Could your 8-9 year old complete a grammar worksheet? Write out an address correctly?

[Anonymous]

Yes. Our catholic school has grammar as its own class (separate from English, which is more like literature and writing.) My second grader does this every day.
However we don't really get History. We get social studies which I'd describe as geography. That's disappointing.

[Anonymous]

My 3rd grader can't do that worksheet but he's learning grammar right now in public school. We are in an affluent area and many parents hire professionals to help craft essays and life narratives, so the disconnect between college admissions and actual writing ability doesn't surprise me.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Do you think your 8 or 9 year olds could do reasonably well completing a grammar worksheet? Topics: commas in a series, commas in direct address, quotation marks to show speech, proper capitalization, end punctuation. Can they write an address correctly with the right abbreviations, capitalization, and punctuation? And if they can't, what age do you expect them to be able to?

Example Qs to correct:

1. no John you cant go to the park today

2. caracas venezuela is a city in south america

3. my address is 152 elm street sacramento ca 94203

Most 8-year-olds could do that. I think knowing to put a comma after the name of a city is the rule they often forget.

And then they have to remember not to use punctuation when addressing an envelope. That will probably come later.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My third grader is just now learning grammar and punctuation for the first time (other than basic capital at the beginning, period at the end).
I’m not sure what of your list he could on his own right now, but it’s like potty training- he’s not going to go to college not knowing how to use commas.

3rd grade is fine. Grammar is not something you learn in one sitting. Those worksheet are being used through middle school.

I hate semicolons.

[Anonymous]

Yes to 2 & 3, maybe on 1

[Anonymous]

Yes. My kids could. But my kids are avid readers.