LOL! I had an extremely similar situation last year, when my DD was 8 and in 4th grade. I think for us, it was a "write one sentence using each spelling word" task. I was amazed that yelling, "Your word is [word]. Write!" actually worked as a motivating technique.
My son was required to arrange the spelling words in alphabetical order and copy them three times. Usually he knew all or almost all the words when they were first assigned. Why not pre-test students so they are only practicing words they don't know? When my son is required to do a pointless assignment, I wonder how much I should push him.
