[bamateach]

Frustrating as it is we have to realize that our little second graders have only been writing a short time. I think the most important lesson for writing complete sentences is subject/predicate. Once they can check for the who and what they are good to go there. As for no punctuation a lot of times that is simply a matter of forgetting. I tell my kiddos that they need to go back and punctuate. For those that can't I do individual conferencing. Luckily several are weeded out before the individual conferencing begins.