Renee,
I am a retired teacher and I found these same problems when I taught. I
think it comes from adults in the child's life who are controlling and do
not allow the child to learn by mistakes. I once had a child (boy) in my
first grade classroom who was held back because of failure to perform
Hi Deidra,
I agree with you and whoever said that it is also due to parents'
expectations. I recall two years ago when I was working in a
Kindergarten classroom and we had a certain student who was VERY bright
but who sometimes just seemed to really lack confidence. Then one day
we were m
Wow Lori, I want to respond, but don't know what to say. It truly is our
personal experiences that lead us to understanding -in reading and life.
My oldest son (29) who has a very high IQ, can not spell correctly to save
his life, and it is difficult to read his writing. In elementary school it
And I also have an adult son, 32, a professional musician with a very
high IQ, whose spelling and handwriting are just about the most
atrocious I have ever seen. Spelling is so unimportant in the grand
scheme of things.
Renee
On Jun 14, 2009, at 10:41 AM, Jan Sanders wrote:
Wow Lori, I w
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Hi Deidra,
I agree with you and whoever said that it is also due to parents' expectations.
I recall two years ago when I was working in a Kindergarten classroom and we
had a certain
Hey Renee-
Do you think it is in the genes? (Renee's son and mine are cousins)
Jan
On 6/14/09 11:55 AM, "Renee" wrote:
> And I also have an adult son, 32, a professional musician with a very
> high IQ, whose spelling and handwriting are just about the most
> atrocious I have ever seen. Spellin
I dunno. I can spell. You can spell. Their fathers can spell. Wait
one of their fathers can spell. hahahahahaha. Our mother can mostly
spell. I don't think I've ever seen our father write anything (h. I
wonder if he can spell?)
Maybe they can't spell because they don't think it's i
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Hi Deidra,
I agree with you and whoever said that it is also due to par
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hahaha Joy.
The first year my son was in high school, his best friend's mom and I were
helping the dozen
Your response made me laugh out loud. Come to think of it, I have never
seen dad write... Hmmm.
Maybe we should simply ask our students that. Is spelling important?
Maybe our boys don't think it is important.
Their minds are busy on other things. Have you ever heard them have a
conversati
When I went to my middle son's first grade conference in October (school
starts end of Aug/beginning of Sept.) I was told he was in the group that
needed more help because he didn't know all the letter sounds and he
couldn't put letter sounds together to begin to read. I just stared at her.
She st
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