Words that should be respelt

monster · 03-10-2007, 09:58 PM

If it's so freaking hard, how come my 5yo just read a new book straight through without errors which contained the words through, straight, thought, sight and night? believe me, his "sight words" are 2, 3 and 4 letters.

Patterns? Do I hear something about pattern recognition? No surely not!

Of course he's a genius, but if a 5yo can deal with all these silent letters, inconsistencies and rule breakers then it's a bit wussie to claim that indirect spelling is holding intelligent people back.

/proud of our 5yo
//worried about what else he might have read when we were lulled into thinking that he wasn't interested in reading....

03-10-2007, 09:58 PM	#28
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	If it's so freaking hard, how come my 5yo just read a new book straight through without errors which contained the words through, straight, thought, sight and night? believe me, his "sight words" are 2, 3 and 4 letters. Patterns? Do I hear something about pattern recognition? No surely not! Of course he's a genius, but if a 5yo can deal with all these silent letters, inconsistencies and rule breakers then it's a bit wussie to claim that indirect spelling is holding intelligent people back. /proud of our 5yo //worried about what else he might have read when we were lulled into thinking that he wasn't interested in reading.... __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

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