Reply to Lucy Calkins alarmists

Forum Index » Elementary School-Aged Kids

Reply to "Lucy Calkins alarmists"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The trouble with all of these worksheets that come home is that there is no consistency. I have twins so I can see how differently two different teachers teach. If they are all creating their own worksheets or downloading them from the internet, it is quite haphazard. Plus, you can't go back and look to see what you missed if you were sick - or look ahead to prepare for what is coming next. I'm in favor of treating teachers as professionals and not dictating how they teach, but I don't want my children to learn from worksheets some random has uploaded onto "teachers pay teachers" or Etsy.

I want a structured, consistent curriculum so it doesn't feel like my kids are learning whatever popped into the teachers mind today.[/quote]

At least with CKLA, they developed worksheets for the structured curriculum. No teachers creating their own or downloading random ones from the Internet. And all of it is available online, so if you are so inclined, you can download the materials yourself to see what your child might have missed or look ahead for what comes next.

Would I prefer a professionally printed workbook for the year? Absolutely. But unfortunately that is increasingly rare. CKLA is a highly structured curriculum, no "learning whatever popped into the teachers ming today."

And as I posted above, our school uses Envision Math, which does have a workbook. But it stays exclusively at school, so it's not like I as a parent can see what my kid missed or what the next unit is. I'm actually less knowledgeable about the math curriculum because it's not posted online like the Core Knowledge offerings.[/quote]
I know that my kid's Envision workbooks come home empty every spring.  So APS is paying for them but teachers aren't using them.  Several teachers have told me they're no good.[/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