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Re: Reasonable assignment for a third grader?
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Thu, 12 Apr 2001 15:18:58 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.geek, Bruce Schlickbernd writes:
> My son had a similiar assignment (2nd or third grade - he's in fourth now),
> but it wasn't *exactly* 100.
Just getting *over* 100 is quite easy, you just need words that have a
number of late alpahabet letters. Since R, S, and T are common letters and
are late in the alphabet you are all set. Like I said, ironically,
"alphabet" itself is 99... so alphabets is well over 100. (
> I don't remember the exact parameters of the
> assignment, but it wasn't something frustratingly difficult - finding exact
> 100 pt. words is going to be difficult for an adult. It's a brute force
> assignment. If I find a question to be ridiculous, I usually note it on my
> son's homework (not very often, but it does happen).
We're probably actually going to call the teacher. She is normally very very
good (Taya had her, we asked for her specifically for Nik) so I was
surprised by this assignment.
++Lar
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| (...) I hope you will not be too tough on her. She probably found the assignment and thought it sounded good and assigned it without taking the time to try it out herself (happens more at this time of year when teachers are getting swamped with (...) (23 years ago, 12-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
| | | Re: Reasonable assignment for a third grader?
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| (...) Finally remembered the assignment: get as close as you can to 100 without going over. Only one word, but it had to at least be 90, so most kids searched around a bit until they got one close, but it didn't drag on forever. Everyone compared (...) (23 years ago, 12-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| My son had a similiar assignment (2nd or third grade - he's in fourth now), but it wasn't *exactly* 100. I don't remember the exact parameters of the assignment, but it wasn't something frustratingly difficult - finding exact 100 pt. words is going (...) (23 years ago, 12-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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