Having always been a champion speller*, I find kids who can’t spell fascinating.
Today we were discussing class jobs. I wrote them all on the board, and we talked about what each one entailed. Then I gave the kids index cards and told them to write down their top three job choices.
This is what I got (and remember, all the jobs were written on the board):
- sweper
- bord worsher, bored washer (Ha—what would that person do?)
- pencil sharpiner, pensel sharpiner, pencil sarper, pencel shapener, peneil shanpener (That last one sounds like a burning sensation you should see your doctor about.)
- libraren, liydeary (Oh dear, someone has dyslexia.)
- resekliler (Can you guess what this one is?)
*Cove Creek School champion, 7th grade—beat out my eighth-grade brother and cried because I didn’t want him to lose. Went to the district spelling bee, and got out on the word ‘abstain’. I didn’t know what ‘abstain’ meant (go ahead—make your funny jokes), and the way the lady pronounced it, it sounded like ‘obtain’ to me.
You crack me up. I’m on the other side of the spelling spectrum…but had no trouble understanding the little wannabe re-sigh-killer
These were so funny, Amy. I hope you are saving them for your book!
It’s a whole new year…..
And thanks Mary- I could not figure that puzzle out! FOR REAL! Amy- do you have any good spellers in that group? Or did they hit you with the “trouble class” stick, since you the new girl and all?