tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4420550527424427385.post7708141883114080814..comments2024-03-24T13:59:48.622-04:00Comments on HoneyFern School: What Should Children Read?Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00864154482652603010noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4420550527424427385.post-75233355619132384862012-11-27T11:28:01.217-05:002012-11-27T11:28:01.217-05:00I agree, and then saying that kids are "behin...I agree, and then saying that kids are "behind." I tutored a kindergartner last year who was a young kindergartner, and within the first two weeks of school his teacher was talking about retention. Absurd.<br /><br />If we would just pay attention to kids, not politics, when making educational decisions, the system would be a vastly different one!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00864154482652603010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4420550527424427385.post-84065875290241741422012-11-26T21:37:55.833-05:002012-11-26T21:37:55.833-05:00One of the travesties of the Common Core Curriculu...One of the travesties of the Common Core Curriculum is that they are pushing the learning to read to reading to learn bridge down in the 2nd to 3rd grade transition, rather than 3rd to 4th grade transition. 2nd graders and even many 3rd graders need more, not less, time to truly master reading fluently.katfrogghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06304647923477559640noreply@blogger.com