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Then we'll keep our daughter in public school, but I'm doubtful he'll think it's fine. When I mentioned to him that MCPS doesn't include grammar in the curriculum, he was dumbstruck. He keeps thinking that maybe MCPS will change things in the next few years ... haha. [/quote]

Given that your child hasn't even started school yet, you seem quite certain about what it's going to be like. Maybe consider keeping an open mind?

The kids are learning where to put periods and commas somehow. If it's not in the curriculum, how are they learning it?[/quote]

learning where to put periods and commas is the bare minimum to ensure basic literacy. kids should be learning the full array of grammar rules. [/quote]

[b]Which grammar rules?[/b] I mean this sincerely. Which grammar rules do you think kids should learn, when should they learn them, and how should the teachers teach them?[/quote]

NP, and I am also being sincere. I think kids should explicitly learn most, if not all, rules pertaining to their language. Parts of speech, types of verbs, subject-verb agreement, main and subordinate clauses, etc, etc. My child has always been an ES/P/A student with high MAP and PARCC scores but in 5th grade she still can't name all parts of speech and is having trouble with more complex punctuation. Yes, the school did tell them to put a period at the end of the sentence, but anything more complex than that?

They don't do that anymore and it shows in our kids' writing, or whatever passes for writing these days.

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I'm the PP who was pushing grammar rules (and to whom the other PP's question was directed): thank you! It's astonishing to me how many people don't understand basic English grammar rules, including how to use a semi-colon, the difference between its and it's, how to use who and whom, etc. This isn't about sounded like a pretentious douche; it's about learning the rules of the primary language we all speak in this country. The first impression most people make in work and social settings is shaped significantly by how they speak and write. Our kids need to learn how to present themselves in their best light; learning to speak and write correctly is a huge part of that. [/quote]

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