Anonymous
11/16/2024 16:57
Subject: Feedback on Amplify - new ELA curriculum
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Well my Jewish 3rd grader just brought home the first reading of the Ancient Rome unit and it talks about Jesus. I get he’s historical but I’m bothered that there is any reference to Jesus in a school curriculum.
I’ve liked Amplify to this point…
Yeah the Amplify history content is pretty lousy in general. It's the kind of stuff I'd expect from the '90s, not modern times when I'd think there'd be a little more sensitivity to the fact that dominant groups (white, Western, Christian, etc) are not in fact the center of the universe and the only ones whose perspective really matters. It kind of sucks that thie is the content my kids will be getting years of, honestly, but that's probably something for a different post...
The Amplify curriculum isn’t the MCPS Social Studies curriculum though. So maybe that’s a feedback to give your teacher/school about the curriculum is that it would be better to integrate the MCPS social studies curriculum and Amplify history portions.
Anonymous
11/11/2024 21:34
Subject: Re:Feedback on Amplify - new ELA curriculum
Okay, as a teacher there are MANY mean kids who act out in the accelerated classes. What the heck!? They may not be acting out because they don't understand the curriculum but plenty of kids in advanced classes have behavior issues/and or are frequently mean. My god. Tell me you've spent no time in an actual classroom without telling me you've spent no time in an actual classroom.
Anonymous
11/11/2024 20:19
Subject: Feedback on Amplify - new ELA curriculum
Anonymous wrote:Well my Jewish 3rd grader just brought home the first reading of the Ancient Rome unit and it talks about Jesus. I get he’s historical but I’m bothered that there is any reference to Jesus in a school curriculum.
I’ve liked Amplify to this point…
Yeah the Amplify history content is pretty lousy in general. It's the kind of stuff I'd expect from the '90s, not modern times when I'd think there'd be a little more sensitivity to the fact that dominant groups (white, Western, Christian, etc) are not in fact the center of the universe and the only ones whose perspective really matters. It kind of sucks that thie is the content my kids will be getting years of, honestly, but that's probably something for a different post...
Anonymous
11/11/2024 19:57
Subject: Feedback on Amplify - new ELA curriculum
Do they actually send home readings??? I have a 3rd grader and we get nothing!
Anonymous wrote:Well my Jewish 3rd grader just brought home the first reading of the Ancient Rome unit and it talks about Jesus. I get he’s historical but I’m bothered that there is any reference to Jesus in a school curriculum.
I’ve liked Amplify to this point…
Anonymous
11/11/2024 19:30
Subject: Feedback on Amplify - new ELA curriculum
Anonymous wrote:Well my Jewish 3rd grader just brought home the first reading of the Ancient Rome unit and it talks about Jesus. I get he’s historical but I’m bothered that there is any reference to Jesus in a school curriculum.
I’ve liked Amplify to this point…
I'm an atheist but presuming this is about providing historical context for ancient Rome, this does not bother me. Are you worried the curriculum is proselytizing?
Anonymous
11/11/2024 18:51
Subject: Feedback on Amplify - new ELA curriculum
Well my Jewish 3rd grader just brought home the first reading of the Ancient Rome unit and it talks about Jesus. I get he’s historical but I’m bothered that there is any reference to Jesus in a school curriculum.
I’ve liked Amplify to this point…
I’ve liked Amplify to this point…
Anonymous
11/11/2024 17:31
Subject: Feedback on Amplify - new ELA curriculum
Did your previously above grade level reader drop to on grade level with the new curriculum?
Anonymous
11/09/2024 14:16
Subject: Feedback on Amplify - new ELA curriculum
Do teachers and content specialists have some Q1 feedback regarding the Amplify CKLA curriculum?