Tonight I gave Kimberly her normal spelling quiz to see how well she was doing with this weeks lesson. Usually she gets 100% on her spelling tests. Not this time. Holy crap she missed nine out of twelve! She only got 3 right! It is a tricky week because they are mixing the rule "the e makes the vowel say its name" and the phonogram rule "the eeeeeee sound of the ea phonogram. Basically this is making her spell a work like 'steam' s.t.e.m.e. And she spelled dear like d.e.r.e. The 'e' at the end of the sentence makes the middle vowel say its name...got it?
She was a devastated little girl but I explained to her that sometimes she will get and A becasue she is extra smart and sometimes she will get her A because she works extra hard. If you do anything enough times in a row, you will master it. This is why I kickass at Super Mario Galaxy. Seriously, I'm awesome. Jealous? I thought so. :D
Tonight I am playing mean 'School Ma'am' and making her copy the words over....and over....and over again until it is memorized. She's not too happy about it right now. Isn't she a cute little sad scholar?
Thursday, January 22, 2009
Kimmy's first all nighter
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On Between the Lions they had a great song... When Two Vowels Go Walking...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75KAgF0NhHI
Oh, I've gotten that 'look' many times as well...and oddly enough over spelling words! Here's hoping she does wonderfully on her test and she'll realize it was all for a good reason...okay maybe that last part is a bit much to hope for.
Look at that sad little face! Poor baby...
That's funny...Ian is having a hard time tonight too. We were doing the same thing making him copy his words over and over. He refused and kept screaming and crying so to bed he went. Hopefully he will wake up feeling better and maybe he will dream about spelling words tonight.
Even sad she looks soo cute!
Good for you for being mean education mama!
It will be worth it in the end for you but I would have let my daughter failed miserably. So she can make the connection:)
I will be a mean spiteful learn your lesson mama!
Poor Kimmy, she looks so distraught. Good for you to not give in. She needs to learn that sometimes things don't come easy and when you try hard and earn them the payoff is much sweeter.
OMG that last pic is so gorgeous. You shoudl frame it!
Ah yes. The first disappointment of an intelligent child. The first time it doesn't come super easily.
I feel her pain. And yours. But truly? It's better now than later. I love when my kids have to struggle to learn something. They appreciate it more and don't get big heads.
You go school momma.
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