I'm going to wait several days and see how things develop before taking any action -- more information-gathering, I figure, to see how she's actually reacting to the homework this year.
I'm really really hoping to get her engaged in thinking up interesting and funny things to say in her spelling sentences, edge her towards real writing. We'll see how that goes.
For the reading aloud, I'm just going to write down what she reads within the limits of her stamina, and if the teacher wants to call us out for it, then we'll address it.
Fortunately, we're not in the position of the homework being soul-destroying busy-work. All of it is at an appropriate level for her.
