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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yes, we review all work that comes home considering my 2nd graders teacher has marked correct work incorrectly. Cant wait for this year to be OVERRRRRR.

I keep an eye on anything that is repeat errors. I know he rushes and he is very literal. So for example, on a spelling test he is supposed to write out the sentence that is read by the teacher orally. The instructions say: don't forget capitalization and periods. My son always puts a period and then gets dinged when it (supposedly) needs a question mark or exclamation. We have repeatedly told him that while it says periods, it should really remind them to use Capitalization and appropriate punctuation. This means instead of getting 100% he gets a 94%.

I have noticed a huge focus on math in the past two years without a reciprocal focus on reading full books or texts and learning how to transfer your thoughts to sentences and then logical order. So, I am bringing back summer reading lists with book reports this summer.

We have also started playing cribbage to work on pattern recognition, strategy, simple probability, and holding smaller numbers and simple calculations in your head. 
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It should say punctuation instead of periods.  It’s probably a symptom of larger incompetence going on in the classroom.  Good for you for not relying on school to educate. [/quote]

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