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Wolf writes his (pretested) spelling words once on Monday, twice on Tuesday, then DICTATES sentences on Wednesday, does a verbal pretest on Thursday and a test on Friday.

He is 5. If he was required to write them each five times it would take him at least an hour. Ditto if he wrote his own sentences (he never chooses short ones). Yes, homework needs to be the same, but some adjustments for the difference between mental age and physical age should be allowed (dictation, fewer repetitions, etc...) until the physical age catches up a little.