Posted in General Musings

We had our first spelling test today. Josh had 7 words that he was looking at all week. I went over them with him a few times, but told him that it was his responsibility to know these words for the test on Friday. When he studied on his own, he did so half-heartedly and didn't really concentrate. The words were:

city
house
good
job
want
work
need

All the words are related to our MBTP study of communities this week. He looked over his words today, and then I gave him the test. He missed two words. I even said, "This is your first test, so I want you to look at what you wrote for numbers 2 and 6 and see if there is anything you want to change." He said they were just fine. He got both of those words wrong, and then I asked him to add the page to his binder. "What about my sticker???" he said. He knows that he only gets a sticker if he does it on his own, correctly, without any outside help. He was pretty upset when I told him he would not be getting a sticker - he even almost cried. But, we had a talk about concentrating while we practice and really learning how to spell the words. Since it was his first test, I am letting him retake it on Monday for a sticker - if he gets them all correct. We'll see if he really practices this time!

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