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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We are in KG district and the truth is the immersion program is less academic than the non-immersion track. Math and science are stronger outside of the french language track. 
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Interesting. I have a kid in non-immersion at KG but have been thinking about it for my kindergartener.  She's a natural at languages, but so far loving math so I don't want to lose that. I would love to hear more about this.[/quote]

We are in a LI program. The math/science issue is partly because that time is also used to teach the language and are instructed in math and science in the language, although my child tells me that the Teacher uses English as well. Kids who are stronger in math/science are fine because they need less instruction. Kids who need more help in math tend to struggle a bit more in math in the language programs.

That said, the language groups at our school are divide in fifth grade into Advanced Math and grade level math and it is about a 50/50 split between the classes. DS reports that none of the kids in the Advanced Math group seem to be struggling with the step up in math level. So that is half of the kids in the LI program who tested into Advanced Math (high enough SOLs and iReadys and grades). A bunch of his friends are in class with him this year and none of the parents have mentioned their kid struggling with the math.

I think the math in the target language thing is a red herring. I suspect that it is more that math foundations are harder for kids to grasp in general because we don’t focus on math at home the same way most families focus on reading at home, and kids find math more challenging. I do think that kids who are not as strong in math will need some additional support in a LI program but I suspect those same kids would need support in math if they were in the regular program.

Our program is one that has fewer people interested in participating (ie not Spanish or French) so we have a shorter wait list and people whose families work at that countries embassy move into our neighborhood specifically for the program. Kids who are native speakers or who lived in that country and speak the language join the class eery year. We also have space due to attrition so it is not likel the class is bursting at the seams. [/quote]

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