Is there "reading" enrichment in MCPS first grade?

[Anonymous]

I see the space where the teacher indicates that your kid is getting math enrichment on the report card, but is there structured reading enrichment at this age as well (beyond obviously getting higher level books to read etc.)?

[Anonymous]

Not at my kid’s ES. Your kid may be getting books at a higher reading level than other 1st graders. And the teacher may write out questions for you’re kid to answer to text comprehension.

But not much vocabulary or anything like that, if that is what you’re asking.

[Anonymous]

High reading group is it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:High reading group is it.

This. I'm not sure what OP is looking for- reading is very easy to customize by level. Just read harder books.

[Anonymous]

Thanks! I ask because there was a mom bragging that her kid was getting reading and math enrichment in 1st grade in MCPS and I was thinking there's formal program for reading enrichment (just differentiation by reading groups.)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Thanks! I ask because there was a mom bragging that her kid was getting reading and math enrichment in 1st grade in MCPS and I was thinking there's formal program for reading enrichment (just differentiation by reading groups.)

She probably just meant that her child is in the highest reading group. That’s basically what math enrichment is — the highest math group (at least in my DC’s class).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Thanks! I ask because there was a mom bragging that her kid was getting reading and math enrichment in 1st grade in MCPS and I was thinking there's formal program for reading enrichment (just differentiation by reading groups.)

She probably just meant that her child is in the highest reading group. That’s basically what math enrichment is — the highest math group (at least in my DC’s class).

Math enrichment actually has a structured set of worksheets to go along with it. They're actually pretty complicated. I don't think that highest math group always equals "received enrichment on a regular basis."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Thanks! I ask because there was a mom bragging that her kid was getting reading and math enrichment in 1st grade in MCPS and I was thinking there's formal program for reading enrichment (just differentiation by reading groups.)

She probably just meant that her child is in the highest reading group. That’s basically what math enrichment is — the highest math group (at least in my DC’s class).

Math enrichment actually has a structured set of worksheets to go along with it. They're actually pretty complicated. I don't think that highest math group always equals "received enrichment on a regular basis."

Interesting - that’s not how our teacher explained it to us. She made it sound like the two (highest reading level group and highest math level group) were the same.

[Anonymous]

I thought MCPS had started piloting an Enriched Literacy Curriculum?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I thought MCPS had started piloting an Enriched Literacy Curriculum?

They have in 4th and 5th grades at some schools.

In earlier grades there are materials that they use with "above level" or high ability students like William and Mary, Junior Great books and Jacob's Ladder. I think all schools are supposed to offer some of this, but am not sure they are. Kids are marked 'above grade level' on the report card when they are consistently reading texts above the grade level Lexile band or reading level. There were changes in this this school year and there is something different K-2 and 3-5.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I thought MCPS had started piloting an Enriched Literacy Curriculum?

They have in 4th and 5th grades at some schools.

In earlier grades there are materials that they use with "above level" or high ability students like William and Mary, Junior Great books and Jacob's Ladder. I think all schools are supposed to offer some of this, but am not sure they are. Kids are marked 'above grade level' on the report card when they are consistently reading texts above the grade level Lexile band or reading level. There were changes in this this school year and there is something different K-2 and 3-5.

I don't think that's true for 1st grade. They just display the reading level and the expected benchmarks. There's no box to check on "above grade level" reading, the way there is for "receives math enrichment."

[Anonymous]

In some of the lower performing schools, they pull a group of kids from different classes for a higher level reading group, which could seem like enrichment. But it really is just a high reading group.

[Anonymous]

Depends on the school I think but generally no.

Also not really something to worry about.

[Anonymous]

How would that be different then the high reading group?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Depends on the school I think but generally no.

Also not really something to worry about.

Who said anyone was worried? Just curious.