Hi everyone,

My kindergartner brought home a handwriting worksheet yesterday that contained the following example "sentences":

See my cat?
See my cat and dog?
*I see a rat ran.
*See my cat sat?
A man ran.

To me, the * sentences are ungrammatical.  Someone else said that since you could put a "that" in those sentences, they are not truly ungrammatical, e.g., "I see that a rat ran" or "See that my cat sat?"  I'm not convinced.  

I am tempted to talk with the teacher, who didn't create the worksheet but who did choose to use it.  However, if I'm overreacting to the sentences, I'll hold my tongue.  I've had other reasons to talk with this teacher and I don't want to pile on.

What do you think?

thanks,

Beth

PS I can't tell whether the handout is representative because much of the work that comes home involves no writing whatsoever.  e.g., cut out these pictures and arrange them in story sequence.     

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