Originally Posted by BinB
Hi, Val -- no, not yet... my son just gave me the news yesterday. The assignment is a daily journal, for writing practice. When he writes about his day, it's usually something like "I played outside. I had fun." When he writes about what he's interested in, it's more like, "Atoms are too tiny to see. The parts of an atom are: protons, neutrons, electrons. Protons and neutrons are in the very center of the atom..." etc. smile So, he is getting much more practice and the quality is so much better when he's inspired. He even writes more neatly! smile

So, my next step is to talk to his teacher. I guess I also need to get him tested or something... I am just getting started with this educational advocacy thing... glad I found this forum... I will check out the resources here.

DS6 can write about whatever he wants in his daily journal in K. The purpose is to practice writing and to learn new words. Maybe your son's teacher just never thought about the fact that such a narrowly defined assignment wouldn't work for everyone. I do wish they didn't have to draw a picture with each entry since ds gets distracted by having to do the 2 tasks and he just needs to focus on the writing.