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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DS is at Fox Mill in fifth grade. His class has written a memoir and a persuasive essay this year. The Teacher has shown them an intro, three supporting paragraphs, and a conclusion. The grading rubric was sent home so you could see how the individual assignment was graded. He has not been assigned a book report this year. I have no clue how much of what was on the grading rubric was shared with the kids, like did the Teacher say “You need to improve on using X and here is a suggestion on how to do that.”

I have no idea if the same approach is used at every school but at the very least I am seeing DS introduced to the basics of writing an essay. There are corrections on his paper but I am not so sure what is being reviewed with kids in class. [/quote]

Fox Mill is one of the better schools when it comes to basics. They also have the kids writing down homework assignments in a planner, as opposed to solely relying on a computer. [/quote]

Yup, love the planner. Adore the planner. [/quote]

Navy used to require a planner. Paid 5 bucks for it and my kids never used it, every year...[/quote]

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