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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Montessori students gain valuable skills learning how to be independent and take care of themselves at an early age. The fine motor skills that are practiced in Montessori help the students with handwriting (they learn cursive starting in PK3). [/quote]

So they can write "I am failing math" in cursive?[/quote]

Anyone who thinks that knows nothing about how the Montessori math curriculum works. It’s incredible and Montessori kids end up several grade levels ahead of their traditional school peers with an excellent foundation in math.[/quote]

Except at Lee where most 3rd-5th graders are working below grade level in math.[/quote]

That certainly depends on how you measure it. If you go into the classroom and see those kids working on long division, algebra and how to determine area for their entire classroom you won’t think they are behind. If you look at the test scores for a school that is anti testing, sure you can conclude that. The depth of knowledge there can not be measured by PARRC.[/quote]

I have no dog in this fight but I’m having a really hard time believing anything you write.
Oh please.  "Depth of knowledge" but still scoring a ONE on the PARCC?  Come on.  Even allowing for lack of computer skills and unfamiliarity with the style of math, people with even a little bit of knowledge should be able to get a 2.[/quote]

+100. “Working on” algebra and long division doesn’t mean these kids have a solid grasp on the fundamentals. Are they getting correct answers? Do they have a deep understanding of the concepts? Otherwise, it’s just optics, which appears to thrill parents of younger students. But if your child is truly struggling with these concepts, you see beyond this smoke and mirrors.[/quote]

Yes, yes, yes!!!! Montessori math is amazing. They absolutely have an understanding of the concepts way being traditional school. Every school should adopt Montessori metrics to teach math. Even what they do are 3 or 4 builds on what they do next to take them to understand advanced concepts in geometry for example. If there’s in’s thing I’m absolutely persuaded of it’s how well Montessori teaches math and gives kids a solid foundation. There is no reciting facts, it’s actually learning how the decimal system works and how numbers and shapes relate to each other, for example. Way beyond anything kids get that age elsewhere.[/quote][/quote]

Even the math PARCC involves considerable typing. Kids also have to explain their work (typed). A written explanation of math work is not something that happens in Montessori. Ask the kids to demonstrate or explain and they do, but do it on a screen and then type an explanation is not some thing they are familiar with. Neither is following test instructions to be honest.[/quote]

Okay.  Sorry but I think explaining math reasoning and written communication generally is important and worthwhile.  I'm perplexed why anyone wouldn't want their child to learn that.[/quote]

I’m just explaining the difference. Also it’s not written communication that isn’t taught. It’s typing. Most of the kids wrote beautiful cursive and communicate well in writing. They just don’t routinely do it in math.[/quote]

Didn't realize writing about math was vewwwwy special and needs to be separately taught.[/quote]

It’s not, but the more familiar kids are with the requirements of a test the better they will do on it. It’s the same with the ELA. A Montessori kid might work on an project involving independent research that means planning their own field trip to a museum or library, calling places to set it up, reading books and magazines aimed at adults not 4th graders and writing it up in beautiful cursive then presenting it to the class and maybe parents. What they don’t do is lots of short prompts or five paragraph essays on what is the main theme and what is the author trying to say. In a traditional classroom they do these day in and day out and that’s much more in keeping with the type of questions on the PARCC. It’s not that the Montessori kids can’t do these necessary but they just don’t do short responses to questions and they can’t type or do math on a computer showing their working (which involves understanding the controls on PARCC).[/quote]

Ok so why are the white kids at Lee so much better at PARCC?  [/quote]

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