Anonymous wrote:I had 2 DCs (different ages) go through ELC at the same ES, but with different teachers. The differences were massive. DC1 had a much more rigorous and useful experience than DC2. It's not about the curriculum but about the implementation. YMMV, but ask a lot of questions about the teachers and their approaches, and check with current parents.

+1. And this is consistently the problem that parents talk about in the district; the huge variance in expectations and alignment with standards and curriculum from school to school and teacher to teacher. I’m all for giving teacher autonomy to tailor things for the needs of their students. Similarly expectations and standards need to be high for ALL(from students to teachers to administrators). There is no reason PP should be saying the above.

I had 2 DCs (different ages) go through ELC at the same ES, but with different teachers. The differences were massive. DC1 had a much more rigorous and useful experience than DC2. It's not about the curriculum but about the implementation. YMMV, but ask a lot of questions about the teachers and their approaches, and check with current parents.

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Anonymous wrote:ELC experiences vary widely. My kid is in ELC and she does the CKLA curriculum and then for ELC and she is part of a book club. My friend's kid is in ELC and gets a different ELA class with a separate curriculum. You might want to email the school's reading specialist to figure out how the school implements ELC.

Then your kid is not in ELC. Your kid is in the CKLA enrichment pilot ELC is a different curriculum and at least as of now has no CKLA in it.

ELC is a different curriculum as acknowledged by Central Office. They are assessing this year using CKLA with enrichment options for some students and then determining what if any changes should be made to ELC curriculum to initialize all or parts of CKLA.

Correct, but that doesn’t change that the person who said her kid is in ELC is incorrect. The pilot is not ELC.

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Anonymous wrote:ELC experiences vary widely. My kid is in ELC and she does the CKLA curriculum and then for ELC and she is part of a book club. My friend's kid is in ELC and gets a different ELA class with a separate curriculum. You might want to email the school's reading specialist to figure out how the school implements ELC.

Then your kid is not in ELC. Your kid is in the CKLA enrichment pilot ELC is a different curriculum and at least as of now has no CKLA in it.

ELC is a different curriculum as acknowledged by Central Office. They are assessing this year using CKLA with enrichment options for some students and then determining what if any changes should be made to ELC curriculum to initialize all or parts of CKLA.

Anonymous wrote:ELC experiences vary widely. My kid is in ELC and she does the CKLA curriculum and then for ELC and she is part of a book club. My friend's kid is in ELC and gets a different ELA class with a separate curriculum. You might want to email the school's reading specialist to figure out how the school implements ELC.

Then your kid is not in ELC. Your kid is in the CKLA enrichment pilot ELC is a different curriculum and at least as of now has no CKLA in it.

Any kid who likes to read and discuss. It's elementary so it's not hard but just fun. I don't think your child has to be a 99th percentile student but definitely a fluent reader who does not consider reading "work."

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Anonymous wrote:Looking over my DDs assignments, I'm not that impressed with the ELC curriculum. The content is over her head and it's not teaching her necessary fundamental skills. My son did the ELC curriculum as well in the gifted magnet--he also didn't learn the fundamentals of writing-- I had to teach him how to write a basic paragraph/essay.

How do you teach how to write a basic paragraph/essay? As a parent, is there an instruction guide for me to follow to teach?

The same way you as a parent would write a paragraph or essay.

-Topic Sentence
-3-5 supporting sentences
-Conclusion


- Introductory Paragraph
- Topic paragraphs and analysis
- Wrapup/Conclusion

Anonymous wrote:Looking over my DDs assignments, I'm not that impressed with the ELC curriculum. The content is over her head and it's not teaching her necessary fundamental skills. My son did the ELC curriculum as well in the gifted magnet--he also didn't learn the fundamentals of writing-- I had to teach him how to write a basic paragraph/essay.

How do you teach how to write a basic paragraph/essay? As a parent, is there an instruction guide for me to follow to teach?

Looking over my DDs assignments, I'm not that impressed with the ELC curriculum. The content is over her head and it's not teaching her necessary fundamental skills. My son did the ELC curriculum as well in the gifted magnet--he also didn't learn the fundamentals of writing-- I had to teach him how to write a basic paragraph/essay.

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Anonymous wrote:Personally, I think all students should have access to ELC. Benchmark was a waste of time. Harmful even. ELC should be standard.

Benchmark is gone. The new base curriculum is very good and more challenging. I am personally be reluctant to put my kid in ELC now that the base curriculum is good. ELC seemed to just be an escape from Benchmark. MCPS wrote the ELC curriculum itself, which gives me very little faith in it.

My kid is in ELC now. I was really looking forward to ELC this year for my kid, but now that the new curriculum is here, I really don't think it is needed as much. I mean, I wouldn't say that it is bad that she is in it, but its not necessary the way that it used to be. The new curriculum is so challenging and engaging - it is more than enough!

ELC experiences vary widely. My kid is in ELC and she does the CKLA curriculum and then for ELC and she is part of a book club. My friend's kid is in ELC and gets a different ELA class with a separate curriculum. You might want to email the school's reading specialist to figure out how the school implements ELC.

Anonymous wrote:Personally, I think all students should have access to ELC. Benchmark was a waste of time. Harmful even. ELC should be standard.

Benchmark is gone. The new base curriculum is very good and more challenging. I am personally be reluctant to put my kid in ELC now that the base curriculum is good. ELC seemed to just be an escape from Benchmark. MCPS wrote the ELC curriculum itself, which gives me very little faith in it.

Anonymous wrote:Personally, I think all students should have access to ELC. Benchmark was a waste of time. Harmful even. ELC should be standard.

Wait are they still using Benchmark? Wtaf

Personally, I think all students should have access to ELC. Benchmark was a waste of time. Harmful even. ELC should be standard.

I found the other thread on Compacted Math very interesting and thought I'd ask the same about the Enriched Literacy Curriculum. What kinds of kids will benefit from and do well in the ELC? How challenging is the work? Is it a good fit for kids who are bright and like to read/write but are not highly gifted/years ahead of grade level, or are there some major downsides to having kids who are not highly gifted participate in the ELC? Any advice on how to tell if your child is well-suited for it or not (if they're not a 99th percentile kid where it's obvious)?