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[quote=Anonymous]I don’t teach in FCPS, I am in different district, but I think that it’s important to note that most standards and curriculum in the primary grades are teaching other structures before they teach essays. 5 paragraphs is a lot for early 2nd, but even the kids who can do that are writing multi paragraph stories, or reports, or letters, or how to pieces before they get to essays. When they do persuasive speech, maybe late in 2nd or in 3rd the first pieces are often single paragraphs, and aimed at specific readers, like a paragraph convincing the principal to make recess longer. It’s introducing some of the components of an essay, but it’s not exactly an essay yet. I say this to respond to your question of whether 2nd grade teachers teach structure. They do in most districts. But teaching structure doesn’t mean teaching essay structure.[/quote]
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