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My 4th grader brought home her science study guide. On the sheet there was this problem...
Directions: Use complete sentences to answer the following questions. Also use the following picture web...
(includes pics of...) Sun --> plants --> grasshopper --> bird --> wolf
question: Are there any omnivores in this web? If so, which ones? Explain how you found your answer.
DD answer: The crow is an omnivore because they eat plants like wheat and they eat bugs such as grasshoppers. I found the answer when we read about it in our chapter.
Do you think her answer is correct?
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Yeah, probably not the answer the teacher wants, but it is correct.
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You're right ...she was marked wrong because she did not say
Yes.The crow is an omnivore because they eat plants like wheat and they eat bugs such as grasshoppers. I found the answer when we read about it in our chapter.
Drives me batty....
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I would have had a talk with teacher. I'm bad when it comes to teachers. I did not have good experience as a kid. I always have to watch myself. Tell your dd we all think she is right.
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I think I'd talk to her teacher.
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Okay, as the teacher, you all knew I would give my two cents! Because of our state testing, we are required to be VERY particular about student writing. Do we agree? For the most part, we agree that things are getting very silly, but we have a job to do. Our state tests (in Missouri) are based on student writing - not multiple choice. We are required to teach them to answer a question so that they are answering every part. The first question did ask a yes or no response. Is it silly? Yes. Is it over the top? Absolutely. But that's the way our state expects us to teach. I doubt if the teacher has much say in this, but she'll be the one who gets the angry phone calls from parents. Doesn't seem fair on our end, and yet we understand where parents are coming from.
Good luck, and please try not to be too hard on the teacher!
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We always encourage Aurora to go back and ask when she thinks that she has answered something wrong. Dh actually emailed the teacher (very nicely) and the above is the response the teacher wrote back.
It's too bad the the system is trying to teach the kids that there is only ONE way to correctly answer questions. Seems a little "in the box" for me.