Is this normal?

[Tigger&Belle]

Sounds liek they are going after the "agh" sound...cr"agh"ckerj"agh"k, b"agh"ckp"agh"ck. A "hard" A as opposed to a "soft" A, if you know what I mean?

We're going to put "like" on YOUR spelling test. And yes, I am kidding.

 

[Aneille]

I could see those words being on my DD's spelling list. But they have a challenge group and those would be on that.

When she first started the challenge spelling list it was awful. That first week was terrible but we got a system down and now for the most part its non-stress.

What helped us was getting this dry erase board she always wanted. She got it for her birthday (its a coaches hockey board) and she loves to draw on the dry erase board. So we take it everywhere and she spells her words on it. We do words in the car, and we take 3 words a day starting with the words she is struggling with.

Usually she has trouble with about 3 or 4 words and the rest she can spell. So on average by Wednesday she knows them all. This week was tough and we were still working on one this morning!

Her little sister who is in K can now spell a handful or more 1st grade challenge spelling words because we sing them in the car and we are always spelling! Her little sister actually got the one she was struggling with before she did this week!

 

[taximomfor4]

Most of my first grade dd's spelling lists are shorter words than those(or very common long words). But sometimes, they try to tie the spelling words into other parts of the curriculum. Perhaps habitat is on there because they are about to learn about habitats in science (or come across it in their next story for reading).

I have my child write each word a few times, then I ask her a few a day out loud. We don't hammer the list every day or anything.

 

[Aneille]

I just read you said your DD is a prefectionist, so is mine. We often had the meltdown in the beginning and her saying she couldn't do it, she was going to fail etc. I think it was a symptom of if I don't try then I can't fail.

What I did was really try to stress that to do well we need to work hard and if she works hard and then doesn't do as well as she wanted, well thats okay. I tell her she can walk out of any test with her head held high if she tried her best.

I also told her if she was going to get angry or frustrated then it was time to quit and I was not helping her anymore. Once she got through the first few tests and got great grades on it, he confidence soared and we don't stuggle as much.

I tell my daughter this quote from Dick Vermeil " If you don't invest very much, then defeat doesn't hurt very much and winning is not very exciting."

We were struggling with my DD the perfectionist being afraid to try. And making mistakes. So we really don't praise on the grade but the effort she puts into things.

 

[Disney Doll]

We're going to put "like" on YOUR spelling test. And yes, I am kidding.

My fingers never go where I want them to, except when I am driving...then my finger does fine!

 

[vettechick99]

I teach 1st grade. Our words this week contained the "oi" and "oy" spellings. So spoil, moist, point, joy, boy. We do 10 words and then have a sentence. So that does seem pretty advanced.

But, it's time to get used to harder curriculums. You should see some of the questions on the CRCT!

 

[staley7580]

Looks about like what my ds is doing in the 1st grade. He is in the advance reading class, and at the beginning of the year I was shocked at how hard the words seemed to be! But he is getting them all right, so i guess its okay for him.

 

[Tigger&Belle]

My fingers never go where I want them to, except when I am driving...then my finger does fine!

 

[LadyZolt]

I teach 1st grade. Our words this week contained the "oi" and "oy" spellings. So spoil, moist, point, joy, boy. We do 10 words and then have a sentence. So that does seem pretty advanced.

I think that "moist" is a more difficult concept for children to grasp than "habitat," which is spelled exactly as it sounds, hab - i - tat.

 

[Aneille]

I think that "moist" is a more difficult concept for children to grasp than "habitat," which is spelled exactly as it sounds, hab - i - tat.

I agree! And the word my DD was stuck on this week was Build. She wanted to spell it Bild everytime! Arghh! She said she thinks she got them all correct this week though.

She has 12 spelling words, 5 high frequency words and 3 dictation sentences every Friday for her test.

 

[vettechick99]

I think that "moist" is a more difficult concept for children to grasp than "habitat," which is spelled exactly as it sounds, hab - i - tat.

They can sound out moist, too. M - oi - s - t. They know to spell it with oi if it's in the middle of the word and oy at the end (in most cases - there are rule breakers like royal). It really comes down to memorizing these words anyway. That's how I learned to spell. I didn't learn phonics til I started teaching!

 

[LaraK]

Well, she thinks she got them all right. She seems much more relaxed tonight, which is great.

Disney Doll, that finger works for me too.