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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We left APS for Langley early in the pandemic, as our DD was struggling with the isolation of remote school and had trouble reading so much on the screen.

We have had a good experience at Langley, but it is quite expensive for us, DD misses her friends, and we would love to be part of a neighborhood school again.

Spouse believes reading and writing are underemphasized in APS, so can someone who has just finished 5th grade help me win this argument:

[b]How many novels were assigned for 5th grade students to read on their own at home? [/b] Langley had DD read 5 novels, then write essays and do a quiz on them.  Which spouse really appreciates since our DD is a reluctant reader, so having it "assigned" has made it much easier to get her to read independently.[/quote]

Ha.  You should be looking farther down the road than 5th grade.  5 novels is more than either of my kids read in their Arlington high school English classes.  
And they don't even necessarily read the complete novel when they work on one.  This is our experience from both general ed and intensified English classes.
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Let me know overstate it, these were short novels like Long Walk to Water and Red Kayak. Something an adult reader would finish in a day or so.

Surely they are assigned at least that much reading by middle school? I want to sway my spouse and save this tuition![/quote]

Unless you really can't afford it, don't leave.  Not yet.  I love our school and the teachers have been working so hard this year, but my kid has been bored senseless and really frustrated.  I'm not sure next year is going to be that much better.  The social issues and learning loss are very real.[/quote]

So it was better before? Like 5th grader in 2018 were reading novels?[/quote]

I had an APS 4th grader in 2018.  3rd and 4th grade were the most my kid ever had to read in school.  They did it "book club" style where they read chapters weekly and had assigned tasks, then met in a group to discuss.  They had to flag passages with post it notes and take notes on notecards.  It was a lot of homework.  Math homework, too.

5th grade through 7th - has not brought home any books and says they do not read in class, either.  I'm really puzzled as to what they are doing in English??  Does not bring home any other homework - says it is all done at school.  This seems a lot easier than I had it when I was that age![/quote]

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