Laughing to tears with many writing exercises of 2nd grade students

I hope you write the correct topic and spelling.

Primary school students in Ho Chi Minh City are in the review phase, preparing for the final exam of the second semester in early May 2023. During this time, parents also tutor their children in spelling, writing and essay writing at home.

A parent whose child is in grade 2 in Ho Chi Minh City said she often has a "headache" because she has to teach her child to write a 4-5 sentence paragraph describing a friend, a relative, or a job she loves... "The assignment was to write a 4-5 sentence paragraph describing a loved one. The child wrote, "In my family, I love my mother the most. My mother has big round eyes like two marbles," said this parent.

Also having a child studying in grade 2 at an elementary school in Ba Diem commune, Hoc Mon district, Ho Chi Minh City, Ms. Bui Thi Cam Tien said that she was happy just hoping that her son would write a paragraph without going off topic. The topic was "Choose something you do to help your parents (grandparents) and tell about it." However, in his writing assignment, her son wrote off topic (photo).

Paragraph written incorrectly on the topic by a 2nd grade student

Ms. Tien said: "There were 2 paragraphs that my child wrote that were off-topic. I returned both of them and asked parents to help my child write them to submit again. In my child's class, there were also many students who wrote off-topic paragraphs, so the teacher also sent a general message in the Zalo group advising parents to help their students."

For example, with the topic "Students write a short paragraph, describing something they did to help their grandparents or parents on a day off", the teacher reminded students to only choose 1 household chore to describe and describe, not to describe many household chores. Or with the topic "Students write a short paragraph about their feelings for someone they love", the teacher reminded students to only write about 1 person, not 2 or more people.

Correct each word, each sentence for students

A teacher with more than 20 years of experience teaching primary school in Ho Chi Minh City said that in the process of teaching and reviewing students, especially when tutoring students in writing essays, teachers have to correct each word and each sentence for students. Some students write whatever they think. A second grader is learning to write a paragraph, one of them wrote about a friend: "A bad friend, a bad student". Another wrote about her mother: "My mother is very fierce".

Therefore, teachers must instruct students that such words written about their friends and relatives are inappropriate,uneducational , and hurtful to those mentioned, especially in Vietnamese, writing is to build students' first impressions of the beauty in life.

The student's writing assignment was sent by the teacher for parents to refer to.

How to teach 2nd graders to write essays?

Ms. Hoang Thuy Minh Thu, a 2nd grade teacher at Ky Dong Primary School, District 3, Ho Chi Minh City, who has 24 years of experience and many years as an excellent teacher, said that for 2nd grade students, the requirement for the writing section is to write a 4-5 sentence paragraph on a specific topic such as describing a person you love, telling about a job you love, describing a class you love...

According to Ms. Thu, to help students write correctly, without going off topic, and on target, teachers will suggest the structure in the form of questions. For example, with the topic requiring students to describe their close friend, suggested questions would be: Who is the person you are describing? What does your friend look like? What is your friend's personality like? What are your feelings and thoughts about your friend? By answering these questions, students will write correctly and according to the requirements.

The most important thing is for students to master the structure of the paragraph. Then, with specific topics, students only need to identify the correct topic and apply writing according to the correct structure to meet the requirements, Ms. Thu noted.

Ms. Thu in Vietnamese class for students

"Some second graders have ideas but write all over the place, don't know how to organize their ideas, and don't write in a structured way. Some children write slowly, have spelling mistakes, incorrect font sizes, have erasures, many mistakes, and don't present their work properly," Ms. Thu shared.

Ms. Thu also said that in the Vietnamese language test at the end of the second semester, in addition to the writing section, there is also a spelling test (usually with a maximum score of 4 points). The required speed is 1 point, clear writing, correct writing, and font size is 1 point. Correct spelling (no more than 5 errors) is 1 point and correct presentation, neat and beautiful writing is 1 point.

Therefore, according to Ms. Thu, when at home, parents can practice writing and spelling with their children, build paragraph structures with their children to help them visualize easily, and reading books with their children is also a good solution to connect family members, avoid spelling mistakes, and nurture many good emotions.

How to spread good writing

At Tran Van On Primary School, Ward 5, District 11, Ho Chi Minh City, in each classroom there is a board called "Happy Classroom". On each board, in a corner is called "Vietnamese Language Perception". Here, good writing assignments with good scores from the class in the past weeks and months will be posted for students to read and refer to.

At Ky Dong Primary School, District 3, Ho Chi Minh City, during Vietnamese class, when encountering impressive writing exercises in class, Ms. Hoang Thuy Minh Thu will invite the student who wrote the essay to stand up and read it to the whole class. This is a way to both praise students for their good writing and spread good writing styles to other students.

Happy corner at Tran Van On Primary School, Ward 5, District 11, Ho Chi Minh City with good writing exercises of students

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