2nd grade FCPS kid doesn't know what an adverb is. Is that normal?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Writing is one of the main reasons I am sending my child to Catholic school starting in MS. Spelling, grammar and handwriting doesn't seem to matter one bit in public ES. My DS can hand in a mess for a writing assignment and get an A on it. When I ask the teachers about it, they say they have to grade from a rubric. Apparently, these things don't matter.

This is so true. I am literally shocked what comes home with a 4 on it. I don't care if he knows the content if his writing is nearly illegible and he is writing all over the page with no punctuation. Hand it back and ask him to try again neatly.

[Anonymous]

I am an ESOL teacher and ironically, my lesson tomorrow from my 3rd grade ESOL book is on adverbs. The book describes adverbs as words that describe when, where or how things happen. Once, then, later, first, suddenly, away, close are all adverbs.

More simply, an adverb modifies a verb. The fox ran quickly. Suddenly, he had to leave. Put it away.

This is opposed to an adjective which modifies a noun. The green jacket was heavy. The angry poster pounded keyboard.

Just to educate the person who makes 400K per year.

It is really necessary to know grammar if you are learning a foreign language by the second language classroom method (as opposed to immersion). It is helpful if you are trying to learn the correct formal use of the language.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I teach 4th grade AAP and I teach all parts of speech at the beginning of the year because we reference it all year in our writing. There are a few kids who do not pay attention and still don't know what an adverb is.

You are the exception not the rule in FFX County.

Of course, AAP. Where all the best resources go, while the rest of the FFx schools get nothing. How nice that at least some elite Ffx children are getting a good education.

That's so not true. I would do the same if I were teaching gen ed. And what resources? I make up my own lessons and practice materials, and I use Schoolhouse Rock, which is free on YouTube. The kids love this.

[Anonymous]

Mad Libs

They do learn the parts of speech in school but Mad Libs make it fun. I used to get them for my kids and they did them together on car trips. It actually got fairly hilarious.

They're teens now...and they'll still pull them out on occasion.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Writing is one of the main reasons I am sending my child to Catholic school starting in MS. Spelling, grammar and handwriting doesn't seem to matter one bit in public ES. My DS can hand in a mess for a writing assignment and get an A on it. When I ask the teachers about it, they say they have to grade from a rubric. Apparently, these things don't matter.

This is so true. I am literally shocked what comes home with a 4 on it. I don't care if he knows the content if his writing is nearly illegible and he is writing all over the page with no punctuation. Hand it back and ask him to try again neatly.

Literally shocked? Or figuratively?

- public school teacher

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Writing is one of the main reasons I am sending my child to Catholic school starting in MS. Spelling, grammar and handwriting doesn't seem to matter one bit in public ES. My DS can hand in a mess for a writing assignment and get an A on it. When I ask the teachers about it, they say they have to grade from a rubric. Apparently, these things don't matter.

This is so true. I am literally shocked what comes home with a 4 on it. I don't care if he knows the content if his writing is nearly illegible and he is writing all over the page with no punctuation. Hand it back and ask him to try again neatly.

Literally shocked? Or figuratively?

- public school teacher

+1 that annoyed me too

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Parents in FCPS, do you kids know different parts of speech? If so, when was it taught?

My child is finishing up 2nd. I realized she didn't know what an adverb was. Never heard of one and couldn't pick it out of a sentence until I explained what it was. Once I explained it she got it but shouldn't this be taught in 2nd? If not, when? Was my kid just asleep when this was taught or not paying attention (very possible).

She also didn't know what a preposition, conjunction, and interjection was, by name. She only knew nouns, pronouns, verbs and adjectives.

The real proof of educational malpractice would be this: Can she build a nuclear weapon or not?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

I am an ESOL teacher and ironically, my lesson tomorrow from my 3rd grade ESOL book is on adverbs. The book describes adverbs as words that describe when, where or how things happen. Once, then, later, first, suddenly, away, close are all adverbs.

More simply, an adverb modifies a verb. The fox ran quickly. Suddenly, he had to leave. Put it away.

This is opposed to an adjective which modifies a noun. The green jacket was heavy. The angry poster pounded keyboard.

Just to educate the person who makes 400K per year.

It is really necessary to know grammar if you are learning a foreign language by the second language classroom method (as opposed to immersion). It is helpful if you are trying to learn the correct formal use of the language.

Cual es el adverbio en que bien escribes ingles?