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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am really interested in how many books your 6th grader has  been assigned to read this year? Mine only had 2 (one on slavery, one on refugees).    I assumed there would be at least one per term at a minimum.   I know DCPS dumbs down the curriculum but this is ridiculous.  FWIW this is a school that regularly is in the top 10 city wide for parc scores.[/quote]

Hi, 6th grade ELA teacher here.  DCPS curriculum has three units, one novel per each. They reduced the number from four to three so that we have the opportunity to read full novels rather than just focal passages.  Unfortunately, the number of instructional days lost to required testing in grade six is outrageous and makes pacing/completion of each unit a challenge.  It's  doable, but takes pretty meticulous planning and organization to make it happen.  At my school students are also required to read 1-3 books independently per term depending on the grade level. Most student finish 6th grade reading at least 7 books in total.   [/quote]

If it makes you feel any better. I have one in 57K private and one rising 6th in public. My public kid has read more novels and written more papers than private who is a grade above. They read but for the fun of it. All she has to do is short "reading responses" that look to me like 4th grade level. The school is prestigious and rediculously expensive... and so far, the public education has been very comparable and in many ways, better... and free. I encourage my kids to read for fun and if your kid isn't doing that yet, work on it this summer on library visits. [/quote]

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