Sorry things are not quite so rosy for you, Val. That "this is what the book says" just makes me cringe!
I was very surprised by her answer. At first, she really seemed to understand my son, but I've been wondering lately.
I found out today that when they said they'd move DS6 up to 2nd grade spelling and reading, they meant "enrichment" rather than a formal move. I don't know what this means yet. The teacher told me she thinks it's important that he do the 1st grade spelling and that "it gets harder after the first few lessons."
?? They've been in school for four months!? When will they finish the first few lessons?
Apart from two "special words" tests (numbers; which, when, etc), he never gets more than one wrong on his
pre-tests. So I'm not sure why he needs to continue to write down a bunch of words he never needed to learn how to spell to begin with.
Val
