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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I teach fourth grade. I don't teach all subjects, but typically my students have about 20 minutes of reading each night (Monday -Thursday) and a small task to go with it. For example, I might ask them to write what they feel was the most important and why it was important.  They may also get a few math problems each night. I would guess that it takes about 30 minutes for most to complete.

[b]They really don't need more than a few math problems. Listing words alphabetically and creating sentences sounds like busywork to me.[/b][/quote]

Really? As a teacher I'm sure you know best about effective ways to educate that age group, but I am surprised to hear this. This is how we did spelling & vocabulary (considered one subject) when I was in school and I thought it kind of made sense. Listing the words alphabetically forces the child to write them spelled correctly, thus learning the spellings, and I always thought having to use the word in a sentence that shows you know what it means and how to use it was a good way of expanding vocabulary and making sure kids can actually use the words they learn to spell. Is it really ineffective? What's a better way of doing spelling?[/quote]

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