You know how you sometimes just glance over things to get the general idea, and then go, "Yeah, that'll work"? After printing out the vocabulary work for this week, I realized I'd done just that with this week's assignment.
Spelling City has a predetermined set of definitions that it assigns each word. Great, right?! Well, if the students were in college, maybe. Looking over some of the definitions that were used to define OUR vocabulary words this week, I realized that I need to do A LOT of editing before assigning this again.
All that being said, if the homework is moving you or your child to tears, it's time to put the pencil down. I never intend to assign work that is frustrating (although I know I've done it) and I'd much rather you go do something else than fight with a vocab paper for three hours.
These vocabulary words that are being assigned are all words we've discussed at some point over the first quarter, used in our math or language lessons, and they are words that all third graders, no matter level or ability, are supposed to be familiar with by the end of the year. There are over 300 of these words, and we've only covered 20 in the first quarter, so expect to see many, many more this next quarter. I don't expect to master all of them by the end of the year, but I will do my best to give every student an understanding of the majority of them by the end of the year. Again, mahalo for your hard work as a parent, and I look forward to seeing you at Parent-Teacher conferences!
-Miss Cook
Spelling City has a predetermined set of definitions that it assigns each word. Great, right?! Well, if the students were in college, maybe. Looking over some of the definitions that were used to define OUR vocabulary words this week, I realized that I need to do A LOT of editing before assigning this again.
All that being said, if the homework is moving you or your child to tears, it's time to put the pencil down. I never intend to assign work that is frustrating (although I know I've done it) and I'd much rather you go do something else than fight with a vocab paper for three hours.
These vocabulary words that are being assigned are all words we've discussed at some point over the first quarter, used in our math or language lessons, and they are words that all third graders, no matter level or ability, are supposed to be familiar with by the end of the year. There are over 300 of these words, and we've only covered 20 in the first quarter, so expect to see many, many more this next quarter. I don't expect to master all of them by the end of the year, but I will do my best to give every student an understanding of the majority of them by the end of the year. Again, mahalo for your hard work as a parent, and I look forward to seeing you at Parent-Teacher conferences!
-Miss Cook