clairecloutier
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Question for teachers/parents/grandparents of middle school and high school kids: Do your kids use textbooks in school?
My girls started 6th grade this year, and they do not have any textbooks or hands-on study aids so far (vocab lists, reference tools, workbooks, dictionaries, even homework pages, etc.) Everything is online. At first, I didn't think anything of it. But then the girls struggled when they started Spanish this past quarter. And I was thinking back to my own experience taking French in 6th grade, and how often I flipped around in my French textbook to check verb conjugations and vocab words. So now I am wondering about the lack of textbooks and other study aids. They go to a small public charter school, and I don't know how much funding may play into this. Curious to hear what other people's experiences are.
My girls started 6th grade this year, and they do not have any textbooks or hands-on study aids so far (vocab lists, reference tools, workbooks, dictionaries, even homework pages, etc.) Everything is online. At first, I didn't think anything of it. But then the girls struggled when they started Spanish this past quarter. And I was thinking back to my own experience taking French in 6th grade, and how often I flipped around in my French textbook to check verb conjugations and vocab words. So now I am wondering about the lack of textbooks and other study aids. They go to a small public charter school, and I don't know how much funding may play into this. Curious to hear what other people's experiences are.