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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My kid's FCPS 3rd grade reading group all read different books on their own that had nothing to do with one another. One reading a biography, another a science book, another a historical novel, and another a fantasy novel and then the teacher would ask about each one separately or ask the same question to all such as pick out a word you don't know which didn't really teach anything. I can't imagine a worse reading group than what we experienced in elementary. The only good part about the program was that my child had reading minutes and variety of novels but the portion with the teacher was useless. They could have just done this at home. There are plenty of great basal readers out there that teach language arts better than independent reading time even if they read fewer novels per year.[/quote]

Well there is a basal system in place for K-6 now. So we shall see if there are improvements. [/quote]

Any curriculum will fail if the teachers aren't taught the right instructional methods.

For at least one full generation, very few Ed Schools taught how to teach using methods which work, such as Phonics. If FCPS does not focus on helping those teachers learn the best way to teach the new curriculum, then it will seem to fail, even if the real issue is failure to provide the needed teacher supports. Sigh. [/quote]

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