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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My DS is in 2nd grade at a well-regarded DCPS school. He’s doing fine overall, but when I asked him to write about what he did last weekend, he gave me six short sentences with almost no detail. I tried to walk him through writing an intro and some supporting ideas, and he got frustrated and said, “I don’t want to do paragraphs.” I know writing develops at different speeds, but is it unreasonable to expect basic essay structure by this age? I’m not pushing for college-level writing, but I don’t want him to fall behind either. Do teachers focus more on structure later?[/quote] It was unreasonable. He gave you your answer, he said “I don’t want to do paragraphs “. Stop trying to make your kid grades ahead. He’ll end up dreading you and your assignments. Leave it to the teachers and you do the fun stuff including educational games and throwing a ball around. No 6 or 7 year old wants to do a written report on how his weekend was. [/quote]
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