You may have noticed a slight difference in the graded spelling tests that went home this week.
In addition to the 10 words that fit your child's weekly spelling pattern, I will also dictate a sentence they need to write down.
The sentence is carefully selected and composed of words that fit their weekly pattern, previous patterns, and sight words. I will also be looking to see that their sentence begins with a capital letter and ends with a period. The first few weeks, I will do plenty of reminding when it comes time to write the sentence, but slowly I will take away the prompts to see that they are doing this on their own.
The sentence will be a part of their final score. Most weeks, the test will be worth a total of 20 points.
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