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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]I thought 2.0 ws supposed to go more in depth and involve more written expression....?.....but I really don't know....[/quote]

[b]There is less writing not more. [/b]Math is very easy. They don't even need to think at all. My older child had more writing assignments and homework than my younger children do now. My kids are not the types who will just compose stories or write independently if there isn't an assignment. I saw a lot of improvement with my older child because he had assignments to do and was always given work the next level up even though he isn't brilliant. It didn't take him hours or anything but he had to at least think and do the work. My younger kids are not getting the same practice or opportunity to learn unless I impose a second curriculum which I don't really want to do.

For math, the way 2.0 in our school is working is that kids only get enrichment if they finish everything, ask for it, and demonstrate something magical. I've seen a few enrichment assignments and they are not any more difficult than the basic ones anyway. My kids are also not ones to ask for more to do. They are happy to doodle or talk with others.

My kids are not gifted but they could become very good students if they went to a school that actually taught something and gave a damn whether kids were learning. [/quote]

Actually there is a big emphasis on writing. Each marking period there is a large writing project. I know this because at the school where I work the computer lab always sems to be occupied by a lower grade. The staff development teacher explained to me that 2.0 has the kids on the computers quite a bit with regards to writing. Maybe you don't see a lot coming home, but know that it takes a long time to get through a writing piece (probably involves research, many lessons, completing different organizers, etc.). When I see a primary grade in the computer lab, there are also a handful of parents in there as well. It's quite a bit of time and effort to get a class full of 1st grade kids through the writing process when technology is involved. I teach an upper grade, so 2.0 hasn't hit us yet. [/quote]

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