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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How uneven is the grading / challenge across subjects? My 5th grader is doing well in every other class without much homework or concern. But in one class he is doing terribly - in spite of not much homework. Not blaming the teacher at all. Kid seems to have a lot of catch up to do.  We are supplementing some.[/quote]

I also have a fifth grader there and see something similar.  Is the class where the grade is weaker a class that they don’t have daily, e.g., Latin? Mine is not doing well in Latin and I think it is the infrequency. [/quote]

Not in middle - no. But Basis isn't kidding when they say that 5th grade is really about just skills. They will basically do Latin again from the beginnning next year, so don't sweat it too much. It's ok if they do poorly on one thing or another. The skills they need to learn - getting organized, learning to self advocate, learning to go to student hours when they need to, etc. is really the point of the year. I didn't really believe this when I was in your shoes, but by the end of the year it made more sense to me. Letting them fails is ok -- and probably a really good thing. [/quote]

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