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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]IMO, public schools don't spend enough time on basics before moving on to higher level skills.  I'm a teacher (on my lunch break) and my first graders are expected to be able to write a paragraph using cited evidence from the text.  I didn't do that until 9th grade.  I teach in a Title One school and most students cannot write a sentence when they start the school year.  I'd rather we focus on basic sentence writing skills instead of expecting paragraphs at this age.  If a student is capable of it, great but our students aren't for the most part.  I then hear from teachers in the upper grades that students are writing run on sentences, sentence fragments, etc.  Handwriting should be emphasized too but it isn't (I emphasize it but...).  My child goes to a Catholic school and they aren't expecting such high standards for first graders.  One or two well developed sentences is all they are looking for.  The kids focus on the parts of speech and what makes up a sentence.  This is glossed over in public school.[/quote]

Where are 1st graders writing a paragraph and citing evidence from a text? School or School system? My child didn't do that till 4th grade and is in a gifted program. Seriously, I would like to know. I've never heard of this.

Agree that grammar should be brought back to elementary. I think it was being taught all the way into high school and people rightly reacted to say that by that time kids should be focusing on more expressive ways of writing so that their writing isn't stifled, but to never teach it is a mistake. There was an overreaction to grammar that hasn't been corrected in public schools.[/quote]

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