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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Ugh. When's the last time, OP, you finished a good book and said, "let me go make a diorama!" or "I want to design a new book cover!" No, we read good books and talk about them. We process our conclusions, make predictions, analyze, synthesize, etc. Dioramas, book jackets, and book reports are not the authentic actions of readers.[/quote]

I am all in with common core as implemented at my children's school.  My 4th grader has long been an amazing reader and she reads at least 1 1/2 - 2 hours a day on her own initiative.  She still has to log at least 30 min a day and part of that log is what she is working on with reading.  She is always reading with a goal for school and it has only made her more articulate about what she reads.  Her only limitation on reading level is what is appropriate content for a 9 year old.

There is an article in the wapo today about how they teach math under the common core.  I have been to two presentations at our school about what they are doing and I think it is great.  They are teaching an understanding of concepts before they get to the streamlined processes we learned growing up.

I also have a child in 1st grade and I see a difference between how the Older was taught in K and 1st and what is happening now, it is all for the better (and my older child did make diaoramas which were not particularly rewarding for her.

As long as your kids are at a school that is doing it well I think it a great.  I cannot speak to the testing unde cc because it has not happened yet.  My older child had near perfect DC CAS scores in 3rd grade while taught under the cc method.  [/quote]

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