This is a test for 6 year olds. How would you score? DD (aged 6) got a D.

[Greythorne]

This is the question:

1. Rewrite the correct sentences.
   
   a) Mum goes to work on the train.
   b) what lovely weather!
   c) We're singing in the rain

[NadiaWadia]

Stupid teacher. They're 6! The instructions should have been maybe 'Only one of these sentences is correct. Copy out the correct one.' She is not thinking about how to communicate clearly to young children. And like others said, 'rewrite' suggests changing something in the sentence(s).

Who gives 6 year olds grades anyway? What good does it do? Silly woman is unsuited to teaching IMO.

[NadiaWadia]

In your position I would be complaining to the Head, OP.

[coralanne]

It is rather ambiguous but on the other hand my only just 6 year old DGD asked me if I knew that you could spell to 3 different ways. Then she wrote in her book to, too, two and used each one in a sentence.

I don't think she is particularly gifted or ahead of her peers. Her teacher has said she is the sweetest girl she has ever taught so maybe she gets a bit more attention.

[coralanne]

The teacher may have been testing their comprehension. Maybe it didn't matter if they were able to work it out.

[coralanne]

None of the sentences are correct. Surely the teacher explained to the children that each sentence had an error in it?

[FunkyBoldRibena]

I'd actually take the question to the head and ask what they would have written.

[Pobblewhohasnotoes]

My first thought was, why would you need to rewrite a correct sentence?

The question makes no sense and seems a bit unfair on a 6 year old.

[BrianButterfield]

Crappy photocopies are one of my pet peeves. I keep masters carefully to avoid it but mostly revisit handouts on the computer, tweak the sheet and make fresh copies. It's lazy and disrespectful to a class to give them dark, horrible copies in this day and age.

[Judyandherdreamofhorses]

Is this a state school in the UK? Terrible marking policy! Presumably if that's a D (terrible), the 'correct' answer eking be an A. How do you get B or C? How so you know what to improve (other than 'get it right next time').

On the other hand, I wish my marking could be as quick as that sometimes!

[pixiepotter]

my only just 6 year old DGD asked me if I knew that you could spell to 3 different ways. Then she wrote in her book to, too, two .....I don't think she is particularly gifted

You're right there.To and too/two are pronounced quite differently.

[ComposHat]

Judy you do realise I will now have Judy and the dream of horses rattling round my head now? Nice to see a fellow B&S fan on the boards mind you.

[LiegeAndLief]

I have a 7yo in Y3 who almost certainly wouldn't have given the correct answer. Actually, I'm 34 with a pretty good grasp of punctuation and I wouldn't have given the correct answer because it's not what the question was asking!

[LiegeAndLief]

Also, I pronounce to, two and too in exactly the same way (unless speaking quickly I guess in which case to might come out as more like tuh depending on context). Clearly I am inept.

[Crowler]

"Rewrite correct sentences" is the trickery part.

This is a silly assignment for a 6-year old, it would just frustrate her.

[Crowler]

To and too/two are pronounced quite differently.

Eh?

[ArgyMargy]

Why do you say that, coralanne? The first sentence seems fine to me.

[AuntieStella]

My DD has just encountered her first 'trick' question in a class mini-test. But in rather different circumstances: it didn't use confusing directions such as 're-write' nor did it imply a plural ('sentences'). And the teacher explained afterwards that it was a trick to show them the need to read questions properly (ie it was the learning aim) and made sure the class shared it as a joke. And she's in year 5 (9/10 yr olds),

I think this is a poor question for a 6 yr old. And I don't remember any of the DCs getting A-D marks like that at that age either.

[pixiepotter]

the vowel sound in 'to' is short,the same as the vowel sound in 'cook'.In 'too' or 'two' the vowel sound is long, like the vowel sound in 'pool'.

[Nanny0gg]

Is this a state primary?

Because I'm a bit at the 'D'.

[waterlego6064]

'To', when it's in the middle of a sentence, has a shorter vowel. In isolati

But it's pretty common to find to/too/two presented as homophones. In school textbooks, for example!

[waterlego6064]

Oops, lost a bit there...

'to' in isolation would sound the same as the others (in my accent, anyway).

[pixiepotter]

when would you use 'to' in isolation?

[endlesstidying]

Surely the instruction should be

"Rewrite these sentences correctly."

The original instruction could be interpreted to mean that only the first sentence should be rewritten as the others are wrong.

[FunkyBoldRibena]

I shall report this to the head, as this is too obtuse for a child in year two.

I suppose the to could be pronounced t' as in t'town if you are oop north. but dahn sarf, it is pronounced the same as too and two.