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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I live in Bethesda and we are very pleased with our public elementary school.  There is a strong emphasis on writing (dc wrote a 12 pg paper in 4th grade) and they are learning advanced math skills.  They have always had spelling tests at least every other week and grammar is part of the curriculum.  They don’t teach math the way I was taught in the 70s, but I consider that a good thing.  I wish they would spend more on cursive writing, but I will work on that with the DCs over the summer.[/quote]

Did he actually write the paper or type it up on an auto spell check chrome book. Two very different things. [/quote]
What is the obsession with spelling?   When was the last time  you had to write a doc on a piece of paper instead of a word processor?  I spelled "obssessed" on this forum, and it underlined it in red so I knew I spelled it incorrectly.  My spelling has always sucked, and we had spelling tests growing up, as do my MCPS ES kids.  My spelling still sucks. Thank goodness for spell checker, yet I still got a good paying job (six figures) where I use my analytical, critical thinking and tech skills.  Even when I write an email at work, it spell checks for me. My grammar is fine, good enough to get my point across without people misunderstanding.  Spelling?  No one cares that much, especially because we have spellchecker.[/quote]

You clearly have very low educational expectations for your child.  Congrats![/quote]

[b]I agree won hundred percent, spelling is quiet overrated because spellcheck works grate. Reeding is also knot all its maid out too bee, hoo kneads books when you can watch tv on you're PC. [/b][/quote]

Ha! A good one, PP!

PP who can't spell, do you think just because you can't, the kids shouldn't be able to know the basics OF THEIR OWN LANGUAGE? Pathetic.[/quote]

Not really. You and I could both understand what the pp wrote despite poor spelling. Obviously we don’t want older kids and adults spelling like this, but if my first grader wrote this, I wouldn’t be marking it up. I would not how well the child observed the sounds in the word and used those to determine the spelling effectively to communicate her/his point to the reader. I might then let my child know that each word has a standard American English  spelling that everyone has agreed upon, and I would ask if s/he wants to know and practice the spelling of any of these. I would do maybe five words.[/quote]

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