I know I am biased as I don't really like lots of academic work at the younger end of the spectrum… so I wondered what MN thought about this.
My DD who is in Y1 - she will be 6 in the summer holidays - has weekly spelling tests. Words this week are boulder, trout, holiday, delayed, straight, eight, trail, can't remember the rest. Anyway, new system, if they get 9/10 they will get a sticker & if they get 5 stickers they will get a prize. Their scores are read out in class.
I feel really uncomfortable with all of this. The other week we got our weeks mixed up & DD learnt the wrong words, she scored 2/10 on that week (she had spelt the rest plausibly phonetically e.g. baicun for bacon, yorn for yawn). She came home really upset. It just seems so young! Am I just being wet?
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spelling tests in Y1
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JanePurdy · 18/03/2014 20:27
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