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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I remember on tours of the top 3 privates in this area that the schools didn't emphasize spelling until 3rd grade. Just saying...[/quote]

I have one in private and while this is true to a certain extent (in ours it’s more like 2nd), there is a very strong emphasis on writing — developing ideas, plots, fiction, non-fiction, organization of writing, etc. — probably some of the “critical thinking and analytical skills” that can’t-spell PP was taking about, with teacher review, beginning in K and really ramping up by 2nd grade.  So by design, they are working on one skill, then fine tuning spelling beginning in 2nd and 3rd and continuing on from there.  That is why it does not faze parents as much.  If there was a perception that the MCPS teachers were doing this level of intentionality on writing in the early years, then I don’t think many parents would complain.  Instead, the perception is that all parts of writing (substance, grammar, and spelling) are all fairly mediocre unless you luck out with a superb teacher or possibly school-wide emphasis.  [/quote]

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