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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My kids are in mcps.  My second grader has grammar homework every week, and my older one did too (it's usually sentences that they have to correct).
And they do learn a lot of "substance,". The 5th and 6th grace social studies curriculum covers American history pretty comprehensively.  And the earlier years now use a lot of non-fiction in the reading classes as a way of getting more "content" into the curriculum--for example, the second graders are reading biographies of famous Americans then presenting to the class.  
The problem is that there is just a LOT to teach nowadays.  And if kids aren't exposed to stuff outside school through reading, visiting museums/local historical sites/national and state parks, and watching educational programming, they are just going to have gaps in their knowledge.  For instance, I'm not sure that the American history curriculum would explicitly mention mount Vernon, since it's mostly just Washington's retirement home....but kids whose parents have the means and desire to do weekend outings would know about it and would have visited it.  [/quote]

Which school?[/quote]
DP.. same as that ^^PP.   Non W cluster; FARMS rate around 20%. And yes, we've been to Mt. Vernon.  I have volunteered from K to 3rd grade, and they do indeed read non fiction books.  There is one kid in my DC's class who is very behind.  I'm not sure if this kid has SN but the kid is an URM, and I think is from a low income background (kid told me what parents do for work - menial job).  I don't think this kid is dumb, but I can see how this kid probably doesn't get much attention at home as far as academics is concerned (parents have four kids).  When I work this kid one on one, this kid seems to get it. But the kid needs *lots* of individualized attention; gets easily distracted, but not sure if it's because kid is bored or has ADHD or something.  I feel bad for the kid and teacher.[/quote]

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