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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My kid goes to a "top public" and I consider myself basically at 30-50% homeschool. I taught him to read in K, supplemented with math over 1st grade summer, and now have had to add some spelling book work into the mix. He goes to outside math now, since his 2nd grade teacher shared a curriculum link that explained that they are only expected to add within 20 by the end of the year, and "recognize" three digit numbers. At some point we will have to add writing. I assume most other parents have not read the curriculum details, because many are not doing additional math. I am horrified, and I went to a crappy public.[/quote]

We were in a similar situation, and after years of saving our kids are now at private. It's not even a top private, and the difference is night and day. My kids were in advanced math and the math in public is the only thing that is close to the regular track our private offers (and our private also offers some math acceleration, though probably not enough for the most advanced kids).

At one point my H said, "If we just send them to private, will you stop supplementing so much?" and I was like "YES!" and it has been true.[/quote]

I would love to know what workbooks or resources they use in private. Do they use Chromebooks/iPads in elementary school? [/quote]

No regular Chromebook or iPad useage. Typing during library (sometimes, many weeks they do a readaloud) and there is a computer cart that comes around sometimes for a special occasion, but that's not really different than when I was in elementary in the 90s and trips to the library to play Oregon Trail were a big deal. There is some computer use they suggest you do at home. The recommended computer usage is for typing practice. They also somewhat encourage websites for math fact practice (either Xtramath or Math Fact Lab) at home, but for math facts they also say you can do flashcards or a non-computer review option instead.

Spelling comes from Houghton Mifflin, as does vocabulary. Grammar is Easy Grammar (and the joke is that Easy Grammar is far from easy) and the related Daily Grams. Since my kids are too old for learn-to-read type curricula I don't know what they use for that. Upper elementary reading is a whole class novel study with pretty impressive comprehension and analysis done afterwards. Writing is different units, but there's much more formal instruction on how to do different types of writing than we're used to from public and also a lot more five paragraph essay type work. I don't know if there's a base curriculum - I don't see one if there is. Math is Singapore. Science has possibly been the biggest positive surprise - they do a ton of hands on labs! No idea where the science teacher gets them from, unfortunately. They aren't different than the kinds of things you can find on Pinterest, it's just that now my kids do them during the school day instead of over the summer.[/quote]

I’m the poster who posted above about my 2nd grader.

We’ve been thrilled with the science curriculum. This year they’ve gone to the Chesapeake Bay as part of a unit on ecosystems and later in the year they’ll dissect a cow’s eye.[/quote]

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