Reply to How much play-based learning in K-2 in MoCo?

Forum Index » Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS)

Reply to "How much play-based learning in K-2 in MoCo?"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP again.  Here is the article.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/wp/2013/08/02/the-disturbing-shift-underway-in-early-childhood-classrooms/

[/quote]

This article doesn't really resonate with me.  They surveyed a small sample of teachers who went to their specific website.  I'm not sure how you can extrapolate much info from that data.

And this quote:
"Kindergarten students are being forced to write words, sentences, and paragraphs before having a grasp of oral language...We are assessing them WEEKLY on how many sight words, letter sounds, and letter names they can identify. And we're assessing the 'neediest' students' reading every other day."

My DS enters MoCo public kindergarten in a few weeks.  He goes to a part-time, play based preschool.  ALL of the kids in his class know their letters, letter sounds, and a good amount of sight words.  Most of them read.  I don't see how 'assessing' them weekly is a bad thing.  As a parent, I'd like to know what my 5 year old needs to be learning.  And, like I said, he IS at a play-based preschool, so there are no worksheets/flash cards.

Expectations that your kindergartener is learning how to write and read are not unreasonable, IMO.  And yes, assessing the 'neediest' more often also makes sense to me.  To ensure that they are making progress.[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics