Looking ahead: 5th grade math curriculum

[Ken]

Does anyone know what the textbook used for fifth grade math in Seattle Schools will be next year?

I will not put up with the BS from SSD another year. I requested the step-grandsons textbook be allowed to be brought home over spring break and it was refused by the teacher.

I will buy a copy for next year.

The everyday math system is apparently too damn expensive if textbooks must be shared or horded.

If the entire program is outsourced, what are all those overpaid administrators doing at the district HQ besides job justification and CYA?

I was going to just quietly do this when the new year rolled around but the crossword puzzle sent home this week pushed me over the edge.

I knew most of the clues but that was because it was apparently created in the 80’s and used cultural references no one under 50 would have any idea about much less a ten year old. It was also pretty obvious that even the parents of classmates that are not familiar with American tv from the 70’s and 80’s, the bible and Disney films from 1939 would also be mystified by the clues.

Can anyone tell me if the textbook secrecy is a district wide rule or just a teacher or administrator who does not realize who paid for the damn things.

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[herongrrrl]

My daughter has been able to borrow a textbook from time to time, although her teachers have made it clear to her that they “aren’t supposed to” let her do so. So maybe that’s the district rule, but some teachers/schools are willing to bend it?

IMNSHO Everyday Math is horrible. I think I remember that very crossword assignment you mention from last year, and I had the same reaction about it. Unless something major has changed, Everyday Math is also the 5th grade math curriculum, although at my daughter’s school the teacher takes the initiative to add in some other materials from Singapore Math and the curriculum the feeder middle school uses (the name of which escapes me at the moment), to prepare the students for the transition next year.

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