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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I could have sworn when I looked at this curriculum pacing guide last spring, the advanced math for grade 3 was acceleration over gen Ed math. But this graph is basically identical as gen Ed for pacing, and with only a few more bullet points (extensions) for each unit. Am I crazy?

https://www.fcps.edu/academics/elementary/third-grade/year-at-a-glance/advanced-math[/quote]

Third Grade Advanced Math had been third grade math with extensions that covered some of fourth grade math. I never fully understood how it worked but that is how it was explained. We deferred LIV placement in favor of language immersion.

DS’s math class was not divided by regular math and advanced math in third grade, the Teacher taught the entire class the lesson. As I understand it, the advanced math kids were expected to complete the extension worksheets and the like while the regular math kids did not. There was advanced math material on the tests. The idea was that all the kids would be exposed to the higher math so that everyone had an opportunity for acceleration in fifth grade. The Teachers kept track of the students progress in regular and advanced math.

In fifth grade, the advanced math class became it’s own class and the kids skipped to sixth grade math in class. The kids selected for that class were the ones who had been completing the advanced math material in third and fourth grade, had high iReady scores, and high SOL scores. I believe 1/3 of the kids in DS grade were in the Advanced Math group.

I am not going to lie, I really like MS were we see packets sent home and can look at assignments online. It is so much easier to understand what the heck my kid is doing then ES. ES felt like this weird place where we had no insight into what the kids were studying or learning. [/quote]

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