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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]4th grader in a 35% (IIRC)  FARMS school.

10 minutes of morning meeting, 30 minutes of LA, and 30 minutes of Math, Monday -Thursday.  1 hour of office hours those days.  Plus the LA teacher reads to the kids daily (but DD already read the book and isn’t participating).

This week, DD has 15 minutes of book club and 15 minutes of small groups for math.  She had 30 minutes of lunch bunch and another invite she did not take up.

The kids are getting a ton of assignments and quizzes on Google Classroom.  Easily 3-4 hours worth of work daily, longer on some days (tomorrow is one of them).  LA instruction is commingled with Social Studies and Science as well.  They are apparently getting a Horizon assessment on Monday.

Overall, DD assesses that they are doing A LOT more work now than they were doing in school, since there are no distractions.

The kids have specials too; we’re ignoring them for now.  [/quote]

Wow, this sounds really fantastic, and like a lot of work for the teacher.  Sounds like your DD has a great teacher and school environment!  Our teachers refuse to do reading groups - we've asked and other parents have asked too.  In first grade, reading is so important, I don't know why they wouldn't focus on that.  They'll have a bunch of second graders who are very behind.[/quote]

We’re immensely grateful for her teachers, who are so on the ball.  And it absolutely is a lot of work for them.  A lot of the work is also getting graded and returned quickly, with detailed comments and feedback.  I’m only sad that just when she got some fantastic teachers, the school year went sideways.  [/quote]

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