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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Spelling! That’s a good one. Literally just had a conversation with my nine year old about how to correctly spell what, where, why… Apparently correcting spelling is a buzzkill to creative writing? Bring back spelling tests![/quote] It’s the Lucy Caulkins influence. Reading instruction is swinging back to phonics, but writing instruction hasn’t yet. I’m sure it will in another few years, but that will be too late for my kids so we’ll have to supplement.[/quote]
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