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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]See what kind of - as far as I can tell meh - curriculum FCPS is looking at here: https://www.fcps.edu/node/36853

Weigh in your strong support of anything that's backed by the science of reading (according to Colorado it's not Benchmark, which is what FCPS plans to buy), clear and specific instruction on letter formation in K-2, grammar, real spelling based on phonics, and all the other good stuff here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe6jNE_7EAHKbjvUoFDIVhT735SCnsUX9MdBYqHs6_dUyxOtA/viewform. [/quote]

I also want materials that help ground and sustain a lifelong interest in reading and develop ongoing critical reflection/comprehension.  My kids could both read before K--I want options that don't bore them to death.  That's not reflected in the science. [/quote]

You should consider home schooling. Your children aren't going to be reading Dickens in Kindergarten, PP.[/quote]

I don't need them to read Dickens (they would hate that!), just something roughly at their level and not have to endure phonics lessons they don't need and get some meaningful instruction at their level between K-2 in language arts.  They LIKE age appropriate books (current K kid  is devouring Ivy+Bean and Borrowers' series right now)--just have seen how my older kid who was similarly advanced in reading suffered through reading instruction in K-2 and dreading what it will be like for my younger one if they add even more phonics in and remove more of the writer's workshops/readers' workshops which were the only thing he liked.  I wish there was more differentiation in K-2 as that's where the developmental differences in reading really show up and that's where kids form their attitudes towards school, learning etc.[/quote]

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