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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have a 1st grader in N Arlington (one of the areas cited by OP). My current 1st grader is pretty far ahead of his class in math on his Dreambox app and my older child was in “virtual” 1st grade.

You can see the Virginia state standards for Math and Reading online. My understanding is that at the end of the year most of all of the class should be meeting those standards. For Reading and Literacy, Arlington used Heggerty Phonics as part of the curriculum. My kids are really lukewarm about it, but I watched dozens of those videos during virtual school and thought they were great. My current student told me they don’t watch phonics videos and instead his teacher reads lists of words and does the hand motions live. For math, I pulled these papers out of his Friday Folder items sent home last week. He is adding 2 digit numbers (35+24) but on his worksheet none of the problems require “carrying the 1”. He is also practicing reading and making pictographs and bar charts with numbers under 10. He has to use the chart to answer simple word questions like “how many more chocolate bars are there than bags of marshmallows?” [/quote]

Also I am sorry it seems like other kids are mediocre. Perhaps your child is older for her grade? Both of my kids went to K on time, but one of my kids turned 7 in Nov of 1st grade and the other turned 7 in July after 1st grade. The range of abilities in k - 2nd is very wide. What seems like a “mediocre” 1st grader may just be a bright kid who happens to be 8-10 months younger than your kid. [/quote]

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