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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DP.  It depended on what group your child was placed in.  Agree - count yourself lucky.[/quote]

Please stop repeating this myth over and over. Kids were in separate spelling groups according to ability based on a spelling test, yes.  But the reading  groups were up to the kids - they choose what books to read from several choices. And those group were constantly changing based on what book the kid chose. There were not two separate groups - unless you are saying the teacher had a group of favorites, but they were not assigned different work - except for levels of spelling words. Or when the kids got to choose which type of project to do - or how involved to get in the project. At least we never saw that in the two years we experienced with the 4th grade teacher with two different kids. [/quote]

Yes, you are correct. This poster is stretching the truth or is delusional. Both my kids had her. Sure, she was tough but not anything like what they're describing.[/quote]

Two groups in the same class.  One group had "Thursday" and "apple" on their spelling exam when the other group had "tetrarchy" but were graded on the same grading rubric?

But if you were someone who signed off on the paperwork or a parent who's kid benefitted from that, I can see why you would try to defend it?[/quote]

My kid was in the lowest level spelling group, but in his year they never had words like Thursday or Apple. They were more challenging than that, but not super tough like the highest group. He was not given easier words because he was a “favorite”. but because he just wasn’t a strong speller. As for using the same rubric for all spelling groups, do you think he should have gotten Cs because his words were easier? Or should there have only been one spelling group?  And all the kids could choose their own books and projects when there was a choice.[/quote]

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