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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]4th grade and 5th grade are completely different experiences and both good in many ways.

4th grade has minimal homework and instead is mostly in-class work. It trains the kids to be focused and productive.

5th grade is a whole different animal. Extremely demanding, but also rewarding.

The teachers are awesome. I don’t think that I’ve met a better and more dedicated group of teachers. I am truly in awe. Years later, DC still talks about the teachers because they had such a major impact.

DC attended prior to the change in selection policy and as a result has changed the dynamics.[/quote]

DC who was pre-lottery felt both 4th/5th were no different - nearly all work could be done in class. Loved that there was little to no HW and that many of the assignments were pretty open ended meaning you could put as much or as little effort as you want depending on your interests and go in creative directions. The projects were fun and interesting and there was no busy work.

Middle school is the different animal. Tons of busy work, disorganized teachers, rigidity in grading. You could have a really amazing project but because you didn't see line 107 of the rubric the child may get a C whereas a totally crappy project might get an A because it checked all the boxes of a rubric that does not actually encourage learning. DC has had both of these things happen.

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While it's been a few years, when my kid was in 4th and 5th, the teachers limited homework to keep parents from doing it. Lots of fun, in-class projects.[/quote]

That sounds great. At my kid's CES, the teacher gave them typically an hour a night, but sometimes this piled up to several. Despite the excessive homework, my kids did learn a lot that year so it was overall a positive experience. However, many parents complained about the volume of homework.[/quote]

I wish all the CESes would have the approach of little to no homework. CCES CES did have a few longer term projects that students were supposed to do at home but if you were productive in class there wasn't that much left to do at home. There was also vocabulary homework but again it was very reasonable and I think many students if not most, including our DC, did it at school. There were a few kids who wanted to get 100% on the quizzes and put in a lot of hours at home to study but for the most did not according to DC and were happy with low As and high Bs based off of work they did at school.[/quote]

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