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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Teacher here who has taught AAP and regular. It truly depends on your school make up. Very few schools have full Gen Ed programs who can handle AAP curriculum in science and SS. You need to be a strong reader. My SS curriculum is pretty much built on primary sources and even kids who are reading at a 7th grade level find it challenging. If a kid is way below grade level in reading, they will struggle. [/quote]

Why does AAP assume a child needs to be a strong reader in order to have critical thinking skills? This is the biggest drawback I find to AAP -- my child can handle the critical thinking, complex thought processes, etc., but is not a strong reader and therefore wasn't allowed in AAP. She's bored out of her mind with science and social studies, and could definitely handle the AAP curriculum.[/quote]

My kid is not strong in reading or writing and is doing well in AAP. In 3rd grade AAP, still got pull outs with the reading specialist.

I guess at our school the teachers teach the material rather than relying on the kids reading too much? Does very well on tests, projects, homework, class work. [/quote]

I don’t think people are talking about third grade. But 6th AAP is heavy on reading and writing. My child in in 6th and they have a lot of open response questions and a ton of reading. They do a ton of book clubs and projects. They read a lot of articles and do vocabulary. When they were in third, it was definitely less because they are younger and expectations were lower as they should be. [/quote]

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