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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]In case anyone is wondering, it turns out they got rid of the instructional WIN group for above level kids and those kids instead will spend WIN time working independently in the classroom while the teacher focuses on the below level kids. So I guess worksheets and computer games all year:([/quote]

Thanks for sharing your updates. Do you it’s your one-school specific decision or for every school? My DC at 4th grade got endless worksheet everyday during the WIN time. She liked CKLA last year but absolutely hates it this year so far. She said the problems are boring and repetitive.[/quote]

Was your 4th grader centrally identified for literacy enrichment on that letter they sent out? If so it is a MCPS requirement that they get enrichment during WIN time.  Otherwise I think it may be up to the school.[/quote]

Can you tell me more about this? There’s another thread describing the books that former ELC kids are reading in WIN time and it definitely doesn’t sound like enrichment to me (at or below level books, not cohorted). It’s so strange. Our ELC cohort is a very reasonable class size (slightly bigger than an average class) but they are splitting them up for WIN time to read books intended for 9 year olds one chapter at a time.[/quote]

My understanding is that MCPS has sent out guidance for the enrichment but I don't know what's in that over the course of the year.  For now the main thing I notice is that my 4th grader has a novel assigned to read for homework (roughly 70 pages a week, so they'll probably get through about a book a month) and once a week they meet in small groups/"literature circles" to discuss it.  For homework they are each given a different job to prepare for the discussion, like coming up with discussion questions, finding interesting vocabulary words to highlight, identifying connections between the book and the wider world, flagging sections they thought were most interesting for the group to discuss, etc.  Not sure the lexile levels of the books but I believe one of them (Hello Universe) is in the 7th grade CKLA curriculum.[/quote]

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