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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am generally opposed to sight words, but do support systemic spelling instruction.  Ideally, the spelling words would be word families where he could learn consistent patterns.

If this is not the case, have him work on sounding out the words (ex. Dog - d_o_g). Saying a word the way it is spelled can also help.  (To this day I still think Feb-ru-ary and Wed-nes-day).

When I was in elementary (not sure about first because we were learning to read) we had a spelling book and would cover a chapter a week.  At the start of each week, the teacher would take us through the list.  We would have to hold our arms in the air and write the letters in the air with our fingers as we spelled the words aloud.  I think one night's homework would be to copy the phonetic pronunciation and the definition for each word.  One night's homework was to write sentences with each word.  I think one night we may have had to write each word a certain number of times.  There were probably exercises in the book as well, but I don't remember them.  Sometimes I'd have my mother or a friend quiz me on the words.  Every Friday, we'd be tested.

I suspect the drawing has to do with the whole "learning styles" theory (which has been discredited).  You will see a lot of artsy projects that are time and labor intensive but have little or no direct relevance to the subject matter.  [/quote]

I think the "art" in early elementary (mostly drawing and coloring) is busy work that gives teachers a break. At least that's my theory.[/quote]

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