The Washington State Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI) publishes learning benchmarks from birth through grade 12 and beyond. Once he enters elementary school, you can expect your child to learn specific concepts in specific years: Your kindergartner will learn that writing can be used for different purposes your second-grader will focus on punctuation your sixth-grader will learn about the water cycle and your 10th-grader will connect algebraic formulas to geometric concepts. How do kids learn best? Learning snapshotĪs part of your family’s back-to-school preparation, it’s worth moving beyond the school-supply check list and medical forms to take a look at the learning guides designed to give you a curriculum preview of the year ahead.ĭid you know that children begin developing key self-management skills, also known as executive function, at birth? Noticing how your child goes about trying something new, how she responds to new situations and challenges, can give you insights into her learning style. Really, we all want the answer to one simple, elusive question: Why are reading comprehension and multiplication tables so important in third grade? Why has there been a push for students to study algebra in eighth grade? Should kids be taught to read, add and subtract in preschool? The changing standards - and the conflicting reactions to them - certainly don’t make it any easier. Many parents, however, don’t necessarily understand the whys and hows of learning.
Many of us send our kids to school with blind faith that they will learn what they are supposed to, when they are supposed to. With the increased focus on the Common Core State Standards (a consistent set of learning standards in math and English language arts/literacy, currently implemented in 43 states, including Washington) and the Next Generation Science Standards (adopted by Washington in 2013), what kids learn has come under greater scrutiny. I wonder, what will my child learn this year? Amidst the anticipation and flurry of back-to-school shopping for clothes, boots, backpacks and school supplies, there might be a question lingering in the back of your mind:
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