The children in mine and Mr MacBean's group that have returned their booklets and completed a spelling assessment today (Monday) have had their individual additional spellings to learn added to the back of these booklets.
Every child in mine and Mr MacBean's group that was in school today has also had their individual spelling lists in Ed Shed updated. Children in Mrs Bernard's group are having a longer spelling assessment over three days, and so their words should be added to booklets and Ed shed by the end of the week.
Once your child logs onto Ed Shed they have a menu of assignment options to choose from. These include their personal spelling lists, statutory spellings to learn (ideally) by the end of the year and spellings to learn for the week or fortnight. If possible, regular short practice bursts where your child plays a game in each assignment or plays multiple games in one assignment will help them to securely learn their spellings.
Many children in the class are more motivated using spelling shed to learn their spellings than writing them in booklets. I believe that there is a place for both handwritten spellings and online booklets which is why both is provided. Ultimately though, as long as your child practices their spelling regularly it doesn't matter too much what method they use.
Next Term
Mrs Bernard's group will start learning a new set of words and spelling rules. A new booklet will be sent home at the start of the summer term, until then please practice individual spellings.
Mine and Mr MacBean's group will learn units 12 - 14 next term. Spellings booklets will be retuned over the holidays. We encourage children to practice their individual and statutory spellings throughout the year but wait until we study each unit in turn, rather than attempt to learn all spellings in one go.
If you have any questions about spellings or any other questions to do with your child'd learning please get in touch.
Kind regards,
Ms Browne
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