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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am all for it. While there are a lot of negatives such of lack of choice and teacher autonomy there are many pluses. The main one is that it will equalize the quality of teaching across the county. Your student will get the same reading instruction if they are being taught by a 30 year veteran teacher in a rich area or are be being taught by a teacher trainee or long term sub in a title one, the book literally tells you what to say. Right now there is reading “curriculum” but it is strongly suggested and many schools don’t even use the phonics lessons and use something else and the writing plans are minimal . The new curriculum is all inclusive and had reading comprehension , writing, grammar, and small group instruction.[/quote]T

That sounds kind of awful for teachers.  But I will admit that my older DC was taught to read with "Good readers look at the pictures" three-cueing, while my younger DC has gotten a decent amount of phonics.  And neither of them have a strong grasp of grammar and sentence structure, or have any grasp at all of formal writing.  Lucy Calkins has a lot to answer for.  [/quote]

Unless there is an older teacher sneaking those methods in three cueing is unheard of now. Most new teachers wouldn’t even be able to tell you what that is because colleges don’t teach it anymore.[/quote]

It was only 3 years ago.  I know that FCPS has really changed their reading curriculum, for the better.  If they change their writing curriculum, I'll be happy. I 'm not sure an entirely scripted all-inclusive reading and writing program is needed - I guess we'll see how it is.  What our teachers need more of is autonomy, not more scripts.  [/quote]
100% agree with you. My current 5th grader was taught with the Lucy Calkins method and it took two years of tutoring to get her up to the appropriate reading level (one of those years was online due to Covid), but her writing is still atrocious and she doesn't know any grammar and she can't spell. [/quote]+1 with 6th grader.  What is the plan to catch these kids up with grammar and spelling? Hopefully, outside help has brought people to read ok.  But, grammar and spelling needs brought up. There seems to be several years of students who missed a lot because of no appropriate curriculum, just following the guess the word by looking at the picture method and told to write one Lucy Calkin’s ‘fun’ essay after another with no real writing training. [/quote]

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