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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If I am writing an email to a parent or a student, I absolutely use proper grammar. However, if I'm posting to the Teams chat thread with my middle schoolers, I have found that I've been treating it like a text chain and use informal English to engender a connection with kids. Parents, what do you think of this?[/quote] I think that’s generally fine. Informal language in an informal format seems appropriate. I think it’s actually valuable to teach kids that writing styles can sand should change depending on the context and the audience. It’s a good skill to learn. I wouldn’t use completely incorrect grammar, though. I think there’s a difference between informal and just incorrect if that makes sense. Of course, typos and things like that on occasion aren’t a big deal. I don’t think anyone expects teachers to be perfect because no one is. I think we just want to know that the people teaching our kids are competent. [/quote]
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