Anonymous wrote:We were told at our school it's likely the teachers would rotate but the kids wouldn't rotate classrooms like they usually do. Of course, that was back in May and who knows what August will look like.

We were told at my school that we would likely not be departmentalized. It will be challenging for some teachers (like me) who feel much more comfortable with ELA than math (or the opposite), but we'll make it work somehow!

Anonymous wrote:$1,000 is not worth my or my family’s health. I don’t want to be guinea pig.

Same for me.

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Anonymous wrote:Why third grade? I can see for sixth and ninth as those students are changing schools but why third?

In a lot of schools, kids start rotating teachers in third. One for math, one for ELA. Maybe one for science. Etc.

Very true, but I’m not convinced they are going to be rotating teachers this year.

It's a grade with a lot of big jumps. Third grade really requires kids to put a lot of previously learned skills together and kicks things up academically. It's also the first grade we start testing.

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One way I've heard it put is that up to second grade, the focus is on learning to read. In third grade, that shift to reading to learn. The academics shift up, and the kids are expected to be reading independently, and will be synthesizing skills they've learned earlier. It's a big adjustment. At our school, they also have separate ELA and math teachers.

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Anonymous wrote:Why third grade? I can see for sixth and ninth as those students are changing schools but why third?

In a lot of schools, kids start rotating teachers in third. One for math, one for ELA. Maybe one for science. Etc.

Very true, but I’m not convinced they are going to be rotating teachers this year.

We were told at our school it's likely the teachers would rotate but the kids wouldn't rotate classrooms like they usually do. Of course, that was back in May and who knows what August will look like.

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Anonymous wrote:I was hoping this would be a good academic review opportunity for my 3rd grader. Now I'm getting concerned its going to be all social/emotional time which my DD absolutely hates.

You realize this I ant about actual instruction of anything? This is to test all the safety protocols and to figure out how to do arrival and dismissals.

I agree, there is no curriculum, schools are supposed to be planning that themselves. It’s seems like a way to test out safety procedure at the elementary, middle, and high school levels. None of my colleagues want to do it, so I’m assuming teachers from other schools will need to come in. $1,000 is not worth my or my family’s health. I don’t want to be guinea pig.

Anonymous wrote:I was hoping this would be a good academic review opportunity for my 3rd grader. Now I'm getting concerned its going to be all social/emotional time which my DD absolutely hates.

You realize this I ant about actual instruction of anything? This is to test all the safety protocols and to figure out how to do arrival and dismissals.

Anonymous wrote:I was hoping this would be a good academic review opportunity for my 3rd grader. Now I'm getting concerned its going to be all social/emotional time which my DD absolutely hates.

Why are you concerned that is going to be SEL? It is 2 hours a day of SEL. That was clearly communicated to everyone. Why would you sing your kid up for something they’ll ‘hate’ half of?
Also- there is no budget or supplies/resources for the academic work. Not sure what will actually be covered

I was hoping this would be a good academic review opportunity for my 3rd grader. Now I'm getting concerned its going to be all social/emotional time which my DD absolutely hates.

Anonymous wrote:4 hours a day. 2 hour of academics- with no curriculum or budget. Then 2 hours of SEL. Once again no curriculum or budget. I am the sped teacher so I’ll be floating in between the rooms. 8 kids, plus 1 teacher, plus 1 me = ten.

I’ll do yoga & meditation in the two hours.

Your rotating among rooms effectively makes it one big group of 20 or 30, not 2 or 3 groups of 10. If this is DC's attempt to get the safety plans perfected, they need to think it through.

I hope this will eliminate parcc for good. Or at least for next year. It’s a waste of three weeks

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Anonymous wrote:Why third grade? I can see for sixth and ninth as those students are changing schools but why third?

In a lot of schools, kids start rotating teachers in third. One for math, one for ELA. Maybe one for science. Etc.

Very true, but I’m not convinced they are going to be rotating teachers this year.

It's a grade with a lot of big jumps. Third grade really requires kids to put a lot of previously learned skills together and kicks things up academically. It's also the first grade we start testing.