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The purpose of marking is to enable pupils to improve their work. It is not intended as a means of undermining pupils’ self-esteem, and the emphasis therefore will be on acknowledging the merit in a piece of work, and then suggesting ways to improve it. Especially in the junior classes, marking will be simple, positive and child-friendly. Use will be made of stickers, smiley faces and stars. Marking should provide pupils and parents with clear and relevant feedback, suggestions for improvement and goals to be achieved Marking should be part of a continuous process – continuity in marking style is very important. A consistent whole school approach is required which remains flexible with regard to the needs of the individual child. There is no necessity to mark every spelling mistake in a piece of work, and it should be emphasised that mistakes are pointed out to enable children to improve their spelling. Ideally, the correction of spellings should be done in the presence of the child Children’s attitudes to spelling change when the positive aspects of their attempts to spell a word are pointed out, e.g., point out the letters which are right in a word Spelling mistakes should be underlined and `sp’ put in the margin At the end of a piece of writing, teachers might write the first three letters of the mis-spelt word, and the pupils then complete the correction If appropriate, the teacher writes down the word for correction If the same mistake is repeated, it is only marked once If a common error is discovered, class discussion might take place on families of words or words associated with a particular topic An able child will have most, if not all, mistakes pointed out In the case of a child with spelling difficulties, only key words will be corrected In the early stages of writing, the pupils need time to read their own pieces of work to the teacher, to notice and to question how words are spelled and to extend the range of words they can spell themselves, e.g., commonly used words and words that are important to them. A copy of the marking policy should be given to parents Editing Symbols / Marking Policy
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