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Very encouraging!

Monday, February 20th, 2012

Very encouraging! The Spelling Blog

For some reason, I think of "burned" as …

Tuesday, February 14th, 2012

For some reason, I think of "burned" as simple past tense, but "burnt" is the past participle. e.g Yesterday I burned some toast" but "Oh dear, I've burnt the toast". Used thus, it differentiates an action completed back in the past from a just-completed one, for example – few other languages (at least European ones) [...]

They say it all the time in schools I have worked …

Sunday, February 12th, 2012

They say it all the time in schools I have worked in in Massachusetts. And then we have to unteach it. The Spelling Blog

Asking questions are genuinely good thing if you a…

Tuesday, February 7th, 2012

Asking questions are genuinely good thing if you are not understanding something fully, but this post presents pleasant understanding yet.my site :: online portfolio The Spelling Blog

thanx!!!! this a big help me sa learning this in …

Sunday, February 5th, 2012

thanx!!!! this a big help me sa learning this in school right now !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The Spelling Blog

I took my training to be an academic language ther…

Wednesday, January 25th, 2012

I took my training to be an academic language therapist through an Orton-Gillingham school. We were NOT to teach this rule. The purpose of rules is to make spelling easier for students. Something that is reliable only about 50% of the time does not make things easier. O-G teaches very few rules, only 5. With [...]

Thanks for sharing. Nice Post

Wednesday, January 11th, 2012

Thanks for sharing. Nice Post The Spelling Blog

Johanna, I was thrilled to see that you recommend …

Tuesday, January 10th, 2012

Johanna, I was thrilled to see that you recommend Vocabulary and Spelling City www.spellingcity.com . It is one of my favorite websites and my class uses it almost nightly. For years I just had the free membership and I loved it, but last year I acquired a premium membership and my class has never been [...]

Hi Johanna, the first words I saw were 'Peacef…

Friday, January 6th, 2012

Hi Johanna, the first words I saw were 'Peaceful','passionate', 'thoughtful' and 'charismatic' – the first and third are true, the first is a moot point, but I don't really agree (and would passionately defend my right not to!) and the final one is something that I don't feel. I really like this blog, which I [...]

Hi. It isn't "éscaner" but "esc…

Sunday, December 18th, 2011

Hi. It isn't "éscaner" but "escáner". The Spelling Blog