r/ClassOf2037

I ask because my little one was outside and pointed to the chimney saying “there’s where Santa comes down!”

What do your kids do after school? How many times per week? How much does it cost? Was it something they wanted to do on their own or did you tell them to pick one?

My husband and I made it a "rule" for our son to pick one activity each year. He has been in something since he was 3, but has quit most things and begged to not go after a few times. I am not sure if it is just a bad parenting move to make it a rule or let him stay home. We always let him choose and he has tried different things (soccer, baseball, martial arts, art, hero camp, jujitsu, ninja, gymnastics, swim). We told him when he turned 7 that if it was a sport/class, he was required to finish out the season. If it was a year-round one, he needed to stay in it for 3 months. Should we let him decide to quit sooner or just not even make it a requirement and let him stay home?

Does anyone have any experience with their boy doing gymnastics? My son did a two week summer camp at a gymnastics gym and he really liked it. It was pretty play based but still had some elements of gymnastics. We found a gymnastics gym near our house that offers beginner boy classes for boys 6-8 years old. I’m thinking of signing him up for a once a week class. He’s a pretty sensitive kid and is aware that some people think gymnastics is for girls. I’ve tried coaching him to stand up for himself but I still think he will take it hard if people start in on him. Has anyone had a boy in gymnastics? What is the vibe in the class? This is rec and not competitive if that makes a difference.

School started August 24th for us and we’re already having conferences on October 20th. It just seems too early to have conferences because school started 43 days ago and to me it just doesn’t seem like a lot of time for the teacher to see how each kid is doing academically after just starting school 43 days ago. Just seems too early to me.

I usually go overboard and get the yearbook, individual pictures, class pictures etc. I ask because my kids picture day is Wednesday and I just wondered what other parents are spending on packages and what they are getting for pictures

Basically the title, what does your school do for math or reading differentiation. We have always differentiated for reading (since Kindergarten) based on what specific skills a child needs to work on. If a child is above grade level they are put in a group where they basically work on comprehension and/or more creative writing and storytelling. For reference each classroom teacher (5 classes in his grade) takes a specific group and/or the reading recovery specialists and gifted and talented teachers also take a group.

For math it's an adventure because there is no formal differentiation until 4th grade. That's when they actually move to an accelerated or regular track with different material that continues through middle/high school. What enrichment looked like last year in 1st grade was on days they used iready for math which obviously gives you harder problems as it adapts to you but on days where it was classroom instruction everyone does the same thing. This year there is less emphasis on tablets (yay!) so everyone gets the same but the G&T specialist is supposed to work with the classroom teachers to provide enrichment for the students who need it (my son is on that list) but nothing has started yet. I'm glad iready is being used less because I think it has a ton of issues, but now I'm wondering how not really being challenge will go.

Overall, I'm just honestly curious what other schools do in 2nd grade and maybe pre-emptively slightly worried because my son's 1st grade teacher mentioned frustration at conferences that he would totally space out during math instruction but then he never had to ask questions when they went to do their individual work and easily did the work he was supposed to even though he didn't pay attention during the lesson. It was the case of him being bored or not engaged and but also it wasn't her biggest problem in the class so she was like it's not a big deal so I wasn't sure what to do with that info. Basically I told him hey even if you know the material be polite and focus on the teacher...and then she went out on maternity leave the rest of the year so I have no idea what occurred in class lol

For the record a month in it seems like his 2nd grade teacher is a much better fit for him and he likes her class so maybe we won't have a repeat of last year...but anyways what do your schools do?