DS and Dd1 had just finished year 2 and year 1 when their school decided to switch it up with spellings. So instead of getting say 10 spellings a week to learn they now get 'spelling rules'.
For example, my Ds, now in year 3 has a sheet that reads;
"The words that's the children will be learning this half term will not be new to them. They will be words that they have read or been introduced to in their phonics and spelling lessons so far this year. The idea of recapping some of the aspects is so that the children have a deeper understanding of what they've learned and are well prepared for year 4."
"Children will be tested in the last week of half term by a dictation of a passage that will have some words missing. The missing words will include some of the words that are in the example section above. The children will need to apply the rules they have practised. The test will be out of 20."
In the middle (as it says) are boxes with the 'rule' eg homophones, some 'example words' and 'support' that explains what a homophone is.
DD's is exactly the same except the 'rules' are different as she's in year 2.
My question is, is this normal?! They seem to be really struggling with this new system and have not had good results from the tests.
DS has told me that his class do phonics once a week. We read through the 'rules' at home but they just do not 'get it'.
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FernGullysWoollyPully · 27/04/2015 17:28
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