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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What grade would you expect kids to start reading a classroom chapter book? Mine had reading groups where each kid in a group read the same chapter book but they never finished the book. The next grade the teacher did a whole book for the whole class but she did it as a read aloud where the kids just listened. When do kids read a whole book with pages assigned every night with a book report or something at the end?[/quote]

I don't leave these things to the school anymore.  My youngest is reading chapter books at the end of First Grade.  What they were teaching versus what she is capable of reading just didn't align. We are working through the Ivy and Bean and she gets a big prize if we can finish book 12 by the end of the summer.

Same with math.  Not happy with school math - they have zero differentiation in first grade for kids who are ahead, so we are doing Beast Academy, and we are doing a mixture of online and books.  She likes online better because she likes the videos, so this is an example of how technology and Ed Tech can be helpful.  I'm blown away by how much mental math she's learned on Level One - she can add and subtract 2-digit numbers in her head, fast.  Per their strategy, I haven't even taught her the algorithm yet for carrying and borrowing.

[b]It just takes an hour every evening, and we make it fun[/b]. School is for art, PE, recess, socializing, music. One hour of homework is for learning.  [/quote]

I did this for 7 years and it was exhausting. It was such a relief to switch my kids to a private school where there was learning during the out-of-the-house block, so I wasn't trying to take exhausted kids and cram the multiplication tables in their head through some sort of game.[/quote]

Does your private school have a gifted program? The only reputable private within a 30-minute drive of our house does not believe in differential learning.  [/quote]

Most privates don’t need a gifted program. They take average to above average kids, teach the basics, and they do it well. Kids do not slip through the cracks. There are always one or two kids with learning differences or other challenges and they get resource or specialist help. See also, parish schools. [/quote]

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