Homework begins

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DD has started Yr1 today and brought back a list of 8 words that she needs to learn how to spell ready for a test on Friday. Bless her, she couldn't een read them today so God knows how she will spell them by Friday!

The teacher said that 10minutes (no longer) every eveing is all thats needed. DD was a bit worked up when we tried doing it today. She was not very cooperative and said she wanted to copy them. I explained that she could today, but tomorrow she needs to try and rememebr them as she won't be allowed to copy them in the test.

Lots of tears and sulking and sliding off the chair. Any tips for how to help her.

thanks

I taught year one and would have started with 3 or 5 words - like I , am ,on, in etc for the first week or two

I'd let her copy them. Homework, first day? bit tough...

Agree, let her copy them today and tomorrow so she can sound them out then see if she can do them from memory (Look , cover, write for each)on Thursday.

My DTDs have just started reception. They had learnt to spell most of the 45 reception words by the end of R. At the time I thought it was a big ask - but they were doing 4-5 at a time & had completed about 30-35 of them by the end of term. They had previously learnt to read them though - which helped. A bit different to doing 8 words which they havn't been previously introduced to...

They have struggled with the last few though (they were asked to complete them over the holiday). I picked 2 words a day and spent each day going round chanting (play = p-l-a-y) them in a rythmic way - seemed to work quite well. Still wouldn't help with your timescales though. Could you concentrate on 4 of them so she gets 4 confidently right rather than 8 totally wrong?

There are still a couple which they just can't get (said & went) so I plan to put the individual letters on pieces of card for each one & ask them to arrange them into the right order so they don't have to 'do it from scratch' IYSWIM.

HTH

Should be 'my DTDs have just started Yr1'

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8 is rather a lot. Copying is fine. Try doing look, cover, write the word and check. once she has copied them. Or make some letter cards of 2 of the words that she can read and get her to match the letters to the word. It is not worth getting worked up over, for either of you. If it is too much too soon tell the class teacher. Another good thing to use are the fridge letter magnets, make it fun. If she can make the words up out of letters then you can move on to forming the words by writing them down which is a different skill altogether.

I am a teaching assistant and work in year 1, I am currently studying for a degree in ealry years and am about to do some research on the transition from Reception to Year I. I would be glad to hear any thoughts on this. ie, feelings, concerns, homework issues, curriculum issues, anything really. I am interested in your views as well as your childrens.

Cheers

ds2 gothis first spellings list last week.

We beat you all...he had 10!

FGS, he's 5!!

pisses me right off that they have homework this young.

Yup, ds2 also gets 10 a week in Yr1, so far we have done fine with pen, pig, dad, etc but this week we have e.g. wax, which I think is already a bit difficult for a barely 5 yr old.