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[quote=Anonymous]No, there is no uniform word list that goes out week by week across the county, though by the end of the year, I think they all learn the same words.  Also, some teachers test every week and others, like your child's, test every other week.

I have to say that I don't think your teacher did a good job explaining the language curriculum to you.  Spelling is more than just learning a list of words.  It involves learning patterns and other things that I am too tired this morning to remember.  But, the teachers at our school provided us with an explanation about how a kid can get 100% on every spelling test but not get an A in spelling because all they've learned is to memorize words and that's not the entirety of the program.

Also, I don't see spelling being done in isolation of vocabulary.  From first grade on, my kids always had to write sentences, which they can't do if they don't know what they mean.  In later elementary classes, they had to look the words up in the dictionary and write the definition.

One of my kids is also a freakishly good speller and, honestly, I thank my lucky stars that we got kind of a break in this area.  He's never once studied the words and gotten 100% his entire way through elementary school.  On the other hand, I have one where we have to write the words three times over and over again during the week so he can pass the test.  [/quote]

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