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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am a 2nd grade teacher in a public school in MCPS. I am old school so we only use our Chromebooks for assessments. I ignore the admin telling me to have the kids on 30 mins to 1 hour a day. I have math games and enrichment packets with materials they can use and work together as a group to solve if they are early finishers. I used to have a science lab and writing center but the principal told me it was exclusive :( to the other kids who never got to finis in time or got pulled and had no access to them. I do have a smart board and I use it to display objectives and page numbers and pictures to read aloud primarily as they are from the curriculum but in Math, we use manipulative and I use a camera to guide the in math or we use natural materials including our bodies to show math concepts. Parents appreciate that I do not allow kids on screens. During indoor recess we use playdoh, puzzles,  legos, and a huge kitchen with checkout machine. The girls have a huge doll house. They love it![/quote]

This sounds like my 17-year old DD's 2nd grade classroom.  It was such a good experience for her in FCPS.  We have a large age gap between our two girls, and the younger one is currently in 2nd grade.  It's like night and day.  Screens for everything.  No play doh or wixi sticks.  No fast finishers packets and color by number to practice math facts.  No animal research and writing projects.  And we need to teach her all math and basic writing skills at home because the tech approach doesn't stick.  Wish she could have you as a teacher![/quote]

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