Thanks. You made me feel better -- I never promised anything either, so now I can fall back on "I tried." whistle And it's good to be reminded that 2nd graders have a wide range of writing skills.

I did have discussions with DS about how it's going to be hard if he doesn't practice writing. And we try to sneak in math facts whenever we can. But nothing formal works at home, so far. My plan is to flip the rest of the book that his math teacher sent home with DS, in case there's something he's never seen.