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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Who are these teachers??? I teach 2nd grade in a MCPS school and my kids only go on Chromebooks for testing. If they finis early, they have choice baskets to choose from which includes math riddles, enrichment math work, reading comprehension stories and writing prompts. They are very engaged in learning. I cannot imagine the kids being on Chromebooks for more than 15 mins ever in a school.[/quote]

Maybe because you teach 2nd grade.   :roll: Chromebooks become common in McPS from 4th grade on…[/quote]

Actually my kid says at his school, the kids get 30-45 mins a day of playing “educational” games while the teacher is reading with groups so no, it is NOT just the older grades. I went on a field trip with my niece from McNair ES and when we were walking through the school saw May kids on Chromebooks at their desks in groups. [/quote]

That's been the experience at our ES too.  It's part of the reason I wish MCPS would approach reading instruction a bit differently- I know tracking has gone out of favor but my oldest DC went to a (non-MCPS) school where within the grade, kids were allocated to appropriate phonics/reading groups based on their level.  So rather than one classroom teacher having to teach multiple ability groups within their classroom, they each taught one group for a longer block.  Sometimes DC would move to a differnt classroom with a different teacher for phonics/reading.  They'd re-evaluate progress and sometimes move kids every couple months or so.  Seemed like a much more efficient use of time and there was less down time to fill with playing games.[/quote]

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