Matthew forgot to bring home his spelling words on Monday, so on Tuesday I called his friend's mother and got the list, which we started to learn that night. Matthew however said that it was the wrong list and he had easier words on his list. I didn't know anyone who had the other list so Wednesday we learnt the list we had. Thurs Matthew came home with the correct list, he had asked his teacher for a copy (that's a triumph in itself!). So Thurs night we learnt the easier list.
Friday Matthew came home after taking the 2 spelling tests, 10/10 for his easy list he spent 1 night learning and 8/10 for the harder list he spent 2 previous nights learning.
I'm very happy with his ability, he certainly capable of learning his spellings now.
Still waiting for the fluency in reading to arrive!
2 comments:
did the teacher assess him prior to giving out the list or was she depending on last years info Not really fair if she did I always assess first Don't take a huge amount from previous teachers except for medical official diagnosis find it best to suck it and see Regards duffy
No I doubt it very much, they have a meeting to discuss children passing into the next class, he is in the Lowest group and they seem to all get the same spelling lists. Remember he has had 6 weeks of Dore throughout the holidays, maybe this has brought him on since last school year. He's finding his reading support 1 hour easy as they are doing spellings there that he's done. Once learnt he seems to know them well, but has to have all irregular words taught to him.
Thanks Duffy
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