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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My child told me the other day when another child asked how to spell something that they were in 3rd and should know how to spell already.  Funny, as MCPS does not teach spelling.  We were in a private for a few years until our child aged out and the quality of education which was a more traditional approach was much better.  They did spelling, grammar and things like fractions in first grade.  MCPS does fractions in 3rd.  There are some positives that they do encourage a lot of writing but there is very little history or science.  There is very little teaching and everything is structured around centers.  [/quote]

MCPS does teach spelling.[/quote]

I am blown away by some of these posters. I have a first grader at MCPS. They have a spelling test every week and use those words to make a cumulative word wall of all the words they have learned thus far this year. MCPS does not teach spelling? So now we are basically just stating complete untruths I guess.[/quote]

My daughter is in 3rd and has yet to have any test except for MAPs.  My older child used to have math facts quizzes, spelling tests, vocabulary match quizzes, spelling bees, geography bees.....  Now they just play games on chromebooks[/quote] I think this must be school or even teacher specific. My second grader does have quizzes and tests. It’s not a big part of their school experience yet, and it shouldn’t be. She is taught spelling and grammar. But I’m more impressed by the way they are teaching nuance, helping them to distinguish opinion from fact and how/when to use each, teaching the writing process, teaching civics and their roles in their various communities, teaching about money and its value, twachjng
Complex addition and subtraction as well as introducing multiplication. Teaching how to measure and construct things, etc.[/quote]

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