And see my Type A personality would never have pondered that sort of answer. I would have picked Peter "everyday and twice on Sunday" Thus the reason, I have had to re-think almost every subject for her this year and tweak it and she still doesn't "love" school....but with 3 kiddos at 3 different levels with 3 different learning styles and only ONE momma....can't please them all -- all the time :lol: Good to know...I'm not alone!! Rhonda C.
I would be so happy she is writing I could care what it was. Praise her for what did. Start over the next day. Just like Jackie said.
So I am to understand that a Decalogue is a listing of limitations or boundaries....correct? Your daughter is writing a 2 paragraph poem for each of those 10 points of the Decalogue....correct? So, was it the time limit that she didn't do the assignment correctly? I'm confused (pretty normal )
No. . .a decalogue is essentially a list of ten things. For example, the 10 commandments are a decalogue. Another decalogue would be 10 rules of this house. A grocery list of 10 things however--is not a decalogue. Her decalogue was about 10 pranks to pull on your baby sitter. So she could've just wrote: "You could hide a whoopie cushion on your babysitter's seat." And be done. I think she got overly excited about the possibilities and mental imagery! LOL She is my non-rebellious child--like she wasn't just doing it to NOT do what I said. But the math problem with Peter and Rose--that's my dd too! LOL Some kids think outside hte box. . .I'm pretty sure she's trying to reinvent the box! Interestingly, her art school is looking at her for a merit scholarship. I was a little surprised bc she's frankly, not the best artist out of the lot. What the teachers have said however, is that she has this wonderful sense of design and. . .creativity. I'm totally happy with the decision I've made. . .I was just curious. ;-) It's always interesting to see how others think about things. ;-)
You're probably right. Might have had she written her answer in full rather than just "Rose" in the blank. It was only when I asked her about her answer that she expounded....in her brain, the answer should have been obvious to me She's a neat little girl but sometimes I can't even figure out her "thought process" to figure out the best "curriculum" or "format" to use. We're figuring it out as we go though. Rhonda C.
Sneaky Mama - my daughter (3rd grade too) is a very timid and non-confident writer - so if she was doing ANYTHING creative that was SORTOF in the confines of the assignment (it techincally WAS a decalogue! LOL); I would let it go! Can you publish her "decologue" when complete?
Yes. . .I was very happy. . .today is editing day. I let her choose one peice, decide what it needs, and then re-write it. Guess what she chose to work on? So when it is complete I will post it. . .or link to it from her website or something.
Hmmm..how interesting that a similiar situation just happened to us yesterday. My son had a writing assignment - it was a How-To paragraph. He brainstormed the steps and listed them, came up with his topic sentence, and then proceeded to write the entire paragraph but only wrote about one of the steps we brainstormed about. It was a good paragraph, very creative, but he didn't follow the directions. I think I was hard on him because I praised him for what he did but then made up another form and had him redo the actual assignment with a new topic. I've been losing my patience (and patience is a NICE way to put it:wink a lot lately and I don't like- I think our school year is going to end early! I should have been nicer about it.
Ahhh. . .Colorado Mom, I think many of us have days like that. I generally don't lose it while hsing. . .but am more likely to lose it while we're doing chores or something of the like. I said this earlier but there's obviously not a right answer. I think sometimes kids are rebellious, sometimes the point of an assignment dictates a right answer--even in something creative like this, well, and sometimes our kids just have to follow directions. So don't feel too badly. You know, the great thing about kids is they are very forgiving. If you think that you were too harsh. . .you can go back and say, "DC, I'm sorry. I like your writing and I didn't express that clearly enough yesterday. Why don't we have fun with writing today and then on another day, we'll work on the assignment again because after all, there's always another day to write paragraph." Or whatever. Your humility in that situation will go a long way with dc. ;-)
I would be B and probably C. I would tell her how great a job she did, and then reassign the actual assignment the way I had assigned it in the first place and ask about how she chose to do the one she did etc. She would get credit where credit was due but also learn that she had to follow lesson example or directions.
Yes, this is what I should do. As the end of the year gets closer and next year's curriculum gets more attention, I sometimes panic about meeting our goals. I can't wait for summer!
