to expect better grammar in a homework book

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I am prepared to be told I'm unreasonable but I'd like to know if IWBU to write a note in Dd's homework book this week. She had a comment in her book to say that her work "would of been better" if she'd made particular adjustments.
I don't know if it is unreasonable to expect whoever marked the book to know that it would have been better.
This is the first comment dd has had in her homework for this whole half term, she usually just gets a tick. So I don't know if that has wound me up or the fact that the children (y3 btw) don't get merits for homework anymore as it is an expectation not something that needs rewarding.
don't get me started

Don't expect all teachers or TAs to be perfect. You don't need ridiculously high qualifications to be a teacher- yes you need a degree in a subject and teaching qualification BUT in english and maths some teachers may only have C grades at GCSE level. They won't all be perfect and they will make mistakes, particularly out of their subject area. Yes in an ideal world teachers would be masters of all trades and never make mistakes, but in real life that isn't always the case.
Generally, good practice when marking is to put two comments. A www. (What went well) and an ebi. (Even better if). Sounds to me like the teacher was marking in a hurry so missed out the first.

I really agree with that. I would also say that great grammar does not = brilliant teacher or TA. I also think you can be an amazing teacher/TA with wobbly grammar. I know that in an ideal world you'd have individuals who are super in all areas -but that's quite a rare thing.

I was agreeing with queen but I think I also agree with that last post.

Going back to your original post: I think it sounds as though homework isn't valued, to be honest.
I marked homework for one teacher who never even glanced at it. Could that be the case here?

Honestly, teacher workloads are insane, so I have sympathy for teachers who just tick or cross. I think as long as they know where the children are at with the topic, they're probably doing just fine. I might change my mind when I'm a parent! Primary homework has been proven to be one of the least important factors in academic success anyway.

Put a big red, yes red because it is threatening, ring around 'would of'; one of the worst grammar crimes in my opinion. Whoever is marking the book should know better.

Yes, teachers probably don't scrutinise every syllable when they mark homework but I'm pretty certain the words 'would of been better' could not have slipped out of the pen of the person marking the work without that person being aware.

Everyone makes mistakes with grammar, English grammar is a minefield, but such a basic howler is not acceptable when marking school work at any level.

How will children ever learn if the people supposedly guiding them don't have a proper grasp of the basics.

I used to be a TA and have worked with some fabulous ones, I've also worked with some who struggle with spelling and grammar. Some TA's I've worked with had better spellings than the class teacher so I do think both can and do make those types of mistakes. My DS has dyspraxia and a TA fills in his homework diary for him as spelling and handwriting is something he struggles with but her spelling is terrible and there's a mistake nearly daily which is ironic seeing as it's something she is supporting him with.

Of course lots of intelligent people have some weaknesses in spelling and grammar, but it is nonetheless important not to model incorrect grammar for children if at all possible - a learned error is often difficult to unlearn. This particular mistake is likely to be made over and over by this person if s/he does a lot of book correcting, so I would definitely mention it to the teacher.

I'd certainly want to know who had been marking the homework - at our school it is often the TAs and some of them are hopeless and confuse your/you're and fewer/less ALL THE BLOODY TIME

apologies to the offended TAs on here who did not bother reading what I actually WROTE

at OUR school it IS usually the TAs that mark homework and SOME of THEM are hopeless. No comments at all about TAs in general or their level of education or competence so no need to be personally offended.

I have been both a teacher (secondary & primary) and a TA (primary) myself.

SOME of the TAs in our kids' school are absolutely brilliant, and have degrees and are probably more literate than SOME of the teachers! But the ones I was complaining about make the same mistakes all the time. Just this week DS has had effect instead of affect written in a TAs comment. You're/your is a very common offense. The worst was the letter home in the infants "please remember to bring PE kit on Tuesday's and Thursday's"