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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Current Navy AAP 5th grader, has done 2 assigned book club, is asked to read 10 books each quarter, teacher would sit next to individual student to discuss/assist ( observed when volunteered outside classroom). Teachers assigns writing/report/vocabularies etc and math practice nearly everyday. AAP and Gen Ed students mixed in specials but not LA Arts and Math ( not all students are in advanced LA Arts and Advanced Math, a couple of more advanced join AAP 6th grader for math). Don’t know about pre Covid, but the policy is 2 AAP class teachers teach both classes in case one has to take sick leave, the same may apply for Gen Ed classes. [/quote]

I call BS. There is no way they are asked to read 10 [u]grade level appropriate or advanced level  [/u]books each quarter. That is more than one per week. While many kids can certainly read that many books, there is no way the teacher is asking them all to do so.[/quote]

DP. It's true. There are two current 5th grade AAP teachers and the LA teacher told the parents at the open house she challenges the kids to read 40 books in the year. And you know what? My DC panicked at first, but now is on track, has discovered two new series she really likes, and asked for books for Christmas for the first time. Prior to this, she read the least of my DCs.[/quote]

If I am reading correctly, they are not assigned books but books they kids pick on their own and have some time to read at school. DS’s Teacher at Fox Mill does the same thing but I there is not a goal number of books.

I know that DS finished the longer book he had brought in home and told us he reading books from the class library. The ones he mentioned are a lot shorter then the book he took in at the beginning of the year, which is fine. I tend to be in the camp of reading is reading. He needs to read a chapter book for his 30 minutes of reading at home and after that can read whatever he wants. If he is reading I Survived books from the classroom library then cool enough. His Teacher tells us the I Survived series are level appropriate for fifth grade, I think it is probably a bit easy but it is an interesting take on learning about history so who cares.[/quote]

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