Originally Posted by blackcat
I'm surprised they are still doing nonsense words in second grade. Where I worked, they stopped in the middle of first grade, once kids started to actually read fluently. Nonsense words are confusing and I don't think you should make much of them. I tried to give my kids a nonsense words assessment once and DD thought she was supposed to individually sound out every letter rather than say whole words, so she scored low.

Oh good... this is good to know. Thanks!