wonderwoman
Cathlete
I'm in Rockland County NY and my 3rd grader is being taught this new curriculm. Anybody else dealing with this?
Core Curriculum
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GAmom
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Yes, I have two, also a 3rd grader in Georgia and we are on our second year of it...
My view of Common Core is another term for more assessments, testing and integrated learning but with less teacher teaching time. Seems like they are having to teach to the test and it seems to be so rigid that there is no exploring the subject.
I feel bad for the teachers having to get used to another change and am pretty disappointed that our state has adopted it. My son now has his spelling test integrated with language arts which should be a good thing but now when he misses a punctuation mark, because spelling is now given as word sentences.. it will show up as a deduction towards his spelling..
There are some pretty funny cartoon like video's on youtube; why we need common core.
hope your experience with it is better than mine...
My view of Common Core is another term for more assessments, testing and integrated learning but with less teacher teaching time. Seems like they are having to teach to the test and it seems to be so rigid that there is no exploring the subject.
I feel bad for the teachers having to get used to another change and am pretty disappointed that our state has adopted it. My son now has his spelling test integrated with language arts which should be a good thing but now when he misses a punctuation mark, because spelling is now given as word sentences.. it will show up as a deduction towards his spelling..
There are some pretty funny cartoon like video's on youtube; why we need common core.
hope your experience with it is better than mine...
wonderwoman
Cathlete
I feel the same way. I can't even help my daughter with her 3rd grade math homework because I dont understand what they want. The way that they want these kids to do the work it's just not right. I understand the whole idea behind it but there has to be a better way of implementing it.
My town (teachers/moms) is making big waves against it in hope to stop the common core or at least postpone it.
My town (teachers/moms) is making big waves against it in hope to stop the common core or at least postpone it.
Another perspective...
I am an educational consultant for one of the states that is implementing the Common Core. I encourage you to talk with the teachers and possibly read the introductions to the standards themselves. The Common Core standards identify what students should be able to know and do by the end of each grade. It does not define how teachers should teach or what materials, activities, strategies, or methods that should be used to reach the standards. The curriculum chosen by the school hopefully aligns with the Common Core. The ultimate goal is to make sure the students are prepared for college and a career. I am not familiar with the math standards, because I am a literacy consultant, but I like how the standards place more of an emphasis on ALL teachers being responsible for the literacy of the students. I want my daughter, who is in 4th grade, to be able to read and understand the complexities of science and soc. studies text at the 4th grade level, which is written differently than narrative text. Students certainly have to learn different strategies to engage in different kinds of texts. The teachers should know what those strategies are and how to explicitly teach students how to use these strategies. In my state, the Common Core will not require more testing, but just a different state test that students have to take annually anyway. I just wanted to share another view, so I hope this give some additional information.
I am an educational consultant for one of the states that is implementing the Common Core. I encourage you to talk with the teachers and possibly read the introductions to the standards themselves. The Common Core standards identify what students should be able to know and do by the end of each grade. It does not define how teachers should teach or what materials, activities, strategies, or methods that should be used to reach the standards. The curriculum chosen by the school hopefully aligns with the Common Core. The ultimate goal is to make sure the students are prepared for college and a career. I am not familiar with the math standards, because I am a literacy consultant, but I like how the standards place more of an emphasis on ALL teachers being responsible for the literacy of the students. I want my daughter, who is in 4th grade, to be able to read and understand the complexities of science and soc. studies text at the 4th grade level, which is written differently than narrative text. Students certainly have to learn different strategies to engage in different kinds of texts. The teachers should know what those strategies are and how to explicitly teach students how to use these strategies. In my state, the Common Core will not require more testing, but just a different state test that students have to take annually anyway. I just wanted to share another view, so I hope this give some additional information.