Comments on: How are US kids taught at primary schools? http://achildrensbooks.com/469/how-are-us-kids-taught-at-primary-schools/ We Carry Your Childrens' Favorite Books Fri, 30 Apr 2010 04:15:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: ? http://achildrensbooks.com/469/how-are-us-kids-taught-at-primary-schools/comment-page-1/#comment-1171 ? Thu, 18 Mar 2010 08:58:07 +0000 http://achildrensbooks.com/469/how-are-us-kids-taught-at-primary-schools/#comment-1171 It really just depends on the school district, school, and the teacher. All teachers have standards that they are held responsible to teach each of their students every year. Most schools do have textbooks or some kind of work book, but depending on how much funding the school has will determine how many books, which deterimes if students are able to take them home each day or not. From what I know of students do take most if not all of their work home for their parents, now whether the parents care to see it or not is another question. Most schools have parent teacher days where school is closed for a day and parents set a time to meet with their child's teacher and talk about the child's progress. Each teacher has their own teaching style. Usually teach the way they feel the most comfortable and the way the think is the most beneficial to their students. I hope this helps. It really just depends on the school district, school, and the teacher. All teachers have standards that they are held responsible to teach each of their students every year. Most schools do have textbooks or some kind of work book, but depending on how much funding the school has will determine how many books, which deterimes if students are able to take them home each day or not. From what I know of students do take most if not all of their work home for their parents, now whether the parents care to see it or not is another question. Most schools have parent teacher days where school is closed for a day and parents set a time to meet with their child’s teacher and talk about the child’s progress.

Each teacher has their own teaching style. Usually teach the way they feel the most comfortable and the way the reckon is the most beneficial to their students.

I hope this helps.

]]> By: itsjustme http://achildrensbooks.com/469/how-are-us-kids-taught-at-primary-schools/comment-page-1/#comment-1170 itsjustme Thu, 18 Mar 2010 02:27:31 +0000 http://achildrensbooks.com/469/how-are-us-kids-taught-at-primary-schools/#comment-1170 Not at all! However I can only attest to the public school systems in the State of Indiana. Here teachers really do very little 'teaching' like they used too. They actually are misnamed. They should be called assigners. The work is assigned in class and the children take the work home, without so much as an explanation as to how to do it. The parents are totally relied upon to do the actual teaching, and if the parents should happen not to be qualified to do this, then, too bad. You have to find a tutor for your children. I'm sorry, but the teachers of today have turned into custodial work assigners. Not at all! But I can only attest to the public school systems in the State of Indiana. Here teachers really do very small ‘teaching’ like they used too. They really are misnamed. They should be called assigners. The work is assigned in class and the children take the work home, without so much as an explanation as to how to do it. The parents are really relied upon to do the actual teaching, and if the parents should happen not to be qualified to do this, then, too terrible. You have to find a tutor for your children. I’m sorry, but the teachers of today have turned into custodial work assigners.

]]> By: sourtimes http://achildrensbooks.com/469/how-are-us-kids-taught-at-primary-schools/comment-page-1/#comment-1169 sourtimes Wed, 17 Mar 2010 20:41:43 +0000 http://achildrensbooks.com/469/how-are-us-kids-taught-at-primary-schools/#comment-1169 the kids are learning things they want to learn. and by them i mean the state. the less things your kid learns the best for them. and why? look around, everything is a big system, your kids, our kids are in it. the kids are learning things they want to learn. and by them i mean the state. the less things your kid learns the best for them. and why? look around, everything is a huge system, your kids, our kids are in it.

]]> By: Elyse K http://achildrensbooks.com/469/how-are-us-kids-taught-at-primary-schools/comment-page-1/#comment-1168 Elyse K Wed, 17 Mar 2010 01:53:59 +0000 http://achildrensbooks.com/469/how-are-us-kids-taught-at-primary-schools/#comment-1168 I can only speak for the schools in Ohio where I live. My kids had a lot of workbooks which they could write in when they were in elementary school. At the beginning of the school year, we paid $30-50 for these workbooks. They had textbooks that they could bring home too. Some teachers sent homework home on xeroxed sheets and some had them do problems from the textbook. It really depended on the grade and teacher. There were two formal parent teacher conferences a year. Every 4 1/2 weeks you received an interim report that gave you info about progress to date. I can only speak for the schools in Ohio where I live. My kids had a lot of workbooks which they could write in when they were in elementary school. At the beginning of the school year, we paid $30-50 for these workbooks. They had textbooks that they could bring home too. Some teachers sent homework home on xeroxed sheets and some had them do problems from the textbook. It really depended on the grade and teacher. There were two formal parent teacher conferences a year. Every 4 1/2 weeks you received an interim report that gave you info about progress to date.

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