Anonymous
07/07/2025 23:08
Subject: Science as a special?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Whoever lumped MCPS into this, is wrong. Most 4th and 5th grades are departmentalized meaning there is a dedicated science and social studies teacher that students see daily. It's true K-3 switch on and off each quarter for science/social studies, but it's done daily during that dedicated block. MCPS might not be the best district either, but we don't simply focus on reading/math at the elementary level.
If you read the thread, you would know many DCPS schools departmentalize like this starting in 3rd, with a dedicated science/social studies teacher kids see daily.
Wait, what? I have two kids in DCPS elementary, one of whom just finished 3rd grade. While their school does departmentalize in 3rd, they absolutely don't have a dedicated science or SS teacher -- let alone one they see daily! The principal told parents that DCPS had instructed them to focus heavily on reading and math, so it wasn't even possible to meet the required hours on those subjects and even get another subject (like science) into the schedule.
Yeah, our elementary school departmentalized starting in 3rd, but there were only teachers for math, reading, and writing. Social studies was lumped into the reading and writing. Science was still a speical once or twice per week.
Whoever has ss and science everyday is not WOTP. WOTP budgets do not allow for that many teachers.
My kids had science every day WOTP. There were 4 classrooms of kids and four teachers per grade, two specialized in ELA/SS and two specialized in math/science.
Anonymous
07/02/2025 12:50
Subject: Science as a special?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Whoever lumped MCPS into this, is wrong. Most 4th and 5th grades are departmentalized meaning there is a dedicated science and social studies teacher that students see daily. It's true K-3 switch on and off each quarter for science/social studies, but it's done daily during that dedicated block. MCPS might not be the best district either, but we don't simply focus on reading/math at the elementary level.
If you read the thread, you would know many DCPS schools departmentalize like this starting in 3rd, with a dedicated science/social studies teacher kids see daily.
Wait, what? I have two kids in DCPS elementary, one of whom just finished 3rd grade. While their school does departmentalize in 3rd, they absolutely don't have a dedicated science or SS teacher -- let alone one they see daily! The principal told parents that DCPS had instructed them to focus heavily on reading and math, so it wasn't even possible to meet the required hours on those subjects and even get another subject (like science) into the schedule.
Yeah, our elementary school departmentalized starting in 3rd, but there were only teachers for math, reading, and writing. Social studies was lumped into the reading and writing. Science was still a speical once or twice per week.
Whoever has ss and science everyday is not WOTP. WOTP budgets do not allow for that many teachers.
Anonymous
07/02/2025 10:27
Subject: Science as a special?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Whoever lumped MCPS into this, is wrong. Most 4th and 5th grades are departmentalized meaning there is a dedicated science and social studies teacher that students see daily. It's true K-3 switch on and off each quarter for science/social studies, but it's done daily during that dedicated block. MCPS might not be the best district either, but we don't simply focus on reading/math at the elementary level.
If you read the thread, you would know many DCPS schools departmentalize like this starting in 3rd, with a dedicated science/social studies teacher kids see daily.
Wait, what? I have two kids in DCPS elementary, one of whom just finished 3rd grade. While their school does departmentalize in 3rd, they absolutely don't have a dedicated science or SS teacher -- let alone one they see daily! The principal told parents that DCPS had instructed them to focus heavily on reading and math, so it wasn't even possible to meet the required hours on those subjects and even get another subject (like science) into the schedule.