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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Districts started to DROP her curriculum. She has never followed the science of reading. Her curriculum also doesn't promote knowledge. It's all about the $$$ for her. So sick of her cult and the teachers who think she is great. They have HARMED a generation or two of students in this country. Disgusting. [/quote]

Her writing program is equally dangerous. Having kids write flowery sentences before they formulate a structured sentence with a noun and a verb and have one topic to a paragraph and sequential order. If you have enough adjectives your writing is perfect and you are a writer to Lucy’s standards even if none of your writing makes any sense. [/quote]

As a parent supporting distance learning at home, I find the daily lessons incredibly confusing and vague.  They never make it clear what parts are actually supposed to be in the work and how they should be organized.  They might have nothing to do with which part of the story the kid is working on that day.  For the new unit, I’m going to resort to giving my son a short organized checklist from the beginning.  I also have to supplement mechanic and spelling a lot.

I do like that they have to write a lot every day, but it’s implemented in such a confusing way![/quote]

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