Teachers Are Giving Middle Schoolers Letter-Tracing Assignments

Maskot/DigitalVision/Getty ImagesThis week, my fifth-grader came home with an interesting homework packet. It was a thick practice book for... tracing her letters. And do you know what? I knew she needed it. Like many 10-year-olds, my kid missed most of kindergarten because of the pandemic. And even though she did some remote learning and even though we worked with her at home, she’s still behind on some of the most basic things that you’re supposed to learn when you’re five and six. Like the most basic handwriting skills. This is not just happening at my daughter’s school. Teachers across the