My son is getting 5-6 letter words to spell in first grade?

Question

Is this normal?

Answer 1

Possibly. When my son was in third grade he had spelling words like "picturesque." His school had individualized spelling lists though. Is your son quite bright? Maybe that's why he's getting harder words.

Answer 2

It's perfectly normal I'm not sure where you're from but get the state standards book for language arts he'll be learning a lot more than just 5-6 letter words. Here the book is less than three dollars and has all the state requirements for language arts grades k-12. It's ment for teachers but is great for parents. You can see what your son will be learning and what will be required in the years to come. Teachers are supposed to meet all of the requirements each year for whatever grade they teach. If your son's teacher is on the ball you'll have access to everything he will learn.

Answer 3

Yes! Yes! Yes! The more the better. Students, even young ones, benefit from being exposed to words and texts at a slightly higher level than they may seem ready for. It is called +1 or +i (for plus input). The brain is capable of building billions of connections, and many of them are in place by the age of seven. Now is the time you can start playing word games with your son. In the car, have him think of a word for the first letter on a license plate near you. Have him look for what he wants on the menu in a restaurant. Have him read, read, read.

Answer 4

Golly, four year-olds who haven't been to pre-K do not need to be taught letters and numbers by their parents. He'll be bored stiff once he gets there AND to kindergarten where they teach them letters and numbers. He does not, not not need to know them before he goes. You can't make him want to do anything. If you treat learning like a chore, he'll hate it. My kids were the same. The oldest knew his letters by age 2 (His dad taught him the alphabet song and pointed to the letters as they sang) and the other said he was never going to learn to read. Both were National Merit Finalists, and Mr. "Never Learn to Read" has so many scholarships that he calls me every semester and says, "Mom, I've got extra money. Do you want need some?" (My hand to God, that's the truth.) Teach your guy to sit still to listen to a story. Pick a favorite one and let him be the voice of Cookie Monster or some other character and recite the "lines." Ask him to describe things in your environment: what's the biggest, what's hiding behind that car, is the cat on the couch or under it.. Have him count the forks on the table--don't ask him to write the number down. Show him how things work and explain why you make some of the choices you do: we're turning down this street today because I need to pick up the dry-cleaning, I'm in the mood for chocolate mint icecream today. For school, what children need to know is that 1. They are not the center of the universe. Other people may do things other ways. 2. There's a name and reason for everything. We just don't wake up one day and decide to call that cold thing in the kitchen a refrigerator. 3. His phone number and address. 4. Your full name 5. When we don't know something, we try to find it out. Let him here you ask friends, check online and look up things in books. Make it part of your ordinary conversation. All kids want to learn because that helps them control their world. Why did he want to learn to say, "Mama"? So he could get you to come faster to take care of him. Why did he want to learn to walk? So he could go where he wanted to and see where he was going. The whole point of reading and math is to help us deal with our world better. Let him see you in the world, using those things. He'll catch on.

Answer 5

Our daughter started getting 4 and 5 letter words to spell and spelling test in Pre-K at 4 years old. I think its great. I have been working with my children since they were babies. Talking to them in a normal tone - no baby talk, showing them colors, letters, numbers. Our kids could write their names by 4.

Kids learn a lot faster and more than we did 20+ years ago.

Don't you want your child to be smart and learn everything he can?

Answer 6

yes it is most kids should be able to spell quite a few three and four letter words by that grade so they bring in the bigger words.

Answer 7

Sure! The sooner you learn the better. My sister had to spell metamorphosos in 2nd grade. The teachers want to teach them to spell early because they stop teaching spelling after 6th grade.

Answer 8

Yes. The easier way to help him with his spelling words is to use the "step method". For example, if the word is 'chair', have him write

c
c-h
c-h-a
c-h-a-i
c-h-a-i-r

Have him do that a few times on the ones he's having trouble with. He has to respell the word each time so it will stay with him better.

Answer 9

Yep. My son is in first grade too. Some of the words that he is learning, I can remember learning in 2nd or 3rd grade. I think it's awesome! He is learning quicker, and loving it!

Answer 10

Yes completely....

my son is in 1st grade and words for the week are

pumpkin
between
October
their
flat
and a couple of others that I forgot...

but to your question...... yes!