tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2464977109229359349.post6453648773769643628..comments2023-10-21T03:54:12.029-04:00Comments on A Gift Universe: 7 quick school takesSheilahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10853868724554947854noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2464977109229359349.post-24917362093601849382017-10-19T14:37:14.728-04:002017-10-19T14:37:14.728-04:00Sorry about the spam. I forget that just because ...Sorry about the spam. I forget that just because I'm not blogging, it doesn't mean the spammers go on vacation!<br /><br />Yeah, subject and predicate in those words. And I wasn't even sure if they meant simple or complex subject and predicate. Marko was convinced he was supposed to circle the subject and underline everything else, and I just let him do it because he's the one who heard what the assignment was. <br /><br />He mostly just has to write out his spelling words every day. If he has to do a whole sentence, I do it for him, but I don't want him skipping the spelling words because writing IS a great way to remember how to spell things.Sheilahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10853868724554947854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2464977109229359349.post-6635149784655592802017-09-15T00:20:46.378-04:002017-09-15T00:20:46.378-04:00( er, hello, again, appartment-and-villa-cleaner.....( er, hello, again, appartment-and-villa-cleaner... )<br /><br />Does the assignment Actually Ask for Subject and Predicate, in those terms? Because... I think I was out of High School before I understood (or had even really heard of) "predicates", and then I think I was helped by how the latin root was <i>praecor</i>.Belfry Bathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00514867101036143597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2464977109229359349.post-88844658393339057462017-09-14T13:16:33.282-04:002017-09-14T13:16:33.282-04:00I was just thinking of little boys and writing tod...I was just thinking of little boys and writing today, thanks to a video I saw. In it, a boy was writing his letters in a pan of sugar, using just his pointer finger. (Imagine writing on sand at the beach. Same thing!) When the boy was done with a letter, he shook the pan to make the sugar level again. <br /><br />If the teacher wouldn't mind and if it would make Marko's homework easier for both you and him, would Marko be able to do his writing with fingerpaints? Of course, I imagine that he only has to spell out short words. If he had to write whole sentences, this wouldn't be very feasible! Cristinahttp://linguavert.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2464977109229359349.post-89403505079252551782017-09-13T12:41:28.123-04:002017-09-13T12:41:28.123-04:00He has the same homework the other kids get. Trou...He has the same homework the other kids get. Trouble is, it's intended to take 10-15 minutes and it takes him an hour because writing is so hard for him. I do a lot of the writing for him, because otherwise we'd never finish at all, but when it's stuff like spelling, I feel like if I do the writing, I'm basically doing the entire assignment.<br /><br />Sometimes, as well, I feel like I really have to be teaching him during this time. He brought home a sheet where he was supposed to circle the subject and underline the predicate, and it was clear he had no idea which was which. Did the teacher explain it, and he was busy daydreaming and missed it? Or did the other kids learn it last year? I don't know, but if I don't do the work along with him and explain as we go, it's clear he'll be falling behind.Sheilahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10853868724554947854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2464977109229359349.post-84178012903179498092017-09-06T13:17:44.612-04:002017-09-06T13:17:44.612-04:00Homework is inhumane.
I admit I assigned a lot o...Homework is inhumane. <br /><br />I admit I assigned a lot of it when I was a teacher, but that was because I had to. The English program required that students read one "major" text a quarter (like the <i>Iliad</i> or the <i>Inferno</i>), write an essay on it, finish one group project, and I can't remember what else just for English class -- and there was no way they would be able to do all that during the time they were in school. And when they turned in their work, <i>I</i> had homework, because there was no way I could read all those essays during the time I was on the clock, either. I accepted it because I thought that was just the way it was. Only after several years in the corporate world did I see that if you have to take work home -- or stay in the office for hours past the end of your shift just to finish your work -- then you simply have too much. <br /><br />But Marko's particular situation makes me wonder, too. In his case, is homework not merely more work than the schedule can fit in or merely busy work, but actually something his special needs require of him? Cristinahttp://linguavert.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2464977109229359349.post-19850329769537290422017-09-03T09:31:08.748-04:002017-09-03T09:31:08.748-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.The Sojournerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04559244806125834569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2464977109229359349.post-81006543727165317742017-09-03T09:30:11.175-04:002017-09-03T09:30:11.175-04:00I have a feeling that J starting school will not b...I have a feeling that J starting school will not be as much of a break as I'd like for exactly the reason you mention--baby who is only happy when she's hanging off my legs as we slowly shuffle around the house trying to get stuff done. Though I guess there's some hope that C will be walking independently soon.<br /><br />Also, you are officially invited to come camp in our backyard in 7 years. :pThe Sojournerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04559244806125834569noreply@blogger.com