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Wednesday, July 18, 2007

Get out your pencils, please. Today we are having a pop quiz...



I thought I was a pretty good speller but I missed one of these questions. Why don't you try it?

Confession: It wasn't until recently I realized that I had been misspelling 'similar' most of my life. I spelled it 'similiar.' I couldn't believe it when I discovered the correct spelling. How could I have been mistaken for so long?

I encourage ALL bloggers, in fact, I 'm begging you, please, please use a spell checker before posting anything. It reflects poorly on us, as teachers, if we have blogs full of spelling errors. I make countless silly errors even with words I know so I've learned not to trust my brain when publishing. Spell check is my friend!

one step at a time...

5 comments:

  1. Jocelyn18.7.07

    Wow, that's a great tip. I try to stress that to kid bloggers.. they're reflecting all hsers with their writing!

    as for the quiz, I scored:
    hmmm... only %80! drat!

    Love,
    Jocelyn

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  2. Barb19.7.07

    Hi lindafay,

    I think my spelling mistakes are mostly typing errors that I don't catch.

    I wanted to thank you too for adding my high school music appreciation link to your delicious links...I appreciate it very much.

    Barb
    Harmony Art Mom
    http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/harmonyartmom

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  3. Traci19.7.07

    I agree. I have a friend who posts messages that go to a homeschool yahoo group. She doesn't even use correct grammar. Drives me nuts. Spelling is one of my pet peeves as well.

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  4. keri19.7.07

    del.icio.us...
    Junior General Paper Soldier Page!
    My boys love that!
    My four year old cuts them up while we are at our books.

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  5. timbuck2mom23.7.07

    Uh, oh. I scored 87% which means I missed 2 - and I consider myself to be a good speller. :(

    Elisabeth

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