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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]3 before me is a very common approach in elementary school but 1st grade is a but too young. I find it works best from 3rd grade.

Chalk it up to a learning experience. Reinforce to him that this is why it is important to listen to the instructions.[b] Assure him that everyone makes mistakes and gets things wrong sometimes.[/b] And then let it go.[/quote]

+1 but I'd go further- making mistakes is okay, that's how we learn.
I'm more concerned that the child and parent are upset about how the child did on a basic classwork/practice assignment and it's causing tears. The message I'd give is I'm proud of you for trying and doing your best and then think about what they might do next time... listen to directions more carefully, ask before the teacher starts groups, ask a different  friend, or think about the assignment and what would make sense-- now kid knows that the independent work in class often has to do with using his spelling or word study words, he may not have made the connection before, but if you help him process he can see.

It's a learning experience and he can grow from it.  Please help kids recognize this and not expect every assignment to be perfect every time.
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