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My child is in 5th.  I think the science teacher is good.  She is showing him that he is responsible for stepping up and learning the material however he gets it done (in preparation for the three science claases next year.)  I am not going to let my DC flounder while he gets adjusted to the new workload and new material that he has never been exposed to.  The same people that are arguing that you should not be so involved will be the ones that when your child does poorly will blame it on TV, computer time, poor parenting, low socio-economics, etc.  It may be that it is more a function of children not fully understanding the relationships of independent variable vs dependent variable or quite understanding what golgi bodies, nucleulus  and about 10 other terms related to cell do that I don't even remember.  I make my child do the work and figure it out but I am showing him where he can get additional resources that he must look up himself.  I hope/expect by February my role will be greatly diminished. [/quote]

Keep up the good work. you know what your child needs. From what you wrote you are just filling out the picture and giving you child the tools they need.  The BASIS leadership has recommended Khan academy etc to help kids who want additional detail.  I worked closely with my daughter in the beginning of last year (5th at BASIS) and by November things got better and by spring she was flying high.  Now she is on autopilot in 6th and it almost seems like the work is easier this year.[/quote]

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