Spelling in the First Grade

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Spelling in the First Grade

My son is 6 years old and he is very intellegent. He can tell you how the solar system works, how your body functions properly, how to handle horses. But we have so much trouble w/ his spelling...He is currently failing first grade mainly because of his reading and writing. It makes me feel liek I'm failing him because I don't know how to help him. I work w/ him everyday I sit down w/ him and have him write his words 10 times each then I give him a little test to see what he's learned but he's just not getting it.. I've baught games to help him, movies etc. His teachers and princiapal think I should put him on medicine but we've been down that road, the medicine helped his conduct but not so much his grades, besides it made him a zombie and I'm not putting my son through that. I'll never give up but I need some help, some advice to help me help him learn. He's great in Science, Social Studies and I know how to help him in math(using toys for addition and subtraction and foods for fractions) but I don't know what to do w/ spelling. So if there are any moms or dads that have gone through this and can help me PLEASE do.

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Reply from: graham Date: Jan 18, 2008 at 2:47 pm

Hello Lynne,
 
I'm not exactly an authority on the matter, however, I went through the same thing myself. I was the son of a teacher, and in the first and second grade my teachers and parents tried everything to get me to learn how to spell and read well. I was also into science at that age, particularly anything to do with space (I went on to get a degree in physics). But in the first and second grade I could not spell correctly if my life depended on it. In the end they decided that spelling just wasn't my thing, and stopped forcing me to do extra work in that area. I'm sorry to say that I am still a poor speller, (god bless spell checkers!) but I am okay with that. My parents bought me various pocket sized spell checkers and dictionaries which helped a lot. It wasn't that I was stupid or slow at all, just that spelling didn't (and doesn't) make sense to me- the rules are far to inconsistent. I'm not suggesting that spelling is not important, or that your son will never learn it, just that if he doesn't then it's not the end of the world.
 
As for reading, that picked up greatly once I found books that actually interested me (the first book that I really read by myself was called 'the enormous egg' about a boy who hatches a dinosaur) . The books for people learning were just too boring to keep my concentration (a bit like reading Dean Koontz).
 
Sorry I can't be more helpful.
 
-graham
 

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Reply from: aleahgurl Date: May 8, 2008 at 12:56 pm

i was looking something up for my freind you were very helpful thank you

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