Spelling

had difficulty spelling and reading. No one told me why, and with my sister, who could read the word pharmacy at the age of 3, I felt like a failure. I would spend an hour reading something my sister read in 15 minutes. My mother would try to encourage me by saying, “You are so incredibly smart, Anyssa.”, but all it did was make me ask questions. If I'm so smart… Why can't I read fast? Why can’t I find the words I want to say? Why can’t I spell? The day before my next spelling test in 4th…

Summary: Jajci Johnson has diverse strengths and needs across reading, writing, and spelling. In reading, he exhibits interest in reading by asking essential questions to better help his comprehension of the text, he uses picture cues and context to figure out the meaning of an unfamiliar word, he predicts, infers, and make connections about the book, and is at an independent level in third grade sight words. For writing his strengths are incorporating many familiar sight words into his writing,…

FUND-RAISING AND PARTNERSHIPS This is an important section that you should pay attention to when you organize a Spelling Bee competition. In order to hold a successful event, you will need to estimate how much your event will cost. While having a meeting with the members of the committee, you should discuss over the overall budget that you might need to organize this competition. That being said, it will be easier for you to find the potential donors, sponsors, and partners for your event.…

In Paul Auster’s novel The Book of Illusions, the main character, David Zimmer, embarks on a journey of discovery after the loss of his wife and children. He becomes obsessed with silent film star Hector Mann and delves into Mann’s world, doing research on him in order to write a book about this presumed dead actor’s films. Zimmer’s life is irreparably changed by the segment of one of Mann’s films that he sees late at night. However, it is not only his films that affect Zimmer, but also the…

are able to come up with ideas about the topic during the assessment. I decided to grade the assessment this way because it will show me how much each student can write per each minute. I am not particularly concern about the use of punctuation, spelling, and grammar. But more concern about how much they can write about a particular subject and how much vocabulary they have. Since all my students are in third grade they should be able to write up to 37 words per minutes. The topic I choice to do…

I administered the spelling inventory first, which is used to help provide an estimation of stage of development for a specific student. When I began the test, I stated to the students “I am going to say some words that I want you to spell for me. Some of the words are easy to spell, and some will be more difficult. When you do not know how to spell a word, just do the best you can. Each time, I will say the word, then use it in a sentence, and then I will say the word again. It will not be…

how she felt about reading she said that she enjoys reading. I’m confident that with the enthusiasm that Kassidy has for reading now, that she will grow a love for reading as she gets older. The first test that Kassidy completed was the Elementary Spelling Inventory (ESI). This test can be used as early as first grade. The list consist of twenty-five words that I asked Kassidy to spell for me. Kassidy had no difficulties when it came to beginning and…

she gives him a break that still allows them to get things done. This is done by letting him review his spelling words, test him on them and play any game of his choice combining his words into the game. For example, he loves playing tic-tac toe and for every round he lose he has to spell a word of the tutor choice, she mostly goes for the words he had difficulty spelling during the mock spelling…

peer expectancy. The Spelling subtest assesses the ability to write dictated letters, letter combinations and words. The Sentence Composition subtest contains two components, Sentence Combining and Sentence Building. Both portions measure sentence formulation skills and written syntactic maturity, which includes morphology, grammar, syntax, semantics, and mechanics. Although Ania’s scores were lower than same age peers, she did show strength within the given subtests. When spelling Ania does…

[ ] For my first focus child, to succeed within a big group, she needs reassurance and one-on-one feedback and interactions. It is important to provide positive feedback just as equally as constructive feedback. She enjoys one-on-one interactions and works well with another child partner as well. By giving her feedback such as, “That’s a good prediction”, she is given positive reassurance that she is understanding the content and is doing what is expected. If feedback that wasn’t positive was…