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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]I am pleased to see they are slowing down the Math curriculum - instead of rolling over math they are taking the time to go into more depth. I am also happy to see they are working on intergrating art, social science etc into reading and math.[/quote]

I disagree. From what I have seen so far, they are not going deeper into math, they are simply doing more repetitions of the same worksheet activity/task. This is designed to address the lower end of the testing spectrum. Some kids can mimic a pattern but don't grasp the concept as quickly. Once they forget the steps that they memorized, they can't repeat it later. Slowing down the Math curriculum is not giving math centric kids who do grasp the concepts any deeper understanding, just more busy work.

The integration of art, science, and social studies is also flawed. This is a marketing program designed to respond to parents who were complaining about reduced art, science, social sciences and music to make time for more test prep and reduce the budget. Reading a story with a science background is language not science. Science involves observation, repeatable experiments, measurements, hypothesis, and analysis. They aren't doing this. The art integration is crafts not art. You are not learning about art just because your worksheet required you to cut something out and use  glue stick. [/quote]

There is definitely still stand alone science in Curriculum 2.0.  If it's not happening at your child's school, I strongly suggest you speak with your principal, as the principal sets the master schedule and ultimately decides whether or not students get science and social studies every day.  This curriculum is designed for individual science and social studies every day ALONG WITH science and social studies texts used in reading.[/quote]

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