Spellings for 5 year olds/year 1 - boring I know!

[littlemissbossy]

DS has brought home spellings to learn for Monday. Usually consist of six 3 or 4 letter words but today he's been given the days of the week to learn! Am I the only one the think that's a bit hard at 5 years old?
Any feedback, especially from primary teachers, is appreciated. TIA

Sorry joined this hread late.

But how are they supposed to learn to spell the words? Using the sounds or the letters? eg. "said" would be spelt ss-ah-e-duh rather than s-a-i-d. I'm assuming its the sounds, as this is what they have been using since reception.

DS knows the days of the week. Yes, they are some of the least intutive spellings in our language. Got to be done sometime though.

Anyone got any good tips for learning spellings? DS1 is 5, in yr 1, and deaf. He reads well but learning spellings is a real battle as he doesn't hear the sounds, he currently has the ORT level 4 words to learn, there are 29 of them and the rate we are going he will be 29 before he knows them.

ours don't get spellings .. the current thinking is they'll pick it up

I don't believe that (DS is year 1) so I bribe him with 10 spellings = 10p

have to say though that the days of the week are NOT on the reception / KS1 lists that I've seen

They are on the Year 1/2 list but just as collective Days of Week , Months of Year etc, rather than individually

Is he Year 1? We have given ours (I teach Year 1) the days of the week to learn. Could you get him to practise them when it is the day of week. TBH most of mins still find it really hard - so we write the day it is at least twice a day on their books to practise.

THese are the KS1 (ie yr 1 and 2) words I've been given:

after would too
could an back
here do door
may his how
people much new
there pull saw
will three took
again would ball
did another down
his don?t if
more home next
push must school
these put tree
with time be
an your first
do as jump
his dig night
much house seen
pull name two
three ran
because had came
from live help
just lived man
not once out
should take them
use way where
bed but girl
half last love
now one sister
than very were
been by good
has laugh made
off or so
that want what
boy call got
called little have
old make some
our water their
brother when

here (p4) , adding days of week, months of year, numbers to twenty, name and address of child and school to your list, I think.