Redshirting August boy?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Redshirt. Am a September kid and my folks didn’t and I was too immature for most of my school aged years. When I finally grew up, crushed college and a top Ivy Law School, my folks noted they should have let me hang back for physical and emotional development reasons. Plus, you get an extra year with your kid. With boys, they are gone for good once they hit 22 so why not.

Why not? Because it’s not the right thing to do unless there is disability or illness.

Right for who? It is allowed so I am not sure what you mean by “not right”

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My kindergartener was also asked to write a personal narrative. Was asked to sign his name the very first day of school on a classroom promise. I’m not sure why PP isn’t being believed.

US public school in California.

My child was never asked to write a personal narrative in kindergarten and the vast majority are not either. I don’t believe you or anyone who claims such nonsense.

My kids definitely did this at BVR. They are short few sentences stories or recipes of sorts..

That’s not a personal narrative.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Redshirt. Am a September kid and my folks didn’t and I was too immature for most of my school aged years. When I finally grew up, crushed college and a top Ivy Law School, my folks noted they should have let me hang back for physical and emotional development reasons. Plus, you get an extra year with your kid. With boys, they are gone for good once they hit 22 so why not.

Why not? Because it’s not the right thing to do unless there is disability or illness.

Right for who? It is allowed so I am not sure what you mean by “not right”

Don’t be obtuse. You “crushed college” and attended a top Ivy school.

[Anonymous]

Here is a Lucy Calkins “Kindergarten Sampler” that goes into great detail about writing a personal narrative and other written stories. Not sure why the other PPs are so incredulous and skeptical. There is a ton of documentation about this. It’s definitely a common project.

https://www.heinemann.com/shared/marketingcontent/calkins-samplers/calkinssamp_gr0kfinal2.pdf

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My kindergartener was also asked to write a personal narrative. Was asked to sign his name the very first day of school on a classroom promise. I’m not sure why PP isn’t being believed.

US public school in California.

My child was never asked to write a personal narrative in kindergarten and the vast majority are not either. I don’t believe you or anyone who claims such nonsense.

My kids definitely did this at BVR. They are short few sentences stories or recipes of sorts..

That’s not a personal narrative.

They talked about favorite holiday, favorite food, how to books, etc. I think they called some “personal narratives”

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Redshirt. Am a September kid and my folks didn’t and I was too immature for most of my school aged years. When I finally grew up, crushed college and a top Ivy Law School, my folks noted they should have let me hang back for physical and emotional development reasons. Plus, you get an extra year with your kid. With boys, they are gone for good once they hit 22 so why not.

You only served to indicate that your parents did the right thing with sending you on time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My kindergartener was also asked to write a personal narrative. Was asked to sign his name the very first day of school on a classroom promise. I’m not sure why PP isn’t being believed.

US public school in California.

My child was never asked to write a personal narrative in kindergarten and the vast majority are not either. I don’t believe you or anyone who claims such nonsense.

My kids definitely did this at BVR. They are short few sentences stories or recipes of sorts..

That’s not a personal narrative.

They talked about favorite holiday, favorite food, how to books, etc. I think they called some “personal narratives”

And?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Here is a Lucy Calkins “Kindergarten Sampler” that goes into great detail about writing a personal narrative and other written stories. Not sure why the other PPs are so incredulous and skeptical. There is a ton of documentation about this. It’s definitely a common project.

https://www.heinemann.com/shared/marketingcontent/calkins-samplers/calkinssamp_gr0kfinal2.pdf

Has nothing to do with decision making surrounding red-shirting. Start your own thread instead of hijacking this one. There is already a Lucy Calkins one.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Here is a Lucy Calkins “Kindergarten Sampler” that goes into great detail about writing a personal narrative and other written stories. Not sure why the other PPs are so incredulous and skeptical. There is a ton of documentation about this. It’s definitely a common project.

https://www.heinemann.com/shared/marketingcontent/calkins-samplers/calkinssamp_gr0kfinal2.pdf

Go talk to your school board or superintendent about it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here is a Lucy Calkins “Kindergarten Sampler” that goes into great detail about writing a personal narrative and other written stories. Not sure why the other PPs are so incredulous and skeptical. There is a ton of documentation about this. It’s definitely a common project.

https://www.heinemann.com/shared/marketingcontent/calkins-samplers/calkinssamp_gr0kfinal2.pdf

Has nothing to do with decision making surrounding red-shirting. Start your own thread instead of hijacking this one. There is already a Lucy Calkins one.

The expectations in kindergarten are the absolute most important part of whether the redshirt. Kids without enough social emotional maturity tend to melt down when placed in an environment that expects them to act much older than they are. If K is geared towards 6 yos and almost 6 yos then a young 5 yo is likely to be unsuccessful.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here is a Lucy Calkins “Kindergarten Sampler” that goes into great detail about writing a personal narrative and other written stories. Not sure why the other PPs are so incredulous and skeptical. There is a ton of documentation about this. It’s definitely a common project.

https://www.heinemann.com/shared/marketingcontent/calkins-samplers/calkinssamp_gr0kfinal2.pdf

Has nothing to do with decision making surrounding red-shirting. Start your own thread instead of hijacking this one. There is already a Lucy Calkins one.

It is hard evidence that the anti-redshirters who are screaming about how the PP must have made up the story about the personal narrative in kindergarten are, per usual, ill-informed.

[Anonymous]

Thirteen pages in five hours. You all are incredible.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here is a Lucy Calkins “Kindergarten Sampler” that goes into great detail about writing a personal narrative and other written stories. Not sure why the other PPs are so incredulous and skeptical. There is a ton of documentation about this. It’s definitely a common project.

https://www.heinemann.com/shared/marketingcontent/calkins-samplers/calkinssamp_gr0kfinal2.pdf

Has nothing to do with decision making surrounding red-shirting. Start your own thread instead of hijacking this one. There is already a Lucy Calkins one.

The expectations in kindergarten are the absolute most important part of whether the redshirt. Kids without enough social emotional maturity tend to melt down when placed in an environment that expects them to act much older than they are. If K is geared towards 6 yos and almost 6 yos then a young 5 yo is likely to be unsuccessful.

Lucy Calkins is not the measure of whether to place a child in kindergarten or not. All children of those ages are socially and emotionally immature.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here is a Lucy Calkins “Kindergarten Sampler” that goes into great detail about writing a personal narrative and other written stories. Not sure why the other PPs are so incredulous and skeptical. There is a ton of documentation about this. It’s definitely a common project.

https://www.heinemann.com/shared/marketingcontent/calkins-samplers/calkinssamp_gr0kfinal2.pdf

Has nothing to do with decision making surrounding red-shirting. Start your own thread instead of hijacking this one. There is already a Lucy Calkins one.

It is hard evidence that the anti-redshirters who are screaming about how the PP must have made up the story about the personal narrative in kindergarten are, per usual, ill-informed.

You are ill-informed. I am a para-teacher for grades k-2 and never have my kindergartners been asked to write a personal narrative.
You’re issue is with schools that use the LC curicullum which is not the vast majority of kindergarten schools across the country.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Thirteen pages in five hours. You all are incredible.

DCUM Thunderdome!