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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I never see my kid needs to do homework at home, and there's never a book/workbook sent home. I know she is a first grader, but when is kid required to do homework at home or if there are any books be sent home to review for exams?

Do elementary school teach social study, science, geography, foreign language or history at later grades? I am confused with the curriculum in mcps. I am not from here.[/quote]

Kids who speak English as their first language do not get any foreign language instruction in ES in MCPS.  The only exception is if your kids gets accepted into a Language Immersion program, which has very limited seats.

[b]Kids who are ESOL do get a bilingual education.  [/quote][/b]

No they don't. They are instructed in English only unless enrolled in a bilingual program.[/quote]

Not true at all.  Kids who come into MCPS speaking Spanish continue to be taught IN Spanish.  Ask any high school or MS teacher.  Materials are made available in Spanish so that the kids can do their work.  [/quote]

This is inaccurate.  Instruction takes place in English, with support being provided through plug-in (in which the ELD teachers co-teaches with the classroom teacher) or pull-out (in which the ELD teachers pulls the students into their room and focus on specific skills that might not directly align to what is being taught in the classroom).  Even though there is a lot of research that shows that multi-lingual learners DO learn best in a bilingual setting, there are not enough bilingual teachers (heck, there aren’t even enough mono-lingual teachers) to make that happen.

Instruction happens in English though a teacher might use Google translate occasionally.  Resources, such as texts, assignments and quizzes *might* be provided in the students’ first language but that will vary from teacher to teacher.  Those resources are almost always the original document run through Google translate.  This allows the student to keep up academically, albeit in their first language while they acquire English.[/quote]

Depends on the school.  In elementary the kids often translate for the other kids.  [/quote]

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