Last year DS had 22 (the max) in his class (as well as the other 3 K classes).
It is the same this year (22), but I feel like his teacher this year can handle the juggle of the gifted kids/average kids/struggling kids much better. They do the WOW reading program and they just retested. He can now read the red level books (Magic Treehouse) and he is SOOOO excited that he can test on them now. He is way ahead in math too, but his teacher tries to challenge him there too. She really is awesome. There is a lot of social learning still going on in first grade, but the reading/spelling/math learning is way more than Kindergarten.
Last year parents could help out with reading with the kiddos, but this year because some parents made some snarky remarks, they no longer let parents help out academically. But they do have a reading buddy program twice a week with the fifth graders which is good. I come and help out with some art projects or make photocopies for the teacher when I can. I cannot imagine how she handles 22 6 and 7 year olds!!!
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