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As for writing the "opinion" pieces, I think it's great that young kids are asked to convey what they think about something. Most of the time, what they write makes no sense and come out as gibberish (my DC was in K last year), but I think it's good practice for them to practice their "thinking" skills. [/quote]

Not a worthwhile activity for a K child.  Time would be much better spent developing "thinking" or "opinion" skills verbally.  Save the writing for later.

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Disagree.  Nothing wrong with having kids "write" in K.  They can write down exactly the way they verbally say it.  Like I said, the writing is gibberish, barely legible, letters turned around, etc...  But it's writing practice, none the less, which is important, too.[/quote]

NCLB started this fad of having kids write before they are really able, and it's tanked their writing skills. [b] Back in the day,[/b] we learned to spell and all about proper grammar -- THEN we learned to write. [/quote]

This statement is starting to bug me.  The education in this country has been going down hill *for decades*.  I don't want my kids to have the same curriculum or necessarily the same way of learning that I did 40 yrs ago.  That curriculum was meant for the 20th century.  Many people who graduated from Ivies 10+ yrs ago probably couldn't get in now with the credentials they had.  Times are different.  There are certain things my kids really don't need to learn that they did 50 yrs ago.

FWIW - my 1st grader has weekly spelling tests; my 4th grader just had a unit on grammar.   They still teach these things, but they don't need to be taught in K.

CC stresses critical thinking, which in the grand scheme of things is probably a more important skill than spelling and grammar. [/quote]

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