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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is my kindergartener’s schedule:
- 90 mins reading workshop 
- 60 mins math workshop
- 30 mins writing workshop
- 30 mins lunch, 4 mins recess
- social studies/science
- specials 4 days a week and on other day extended social studies/science

Other than recess, it’s all structured. Really glad my kid just missed the cutoff sonwas almost six when starting.[/quote]

Forgot to answer your question. We have monthly homeowner projects, often requiring research/help from parents. Many just skip and seems to be no consequence. No nightly HW.[/quote]

Also that should read 40 mins recess, not 4!
It is very structured. My kid likes it (and is on the older side, which I think helps), but I know a bunch of families whose kids are having a hard time.
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What MCPS ES has 40 minutes of recess??  I thought it was system-wide 20 minutes.[/quote]

They added time into the school day for lunch/recess and schools could decide how much time to add to lunch and recess. The minimum time for recess should be 30 minutes but that would mean lunch would be 40 minutes. Some schools do 35/35 and others do 30 for lunch and 40 for recess. Which school only has 20 minutes and was that communicated to you by the school or by your kid?[/quote]
I am PP and our school only does 30 mins for lunch so there is 40 for recess. Maybe some schools have a shorter recess but allow choice time at the end of tve day for 20 mins? Our school does not have play areas for choice time—it’s very academic.[/quote]

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