Learning Contractions

No. Not those contractions.  There is no real learning to those.  I am talking contractions related to grammar:

cannot = can't
is not = isn't
do not = don't

Isaac (6 years old) came home this week with his usual load of worksheets completed at school.  Most were busy work and just recycled.  This week, however, not only am I going to save a worksheet - but I will probably laminate it.

He was simply instructed to use the contraction don't in a sentence.  A typical first grader might say:

"Don't run in the halls."

"Don't forget to brush your teeth."

or even

"Don't pick your nose."

Nope.  Not my 2007 baby (year of the golden pig!)

This is what he chose to write:

Sound advice for us all.