I haven't been online for a while and just read the threads about students' work being displayed. In my opinion as an interventionist who works with kids everyday to improve their reading and writing, ANYTHING that goes up for public viewing should be as correct as possible. When I tell my students that spelling matters and then they see posters or papers with many misspellings, what are they to think? Why should they continue with the revision and editing when apparently anything is acceptable? Allowances should be made for age/grade level, but after second grade public displays should be as perfect as possible. Ask yourselves how you would feel if that paper was your own child's. Would you appreciate seeing it up there with many errors, being compared to other kids' work? Or would you want to be proud that your child (and your child's teacher) took the time to make sure something everyone in the district might see is as good as it can get? As others have said- in class displays are one thing, but hallway displays should always be exemplary. Michelle NY 2-5 AIS
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