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K-4 Math Overview. Sitton Spelling. Spelling Priority Words. Spelling Core Words. YES Learning Indicators. YES Kid Links. Contact Information Elke Tate Box , Spokane, Washington Phone: , Fax: Sitton students must spell only high-frequency "core" words correctly by 8th grade.
By contrast, kids taught phonics can spell tens of thousands of words by 8th grade. Under the Sitton program, students will be encouraged to invent spellings for words not on the core list of words.
Sitton defends invented spelling by claiming that kids' budding creativity and fragile self-esteem will be stunted if spelling mistakes are corrected. Struggling students are excused from learning the entire core word list. Instead, the teacher chooses a few words from the list for the slow student. The first 10 core words are: the, of, and, a, to, in, is, you, that, and it.
Parents, will you be satisfied if little Johnny can spell only these 10 words by age 8? How is this possible? Because each child looks up words on a cheat sheet during the "test" in Loudoun County, Virginia a cheat sheet is taped to each child's desk.
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