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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Anyone know how long ago MCPS has ditched the phonics?  I recall when my son was in K, the teachers essentially told me I wasted my time when I taught him phonics in preschool.  They told me that all kids eventually catch up with each other.  They just seemed unimpressed and not thrilled about his reading level.  They did have the break up the kids into different groups anyway, so I didn't see the issue, but they were clearly rolling their eyes when I shared how I prepared him.  Pretty sure phonics was not being taught at the time.  This was about 15 years ago.[/quote]

As a parent of two children with disabilities, MCPS did not have a reading program to meet their needs. We were told with my oldest to not worry about her not meeting standards and not being on grade level that all students catch up by third grade. For students like my child (and about 25% of students) that wasn’t the case. In third grade, the elementary school acknowledged my child couldn’t read on grade level but they didn’t have a program for her.

I learned at that point to no longer trust MCPS. They were passing a child from grade to grade who could not read. I got my daughter privately tested and then my son when he showed the same difficulties. I hired a reading tutor who was an expert in Lindamood Bell. Within a year of services multiple times per week, my children learn skills to compensate for their disabilities that impacted reading.

MCPS views the bottom 25% of students as disposable. They have never had reading programs that will address every child’s needs even though there are many evidence based programs available. [/quote]

Can you share information about where you found the tutor?

I’m concerned that my K kid still cannot read and she will be heading to first grade. We have voiced our concerns multiple times but the teacher assured us that she’s meeting expectations. [/quote]

What does your child know? Is there an expectation that kids read at all by the end of K?[/quote]

Of course kids should have some level of reading by the end of K. The minimum in MCPS is level D.
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This is the first I’ve heard about of these letters (I just had to google).  Did you ask your teacher for this or did they provide? We just get the report card marks (P, etc.).[/quote]

I think you have to ask the teacher?

Mcps is weird because they start out with numbers (1-16, which DRA) then they switched to J-z which is aligned with Fontas and Pinnell. You can usually look up conversion charts so that you can see that like a four and a d are about the same. The goal is usually to get a kindergarten student to about a four to a six, a first grader should be reading at about a 16 or a j and second graders should be at an M

None of this information is on the report card . I really hate the mcps report cards where there is no comments or anything personal about the report card I don't know if that was a decision made for secondary where teachers have hundreds of students I don't think it's fair to elementary school age kids they don't get any comments on their report card.

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They stopped providing that on the report card a few years ago. If you don't have kids in MCPS, please don't post.[/quote]

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