4th Grade Spelling Menu

4th Grade Spelling Policy

• Students will not be given a spelling pre-test, in order to provide each student additional instructional time to work authentically with words.

• Students will receive a weekly spelling test grade based on the correct spelling of weekly lists.

• All students will have the opportunity to access the weekly challenge lists.

• When the challenge test is given, each word spelled correctly on the challenge test will be counted as an additional point to be added to the weekly spelling test grade.

• A student’s average spelling score at the end of the nine weeks cannot be more than 100.

**Additional spelling information can be found on the Curriculum & Instruction portion of the FISD website.

Spelling Homework

• Spelling Homework will be checked on Fridays.

• Your child will use the Spelling Homework Menu located below, in addition a copy of the Spelling Homework Menu will be sent home with each student. Students will use this menu to choose spelling activities each week.

• Activities may be repeated from week to week.

• Your child will need to do enough activities to earn 12 points.

Spelling Test Redos

If your child scores below a 70% on their spelling test, they have the opportunity to get up to a 70% on it. The form and directions for what students need to do is provided below.