Reply to Does AAP create unhelpful elitism and separation?

Forum Index » Advanced Academic Programs (AAP)

Reply to "Does AAP create unhelpful elitism and separation?"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The kids are wasting time switching classes over and over. Kids are being shuffled to and from teacher to teacher, and are not able to form solid relationships with any of the teachers. Kids get lost in the shuffle. 
 [/quote]
At my local elementary, the second graders switch classrooms for math, reading pullouts, and word study with no problems at all.  If regular 7 year olds are capable of handling this, I imagine that most AAP qualified 3rd-6th graders would be fine as well.[/quote]

Second grade is too young for that.  The second graders absolutely have problems with that switching -- they may not have voiced those problems to you or even realized.  But it's not best practice for 2nd graders to switch classrooms because they're not old enough for that yet.  [/quote]

No its not.  My kid did that in 2nd grade (in 8th now)... and it was great!  The 2nd gr teachers were all well organized and had good system.
In fact, I found it better as my kid got to know kids outside his class and had more friends at recess.
The kids are definitely not too young for this.  They switch for 1 or 2 subjects and rest in their home classroom.[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics