Reply to How much play-based learning in K-2 in MoCo?

Forum Index » Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS)

Reply to "How much play-based learning in K-2 in MoCo?"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Years ago (and still in many, many private schools), K was half-day, play-based - with the goal of "socializing" kids and getting them acclimated to a school environment.

It is highly academic now, especially with the implementation of Curriculum 2.0.

Having said that, however, I don't know if you can fight it - or if you'd want to fight it if this is where we're headed.

Personally, I like 2.0 and having worked with the Common Core at the secondary level, I appreciate how rigor is built into these standards.  They are indeed complex and comprehensive - with a focus on critical thinking, as the curriculum tends to backmap from IB.

Now, that does mean that K is much more rigorous than it was in the past.  But a good teacher can always make learning fun.  And much of 2.0 includes discourse, which often translates into structured, truly collaborative group work.

Again, it's how the teacher approaches 2.0 and scaffolds lessons to meet the needs of his/her students.

19:13's comments seem a bit outdated.[b]  Curriculum 2.0 does not emphasize the use of worksheets.  It emphasizes problem solving.[/b][/quote]

Really?  It must be differently implemented in different schools then.  We've not noticed any let up in the onslaught of worksheets in the past 2 years of Curriculum 2.0.  Hoping that changes next year in a HGC, as we've been promised it will.  Our child who loves to learn has come to hate school largely because of all the mind-numbing worksheets.  [/quote]

And that is truly sad.

Again, if a teacher isn't at that level, the lessons will reflect that.  It is a very difficult transition for many elementary school teachers.

The weeding out should occur at the college level when students begin to choose their majors.  Sadly, the university system isn't set up that way.  [/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics