Does your kindergartner have spelling tests?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Spelling us one thing but the capitalization part is off. Kids are just learning to write letters at all. Asking A instead of a is not spelling.

So when should kids learn to use the correct letter case?

Once they are completely competent at actually writing their letters.

[Anonymous]

K teacher and this is appropriate. With our orton gillingham program, we do weekly spelling assessments but it's mostly to see where they are and if they're making progress learning the letters and sounds.

[Anonymous]

That’s not what the top elementary schools are doing.

[Anonymous]

No but my first grader does.

[Anonymous]

My kindergartener at FCPS is not having spelling tests. Giving zeros for case? That seems way out of the norm.

This just seems like a way to demoralize kids just as they're starting to learn. You can easily track a kid's progress without making them feel nervous about making mistakes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No, but I wish they'd do something to challenge my kindergartener as she's an early reader and not a all challenged at school.

What is this thing about being challenged? Kindergarten is a lot more than reading. Plus at this age they read books according to their ability so it doesn’t matter what reading level any of them are.

People yammering about how their kindergarteners are not challenged because they read Harry Potter are ridiculous.

[Anonymous]

Not in K, but yes to 1st grade.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No, but I wish they'd do something to challenge my kindergartener as she's an early reader and not a all challenged at school.

What is this thing about being challenged? Kindergarten is a lot more than reading. Plus at this age they read books according to their ability so it doesn’t matter what reading level any of them are.

People yammering about how their kindergarteners are not challenged because they read Harry Potter are ridiculous.

I have a Kindergartener who's ahead on reading and we also can also read Harry Potter or books about the solar system at home. It wouldn't make sense to set the curriculum for 19 kids to one kid's level.

[Anonymous]

What school is this? Does not sound appropriate at all.