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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous] 90 minutes of reading, 75 minutes of math, and 75 minutes of science. We have 20 minutes scheduled for writing and 20 minutes for social studies, but I rarely get to those two subject areas because our reading time takes up the whole morning. We are using a guided reading with rotating centers.

Our school days is 9-3:45. Our snack time is 15 minutes long in the afternoon. The 15 minutes that we use for snack is actually part of our science time. We use FOSS (Full Option Science System) for science.
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Nowhere in the Common Core State Standards are teachers told how long they must have for math and reading and science.

Those rules come from the State Board of Education.

I think it is high time that the State Boards step back from micromanaging teachers and class schedules with a set time period for instruction.

That was necessary perhaps back when teachers weren't being evaluated in part by student test scores, and when teachers didn't have to follow Common Core Standards.    But if we teachers are expected to bring our students up to meet the standards, we need to have the freedom to choose how to spend our time best, doing that.

Eliminate State interference in the class schedule!   That's what people should be up in arms about.[/quote]

Amen, PP!  That's what I've been saying.  Most state boards are made up of highly partisan political appointees who don't know a damned thing about how to educate kids, but know a lot about bureaucracy and their sanctimonious "beliefs.". I am going private, they are adopting the standards, and I expect all to be well because they don't have some political hacks telling them how to teach all day.  I realize not everyone can go private, but those who are in public are misidentifying the problem.  Common Core is just what they've all heard about from equally ignorant and inflammatory radio and TV commentators.[/quote]

How many classroom teachers were involved in the State Board of Education decision to make reading 90 minutes and only 10 minutes for recess?   Where's the transparency there??

I wish all these people up in arms against Common Core would be up in arms against mandatory scheduling from the state dept.[/quote]

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