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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]They have divided our 2nd grader MCPS student by math ability inside the classroom. Once his group shows they have mastered the lesson they move on. They also did this last year in 1st grade. For starters I would contact your teacher and see why your child was placed in the group that he was? Perhaps he calls it a waste of time but maybe he really didn't understand the material? Our DS was assessed early in the year last year and again this year - the math groups shift as the year goes on. So if he continues to be challenged by the higher level material he'll stay in the current group, if he starts to stall then they move them around. When we talked with our Principle she said that this is all new for everyone and that feedback was very important so the teachers, parents etc can lead a course that works best for the kids. I would talk with the teacher, administration etc. [/quote]

I emailed the teacher this morning and she responded that he is not in a lower level group - he was assessed and put in the "higher" group.  The "enrichment" for this unit is 1,000 and 10,000 place values and that is what their class did this past week. He learned this concept early last year (this time last year in 2nd grade) which is why he is not feeling challenged.  His homework required that he explain his answer, which is part of the new curriculum, and it looked like he did that as well.

My challenge is how to keep him engaged when he is already (2nd week of school) complaining that he does not like math.  I've never heard him complain about math before - his only complaint about school in past years was not enough recess and lunch was too short.

My DD is in 2nd grade and I am not experiencing the same issues with her as her peer group moved to curriculum 2.0 in 1st grade, and only having Kindergarten under her belt, she did not "feel" the transition.[/quote]

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