Do they not watch math videos on Canvas or other apps?

Please explain.

-Envision hardbound textbook at home
-A lot of the material does seem to come from TPT but it’s good quality
-Students take guided notes together as class and work through several problems together, all taught by the teacher
-Kids have choice board with variety of assignments - with a partner, on paper, on IXL or other app
-Kids take quizzes on paper - they are marked up, graded, and returned
-Kids take tests on iPad but have to show their work on paper. Work paper is returned if requested for test corrections with answer key.
-Kids have to do test corrections to be eligible for test retake
-Kids use IXL, etc for homework, not instruction

We are 6 for 6 on teacher-led instruction.

Where do you get the hardbound textbook? We have the workbooks but I don’t think I’ve ever seen a hard bound copy. Online isn’t showing it.

This person is making this up. If you check the Envision website, they don't even sell a hardbound student textbook for grades 6-8.

It’s an algebra book.

[Anonymous]

Envision Algebra 1 Virginia Edition
https://www.amazon.com/Envision-Algebra-1-Virginia-Pearson/dp/0328968951

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Regardless of the teacher, APS middle school students seem to be learning math almost exclusively on apps. That isn't a good way to learn. They need to work on paper and layout their work. They need problems assigned that develop their learning sequentially and not by semi-randomly assigned IXL problem sets.

False.

My kids - both on the advanced track -have received in-person instruction for the last six years.

Some of these posts seem to be stretching the truth.

So what math curriculum are your kids using? Do they have textbooks or workbooks for homework? Where do these come from? Do they take tests on paper? Are the marked up and handed back?

Are you saying they are not using IXL or DeltaMath at all? Do they not watch math videos on Canvas or other apps?

Please explain.

-Envision hardbound textbook at home
-A lot of the material does seem to come from TPT but it’s good quality
-Students take guided notes together as class and work through several problems together, all taught by the teacher
-Kids have choice board with variety of assignments - with a partner, on paper, on IXL or other app
-Kids take quizzes on paper - they are marked up, graded, and returned
-Kids take tests on iPad but have to show their work on paper. Work paper is returned if requested for test corrections with answer key.
-Kids have to do test corrections to be eligible for test retake
-Kids use IXL, etc for homework, not instruction

We are 6 for 6 on teacher-led instruction.

Nice work of fiction.

Want a screenshot of my kid’s binder?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Regardless of the teacher, APS middle school students seem to be learning math almost exclusively on apps. That isn't a good way to learn. They need to work on paper and layout their work. They need problems assigned that develop their learning sequentially and not by semi-randomly assigned IXL problem sets.

False.

My kids - both on the advanced track -have received in-person instruction for the last six years.

Some of these posts seem to be stretching the truth.

So what math curriculum are your kids using? Do they have textbooks or workbooks for homework? Where do these come from? Do they take tests on paper? Are the marked up and handed back?

Are you saying they are not using IXL or DeltaMath at all? Do they not watch math videos on Canvas or other apps?

Please explain.

-Envision hardbound textbook at home
-A lot of the material does seem to come from TPT but it’s good quality
-Students take guided notes together as class and work through several problems together, all taught by the teacher
-Kids have choice board with variety of assignments - with a partner, on paper, on IXL or other app
-Kids take quizzes on paper - they are marked up, graded, and returned
-Kids take tests on iPad but have to show their work on paper. Work paper is returned if requested for test corrections with answer key.
-Kids have to do test corrections to be eligible for test retake
-Kids use IXL, etc for homework, not instruction

We are 6 for 6 on teacher-led instruction.

That high quality curriculum composed of teachers-paying-teachers worksheets and choice boards and IXL. Plus a textbook so bad they send it home at the beginning of the year because the teachers don't want to even try to use it. And that's a best case scenario.

If the teacher doesn't pay for their own materials then you're back to IXL and a terrible textbook that no one uses. Yeah, we're in great shape.