DS6's 2nd grade class has been getting pretests with 10 regular words and 2 challenge words. The regular words at this point are super easy, but DS6 isn't such a great speller, so this works out fine. (From reading these boards, he might be one of only a few gifted kids who can't spell well!) I'm guessing that if the kids get all the words plus the challenge words too, they'll be switched to a more challenging list.