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I've had to teach more basic skills this year than every
before (I teach 5th grade). For the first time ever, here
is a short list of "firsts" for my students...
- many didn't know their vowel sounds - short or long.
- many did not know the difference between a consonant and
a vowel.
- many had no idea about how locate points on a map with
latitude and longitude, or many other basic map skills --
like the fact the equator is zero degrees latitude.
- many did not know the difference between a state, a
country and a continent.
- I'm teaching writing skills like how to capitalize the
first letter in a sentence and how to use ending
punctuation.
- a large number of them are reading fluently and have
absolutely no idea what they are reading.
Yikes!!!!!  

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