Homeschoolers have their own opinions about whether or not their children will take standardized tests. We haven’t had to come to a final conclusion on this issue yet because of the ages of our children and the laws here in Tennessee.
Today this conversation with my 8 year old, 2nd grade boy took place.
Foster: “Mommy, does D R then a dot stand for doctor?”
Me: “Yes. But it’s not a dot, it’s a period.”
Foster: “I like to call it a dot.”
Me: “But it’s called a period and a comma is not a curve.”
Foster: “It is a curve. You draw a curve. I like to call it a curve.”
Me: “Get back to work.”
We do 2 different types of grammar curriculum and write letters often.
As you can see, Foster would possibly get the identification of a period and comma wrong on one of those fill-in-the-bubble tests.
Unless it looked like this:
Q: What do you call the punctuation mark used at the end of a statement?
A) a question mark
B) a period
C) a comma
D) whatever you want to call it
All the Little Grubbs 
I LOVE IT! That's my daughter's “problem,” too. She's got a very particular way of thinking. You'll see something like, “What's the author's purpose for writing this passage?” and Sarah's answer would be, “Whatever the author says.” In other words – she's not going to try to guess someone else's purpose! 🙂
Love it. Except at test time.
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Love it…absolutely hilarious! I'm so glad you can find the humor in the every day. I struggle to do this at times.
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