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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Our AAP teacher told us in the back to school night that the county changed the curriculum for the 4th grade AAP and the kids do not learn the entire 5th grade anymore. The teachers said they will teach the 4th grade in the first three quarters and and in the last quarter the kids will learn some topics in 5th grade. [b]I assume that means the kid will not take SOL 6th in the 5th grade.[/b]
Are all the schools following these guideline? Our 3rd grade teachers thought most of the 4th grade math to our kids last year and my concern is that with the new guideline the kids will not learn anything new in the first 3 quarters.[/quote]

As of last year the curriculum changed in a combination of Virginia changing the overall math curriculum as part of their every-7-year review of the subject and FCPS substantially changing advanced math standards in 3rd at the same time. If your teacher actually taught half of 4th grade math last year (like they used to), that teacher went past what the new pacing guide had. The change in 3rd was discussed extensively last year. Example:

https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/1244971.page#28983776
https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/15/1226968.page#28322960

Sounds like they continue the change this year.

The change was first piloted as E3 - which despite what one misinformed poster keeps saying has nothing to do with the E3 Network - at 10 and then 20 schools. At the E3 pilot schools at least, the major year of acceleration was 5th grade and they DID still take the 6th grade SOL at the end of it. I assume that's still the plan, especially with Reid rolling out 6th grade Algebra. How rolling out 6th grade Algebra works with kids not getting through half of 5th grade math in 4th I can't possibly imagine.

The entire point of E3 was to make it easier for kids to onramp into advanced math in the later elementary grades, making more kids eligible for earlier Algebra 1. But I think it's going to backfire.[/quote]

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