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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]NP. School buildings may not have been closed for two full years, but if you don't think that the lack of in-person learning for more than a year played a role in declines, you aren't being honest.[/quote]
The 4th graders being tested had virtual kindergarten.  It's crazy to think that didn't have an effect on learning.[/quote]

I didn't go to k back in the 60s. None of the neighbor kids did either. A lot of our schools  didn't offer it. [/quote]

Now we do and there are kinder standards that were taught virtually. Poorly taught virtually actual. Keep up with line of logic, please.[/quote]

[b]Kindergartners were the least affected out of all the grades. I’m sure it had an effect on some kindergartners but the majority were able to do just fine.[/b]   There’s nothing done in kindergarten that parents can’t handle.  Read books, do art, colors, shapes, letters, simple words, workbooks for writing numbers and letters.  All set for first grade. M
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Uh, no, kids learn to read in kindergarten now.  Most K kids can write several sentences on a topic.  And being virtual did absolutely hurt them.  I'm a K teacher and did my best to really teach during covid but it wasn't good for anyone.[/quote]

It’s easy to catch up if you don’t go to kindergarten.   They aren’t reading chapter books.  If the parents didn’t do this simple work with them there is probably an aid in the class to help them catch up [/quote]

I'm not a teacher but have volunteered a lot in different elementary schools and also worked as an aide and sub. By all accounts at different schools, the kids who are currently in 4th grade were very much affected by the pandemic and are a cohort with significant behavioral and academic gaps. I hope it's better now, but I remember 2 years ago seeing one of the 2nd grade teachers throwing her hands up and basically admitting there's nothing she could do about her class.
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