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Please talk to me about spellings in Year 1

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rainbowinthesky · 30/01/2010 18:06

DD is doing well in Yr 1 - stage 10 ort. She has just been given her first spellings sheet for Y1 but she was able to spell them all in reception. I have written a note saying this for the teacher and asking if we could have the next ones up. I am a little why we got them in the first place.
I have tried to find Y2 spelling list on the net but can't. Anyone help with a link?

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rainbowinthesky · 30/01/2010 20:56

rollseyes right back at you...

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HeraldAngel · 30/01/2010 20:57

Can't help with a Y2 list, but my DS was (is) a 'natural speller', and we've had two different approaches to this.

At his first school, the teacher gave him completely separate lists in Y1/Y2 on the grounds that there was no point in him re-visiting things he could spell in Reception. He got them all right, just because that's the way he is. I think it made a difference to him as it made him feel quite pleased with himself.

At his current school (he's now Y3), the words are laughably easy (to DS - some classmates struggle). At DS's request, I asked his teacher if she could give him some different spellings; she said she would give him some extra words that were related to their topic work (e.g. hieroglyphics), but that on the whole, she didn't see the point of giving a natural speller different spellings, as they would be able to spell them anyway without any effort (true). So you might find that no spellings really challenged your DD as much as you'd like. We try to catch DS out at mealtimes and so on with words like 'onomatopoeia', but he can just spell them.

Overall, I feel relieved that spellings aren't something we need to spend any time on at all at home. DS doesn't even look at them. Once your DD starts getting serious homework, you will be glad of her not needing to bother about spellings!

DD is in Y1, and she gets ten words a week which she has to work quite hard to learn. I don't know what the others in the class do.

VinegarTits · 30/01/2010 20:58

pfb?

rainbowinthesky · 30/01/2010 21:00

No. I have a 14 year old too. Blimey, a simple question about spellings and the insults.....

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rainbowinthesky · 30/01/2010 21:01

Thankyou to all those people who have managed to post without insulting me.

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RumourOfAHurricane · 30/01/2010 21:01

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VinegarTits · 30/01/2010 21:02

oh get a grip

rainbowinthesky · 30/01/2010 21:02

No, I've been a regular mumsnetter for 6 years. I've name changed. I guess had I posted in my original name I wouldnt have got the insults.

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rainbowinthesky · 30/01/2010 21:03

Sorry, vinegar tits not rising to it.

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RumourOfAHurricane · 30/01/2010 21:04

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VinegarTits · 30/01/2010 21:04

who are you? bet your not mn royalty

rainbowinthesky · 30/01/2010 21:05

Actually it came across as being nasty. This is too playgroundish for me. I appreciate I am getting goaded now though and maybe need to lighten up.

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rainbowinthesky · 30/01/2010 21:09

Most defintely not mn royalty. I was never invited to be a moldie [cross]. Not that I would have accepted of course!

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rainbowinthesky · 30/01/2010 21:14

I know!

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VinegarTits · 30/01/2010 21:15

Shiney you are a royal pita

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welltellme · 30/01/2010 21:19

What does ort stand for?

GooberHasBookedHerHols · 30/01/2010 21:50

Did I miss all the fun?

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