Do you think they have never been taught these skills, or that
they were taught and "didn't get it"? Will they get it now???
I teach children that "just don't get it" no matter what I do...

On 11/04/09, and guess what? wrote:
> 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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