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Post by bazeballmom3 on Sept 27, 2006 13:40:24 GMT -6
6th grade this year, I knew about the workshops but i have a slight advantage i have family that teaches math. So if I have a problem i call her.
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Post by ctownvillian on Sept 27, 2006 15:26:53 GMT -6
why don't they just bring back paddling kids that gets their attention alot faster than sending them home.
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Post by heathwaldrop on Sept 27, 2006 15:33:10 GMT -6
How can you help with homework when you don't understand the NEW way. I can't even tell you how many other parents I've heard say this exact same thing. If it makes you feel any better, the program isn't a hit with teachers, either. Did you read what they said about it in that consultant report? |
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Post by Kim_Day on Sept 27, 2006 16:20:42 GMT -6
They do still paddle at the lower grades....not sure if they do at Daniels. Even if we did, it would be something else for people to complain about. Besides, I think it is ridiculous to paddle an 18 year old kid. It just doesn't mean the same thing at that age as it does in the lower grades.
I know some of the new programs they are offering will take some time for people to adjust to, but they are meant to improve academic performance. The reason Everyday Math was chosen for Crossett is mainly based on the fact that the schools performing the highest in the state on the Benchmark are using Everyday Math. It is proven to work and if you noted how fantastic Anderson's scores were this year, I think you can see why. As we hear one million times a year, kids aren't the same as they were 20 years ago and cannot be taught in the same way. I think they call it "stepping outside the box." Anything in the name of improving their education.
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Post by ctownvillian on Sept 27, 2006 16:28:41 GMT -6
welli really dont liek the master math thing they are doing i know my lil brother has really had a hard time with it. All i realy got out
of it is you either pass or fail
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Post by Kim_Day on Sept 27, 2006 16:36:32 GMT -6
I have to respectfully disagree with you there ctown. I teach a mastery class and have first hand knowledge. It is a pretty simple concept. If you can't master a set of objectives, you don't go to the next one until you do. Makes sense! The problem now is that kids keeping moving on when they don't have a clue what is going on. It is to help children scaffold their learning...basically building on their prior knowledge.
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Post by emily on Sept 27, 2006 17:05:38 GMT -6
I have to respectfully disagree with you there ctown. I teach a mastery class and have first hand knowledge. It is a pretty simple concept. If you can't master a set of objectives, you don't go to the next one until you do. Makes sense! The problem now is that kids keeping moving on when they don't have a clue what is going on. It is to help children scaffold their learning...basically building on their prior knowledge. That sounds alot like DI. Is it all part of the same thing? I know from listening to my mom, that the kids don't move on in their reading groups, until they have mastered one section. If they don't get it, then they go back and do it again until everyone gets it. |
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Post by ctownvillian on Sept 27, 2006 17:13:57 GMT -6
well something else i know is that now that i am in college i really wasnt prepared for it as much as my fellow student are . it seems as though they already knew more tan i did so i have to work twice as hard to play catch up.
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Post by Kim_Day on Sept 27, 2006 18:25:01 GMT -6
Any class can be taught using the mastery concept...it has everything to do with the type of teaching strategies are used in the classroom. DI does use the same concept as mastery, but is in a world of its own!  Ctown...I hate to hear that! So many kids are not prepared and that is so sad, but we are working hard on changing that. I myself had to take remedial Algebra three times before I passed it. Alot of it had to do with my attitude at the time b/c once I finally got my head screwed on right, I passed College Algebra with an A the first time around. |
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Post by heathwaldrop on Sept 27, 2006 19:18:53 GMT -6
I think the problem that people have with EveryDay Math is how it has been implemented. That's what the teachers noted in the consultants' report...wasn't put in incrementally, first of all, and second of all the program is designed to be instructed over a 75-minute period yet just 55 minutes are blocked off for it here.
I've never seen it first-hand and therefore don't really understand it, so I can't make a judgment on it but these are the things that I've been hearing. I've seen DI first hand and don't care for it.
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Post by Kim_Day on Sept 27, 2006 19:31:40 GMT -6
Another component of Everyday Math is how much family is involved with the nearly nightly worksheets. It has been fantastic for both my kids. We use things around the house and apply math concepts to them. That is the main purpose. Research has proven that if kids can take educational principles and apply them to real life, they will retain the info much better. This is also an excellent way to get families involved. I love the family letters they send home. They have an enormous amount of info for parents.
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Post by ctownvillian on Sept 27, 2006 20:34:57 GMT -6
the thing is i am good at math just the english get me. i mean i do math everyday in the calsses i go to. i just couldntbeleive how far behind i am on the english compared to the other people.
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Post by stevesanders on Sept 28, 2006 9:12:03 GMT -6
Hogdog, you're right. They're outta here!
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Post by bazeballmom3 on Sept 28, 2006 9:59:02 GMT -6
Are you saying uniforms are no longer, when does it start??? If that's what you mean.
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Post by stevesanders on Sept 28, 2006 10:43:34 GMT -6
Probably know next board meeting. Logical time would be either end of semester, or school year.
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Post by heathwaldrop on Sept 28, 2006 16:25:53 GMT -6
Not until that vote has been taken. Board has to vote to have them removed. Took an act of the board to put them into place and will take an act of the board to have them removed.
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Post by Kim_Day on Sept 28, 2006 19:36:45 GMT -6
Have you seen a school board agenda? It will take more than 1 person's vote to get rid of the uniform policy. There is no way they are going to change the uniform policy in the middle of the year. If and when it is discussed and voted on, the action would not be carried out until the beginning of the 07-08 school year.
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Post by heathwaldrop on Sept 28, 2006 19:55:57 GMT -6
As of this afternoon around 3 p.m., there was no agenda available to the public yet. It wouldn't surprise me if it is on there--that's what I've been hearing. It also wouldn't surprise me if it get voted out eventually at some point. It WOULD surprise me if it happens as soon as the next meeting and it would surprise me even more if the policy is repealed for the spring semester.
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Post by Kim_Day on Sept 28, 2006 20:15:43 GMT -6
I agree....it has to go or it has got to be schoolwide!
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Post by greeneagle on Oct 1, 2006 13:28:33 GMT -6
The fashion issue of uniforms can be handle by providing all studenst with lab coats to be worn due school hours......
This will give the teacher a quick reference of who a student and who's not.....is this why we have cameras?
Thus all Kids looks the same....
Now as for Daily math....it's a joke 1 + 1 is always 2, only one way to explain it...it's that simple....reason for homework is to get the kids parent involved in their education....this is good, but it's also bad......when the kids parents are too busy to be involved such as after school events, such as sport and others things suc as work...other words not enough time...
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