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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]LCPS[/quote]

I am on the OP of the thread about moving to FCPS within 20 minutes of Reston. In my personal experience, LCPS is not going to do shit about your kids struggle with reading. My DD is in 3rd grade. I've been raising flags/asking for help since 1st. Past first grade, they don't actually TEACH reading. They just have the kids read independently and discuss their reading with other students. Teachers do NOTHING to actually progress the reading skills.

I give up. [/quote]

FCPS will pull your child out for decoding and fluency instruction, but for the most part they are also working on comprehension over decoding and fluency from 2rd grade on.[/quote]

Comprehension is our issue. But there is NO instruction at all. Its "Read this, answers these questions, discuss with your partner." Where my mom is, 3rd graders still get 20 minutes of small guided reading groups w/teacher 3x a week. I have met several times with the teacher, had a reading specialist evaluation and meeting, and their "conclusion" is basically "huh, weird, well she doesn't have a learning disability, we don't know why she's struggling with comprehension. maybe she needs to just read more at home? shrug." There is NO core instruction at the school level! NONE.[/quote]

The problem is that they don't teach skills in isolation anymore so children don't even know what to look for. It's all about synthesis of skills which is great in theory IF the children actually learned some skills first before integrating them all together.[/quote]

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