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It's Elementary: What is Being Taught in my Child's Classroom?
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Editor's note: Here's the first in a series of blogs exploring what's happening in our elementary classrooms. Your host is Nancy Mangum, a coordinating teacher in our Curriculum and Instruction Department. If you have any questions or suggestions, please feel free to hit the "feedback" link below. -- Chip Sudderth
You might be wondering what your child is learning each day when you send them off to school.
In Wake County the teachers teach the objectives outlined in the North Carolina Standard Course of Study for their grade level. To provide consistency from school to school, WCPSS has developed a pacing guide for all teachers to help them know when each objective from this standard course of study should be taught. Assessments are built into this guide to assist the teachers in gathering data about your child's progress.
The assessments are an important piece because they allow teachers to differentiate upcoming instruction so that each child gets what they need. For some students, they might need to review the objectives assessed because they have not yet mastered them. This might be done in small groups or one-on-one with the teacher or teacher assistant. For students who have mastered the objectives, the teacher knows that they are ready to move on and might even provide them with some enrichment or extension activities.
By teaching the objectives and assessing student mastery of the objectives, WCPSS's plan for teaching the North Carolina Standard Course of Study insures that all students learn the objectives and are prepared to go on to the next grade.
Next week's question: What should I ask about at a parent-teacher conference?
If you have any questions that you would like answered about your child's elementary classroom let us know!
Posted by Nancy Mangum at 4:45 PM on September 29, 2008 | Leave Feedback
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