A Third Grade Teacher Asks the School Nurse What She

A third grade teacher asks the school nurse what she can reasonably expect from children in her classroom related to language ability.Which of the following statements would be the best response from the nurse?

A) "Children in the second grade should have about a 4000-word vocabulary."
B) "Research has shown that children will learn to read more quickly if you use the whole word approach."
C) "You can expect that the children will write "b" and "d" without reversing them, and all of the letters in a word will be about the same size."
D) "You can evaluate the cognitive ability of the children in your classroom by noting how legible their writing is."