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[quote=Anonymous]In my child's HGC (pre C2.0) all the kids in Math 7 in Grade 5 (with one exception) were placed into IM by the 5th grade teacher.  Her reasoning was that IM would teach them some content that would help with more abstract reasoning in later Math classes.  I've also spoken to high school Math teachers who report that kids who are accelerated because they are doing really well in Math often have trouble for the first time when they get to Algebra 2.  There are many potential reasons for this - having skipped and rushed through earlier Math coursework they don't have strong number sense, or their brains are not yet ready for the abstract thinking Algebra II requires because they are two or three years younger than the typical Algebra 2 student.  So, I feel good about having my child take IM in sixth grade and begin Algebra in 7th.  There are bound to be a few outliers who are more than ready to tackle AlgebraI in sixth grade.  I'm sure the PP whose two children went to Blair would agree.  I guess I'd be curious to know if the Blair teachers feel that slowing down a little in elem and middle school puts the C2.0 children at a disadvantage when they start to attend Blair.  After all, one of the reasons MCPS revamped its Math curriculum was because Blair magnet Math teachers observed that many children who were high performing Math students did not have the basic skills they needed to do higher level work without remediation.[/quote]

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