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[quote=Anonymous]For the purposes of setting appropriate expectations for myself and my child, I'm curious to hear what your students' experiences have been in 4th-6th grade AAP with research and writing.

Thinking back to my own experience at these grade levels (in California), I recall one year we did a 5-10 page report (along with an artistic expression) about one of the Missions (I had Carmel), another year we did 10-20 page country reports (I had Belgium). The reports weren't intense, usually a combination of some double-spaced narrative and then some images, maps, etc. as well. They gave us the general structure/format of the different sections, and we did our research and writing from there, which was mostly books and Encyclopedias back then, would likely be heavily online resources today I presume. As for creative writing, I don't recall doing as much of it until MS and especially HS, but there was occasionally some short-form stuff like poetry, haikus, maybe a 1-2 page short story, etc.

Is my experience at all analogous to the type of introduction to research and report-writing that's done today in FCPS AAP? If not, how does it differ? Is this heavily school-dependent? If so, we're in Haycock zone so would particularly appreciate any specific insights/experiences there.

Thanks in advance to anyone who can provide constructive information or comparisons.[/quote]

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