Spelling Test

We took our first spelling test of 1st grade today! Woohoo! The kids have been working so hard this week on practicing spelling words. I even received a few "practice," sheets from home!! We did great for our first spelling test ; ) Please review the test with your child and look over the mistakes and see where improvements can be made for next Friday.

I did want to mention some of the scoring techniques we use in first grade. All words must have appropriate capitals and formation. I marked the work incorrect if they used a capital at the beginning or in the middle of the word. Words were also marked wrong if a letter was reversed or hard to read. We've had plenty of practice with letter formation in the last four months, so my expectations are high!

Also, the sentence is the hardest part for many first graders. Always starting with a capital and ending with a punctuation mark. We use finger spaces between words and work on making it "easy to read," for the reader (me ; ) In second grade, they will bump up to 20 words, so we need a lot of practice between now and the end of the school year! Please continue practicing daily, along with reviewing Friday's test with your child.

I will be gone Monday, but the guest teacher knows to send home the spelling list! Look for the spelling words and sentence next Monday on the blog. Have a great weekend!