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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I was diagramming sentences in 4th grade. [b]They don't even start grammar until middle here[/b]. It is a very strange slow mindless curriculum. And I agree with a PP. Most kids suck at writing. They hardly offer anything with critical thinking and process. And don't get me started on the severe lack of science in ES[/quote]

I don't know what you mean by "start grammar". My kids were learning parts of speech in kindergarten or first grade. They also did "Daily Oral Language" in 1-3, which involves correcting sentences with incorrect punctuation and/or non-standard English, which I actually could have done without.

Also, there is a lot more writing and presenting under Curriculum 2.0, and I think that's a good thing.

Diagramming sentences can be fun, if you're somebody who likes diagramming sentences, but I think that there are more useful things to learn in school. And as far as I know, the idea of diagramming sentences is a purely American thing. Nobody else did/does it. Why?

http://www.npr.org/blogs/ed/2014/08/22/341898975/a-picture-of-language-the-fading-art-of-diagramming-sentences[/quote]

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