In the past couple of months, both of my girls entered their school spelling bees. Brandi didn't make it past her class spelling bee because of her nerves. She knew how to spell the word, but when she saw all the other kids looking at her, she blanked. Kasi made it on to the school spelling bee, and was eliminated after a few rounds. I am so proud of both of them. They do so well in school without really having to try.
My son, however, struggles for every good grade. The thought of entering a spelling bee has probably never even entered his mind. Trust me when I say he is a horrible speller. For instance, I started a grocery list, and the kids have been adding to it, and last night I noticed that someone had put on there "etable husband, aka choco". He meant to write "edible" (he's quite the comedian...he thinks chocolate will take the place of Bob...silly boy...it has to have peanut butter in it to do that! lol).
I found a site online called bigIQkids where he can practice his spelling, and I know he loves doing anything on the computer. This site is cool because I can either select from an existing list of words or I can make my own list for him. He can study the words and then test himself. They have words for kids of every age, too.
I know I have to do something to get him to spell better.
7 comments:
What a great idea to have a website for spelling. I'm a very bad speller too! Once I didn't get my full raise at work because of my spelling.
My son is the same way- I especially notice it on my shopping lists. I think the world of short hand we live in with texting is partially to blame. My first grader has better spelling skills than my 9th grader does. The difference?
The little one hasn't been exposed to the world of "txt me l8r" and "OMG" When technology makes it easy for them to slack, where is the incentive? It drives me nuts!
BTW, lol about the edible husband. Peanut butter AND chocolate are a definite must!
(ha ha ha and I noticed here I am text abbreviating in my comment to you!)
LOL @ Tara !! I have noticed that my nieces who are A students in school that when they text me, the spelling is awful !! I hope the website helps him !! How are you doing ??
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Spelling isn't everything. That's why they made spell check. Personally, I can get around bad spelling. It's the educated idiots that get out of college that can't add 2+2, or even look both ways before crossing the street. Now they bother me.
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Hugs, have a great week,
Steve
I hear you on the spelling...we struggle with that here too. I will definitely be checking out this site with him tonight. Thanks for sharing!
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