Daughter's spellings for tonight

To Mrs BP - i take my hat off to anyone willing to teach. Its one of those necessary jobs that i KNOW i couldn't do (nursing is up there too - individuals in either profession are all worth your weight in Gold if u ask me and need to be paid appropriately), so please .take a bow ..

My cousin John decided to give it up as he was sick of the abuse that was bestowed upon him not from the 11-13 year olds he taught, but their parents !!!! I mean - what the hell is that all about ??

Still he's now a travel writer and is somewhere in the Serengeti so i am sure he is happy .....

anyway - an impressive list of words, see if your Daughter can spell supercalifragalisticexpialidocious yet

[Richie]

me thunk me inglash was not two sweet.

whilst reading a bed time story to my two kids (aged 9 and 6), Holly (9 year old) kept correcting me as I miss read the story....
some remedial reading is in order I belive.

Originally Posted by kwak zzr

Ed my daughters 9 to, i know exactly where your coming from.
my daughter got upset at school today because she couldn't do a maths question i'll try and explain - choose a 2 digit number and multiply it with another 2 digit number - do this twice but the 2 answers added together must total 1100. (shes 9)

good grief!
Could that be something like 55 X 10 that gives you 550.
Then erm.....

Bugger!
Blimey charlie!

[Ruffy]

Originally Posted by therealvw

good grief!
Could that be something like 55 X 10 that gives you 550.
Then erm.....

11 x 50 being the most obvious alternative to me, asuming we're not allowed to use the same again

So we get 55 x 10 + 11 x 50 = 1100

Guess this is leading into factors etc. but it sounds like the original question was not too clear.

[Ruffy]

Originally Posted by BluePete

We try to emphasise that it is the spelling pattern that is important, not really the words themselves, as the pattern can be used in a wide variety of words that she will use as she grows up.

Wow - sorry, but this has lost me!

Originally Posted by BluePete

We also look at how well the children write in 'free writing' where they are using their imaginations to write stories, journals, instructions, etc. If they can write well in any lesson, they go into a higher spelling group to push their phonic knowledge.

So, the words themselves are not the issue, but the way that she learns to spell the sounds involved in the words. I'd suggest splitting the words up into prefixes and suffixes, or into syllables and look for common spelling patterns that she is confident with, then push the word sections back together to make a full word.

Unfortunately, phonics and written tests are not suitable for everyone. Our eldest (now 13) is very badly dyslexic and is still struggling to learn to write coherently. His reading is also retarded, in the nicest sense of the word. However, his conversational skills and verbal reasoning abilities are much better, similar to his peers. The sort of assessment you describe would hold him down and it is unfortunately the case that this is exactly what happened.