I am appalled.  I would never send home such a thing.

However, some of the official state mandated curriculums for  
kindergarten pretty much suck, so the teacher could be just  
'following orders'.

They are awful sentences, and must be confusing for the kids.  I  
don't like the first two, either.

Katharine/Kindergarten/N.California


> 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

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Obama is running so children can fly.

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