LANGUAGE ARTS DIFFICULTIES
I was reading my friend Andy's blog about his son having Math Amnesia. It's one thing many of us parents can relate to. (I'm having amnesia right now, since I ended that sentence in a preposition.)
Anyhow, Andrew and I were doing our Language Art's book today, "Explode the Code 6". I really love these workbooks for early readers learning all these English rules. For one of his pages, he has to answer yes or no to a question filled with his new vocabulary words. It should be an easy feat at this point of his reading. That is....... if don't live in a sub-tropical climate.
Example:
"Will a wooly hood keep you warm in the winter?" ........... Andrew checked NO.
(Correction: woolly typo that Ginny caught.)
Upon further examination, I asked him why he didn't answer yes. He said, "I have no idea what a hood is. How do I know if it keeps you warm."
Ahhhh, another chapter in the "Florida life vs curriculum" record books. Don't get me started on the four seasons. I really feel for those living in the Southern Hemisphere using American curriculums.
1 comment:
Did it really ask it just that way? Because if it did, you've got 'em. The adjectival form of "wool" is "woolly" with two l's, not "wooly."
Maybe if it had been spelled correctly Andrew would have been able to guess that something made of wool would keep one warm even if he didn't know what a hood was.
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