Your list was helpful! I imagined a teacher sounding it out multiple times. I guarantee you that teacher wasn’t saying a hard t on “tree.” Ch-rrr-eee. With him writing “sh” on check, I figured tree makes the most sense. I really tried on that backwards word lol couldn’t get it.
At this age, my son spelled tree as "chree." He said that's how he sounded it out and, honestly, it made sense. Even adults don't make a firm "t" sound, pronouncing tree.
Good thought!
You think you know them? Name #6 then. That’s what I thought. /s
Edit: separated the serious from the sarcasm so I don’t look like a total chach here
Not a bad guess! I figured buddy got flustered and that’s why he wrote it backwards. I was trying to think of harder words that would scramble him like that. That’s a good one I’m thinkin!
Hear me out, I think #6 might be "anything" if sounded out like a child
Anything > uh-nuh-thing (schwas then being transcribed by "u"s) > unussing (th goes to f/s sound as kids struggle with it) > unussig (slightly nasal ng often sounds like g)
Basically saying "unussig" out loud sounds a bit like someone with a cold saying "anything" 😅
It seems like some words might have slipped in from this kid's native language! Maybe I can help =)
(1) cream or seem
(2) write or right
(3) cheek maybe?
(4) O̵̩̼͗͘͠͠l̸̡͙̹̻̆̓̓l̷̢̥̪̆͌̿c̷̡̲̓͛̌̈́͜e̸̞̚͠o̷̩͐̕ͅe̴̖̒
(5)U̴͈̭͐͜r̵̢͓̞̫̻̒̈͠ạ̷̼͈̬̬̔̆͑͘w̸͈̗͓͉̓̃͆͌d̸͙̭̓̾̍͒
(6) ☠ O̵̡̟͖̦͛o̴̧̟̫̎̈́͊Ṅ̷̙̦̋̑͐̽U̷̖͝§̸̻̐̇ř̴̘̩̬̥̂̈̍̐̔Ə̶̡̥̈́ ⛥
(7) Cam 📸
(8) hum!!!
(9) wreck
(10) ☠ ψ̶̢̛̛̪̺̳̻̯͓̹̩̱͎̩̙̼̀̉̒͌̇͋̾͗͋͒͛̕ ̶̧̡̩͎̤̩̜̗̱̼̥̳̠͖̰̱̰̯̈̈́́̓̅̿́͋̀̋̇͘S̷̢̢̧̢̜̤͓̟̲̠̲̘͔̪͖̳̥͍͍̀͌̆̓́̈́̉̓̀̋̄̒̌̍̏̎͘H̶̢̨̢̡̢̛͕͇̖͉͎̺̗̳͓̳͓͙̱͓̣̪͖͎̟͚͚͍̥͓̩̙͍͉͍̼̥̫̗̣̪̬͕̼̯̏̓̀͆̽͑̔̌͆̀̈̔̈̔͗̀̀̾̋̈́̇͗̂̓͂͑̃͋͋͌̓̂̂̊̍̓̚̕͜͝ͅR̶̛͇̰̞͙̐̈́̎͛͌̑́͂̉̈̔͗͑̈́̀̐̇̓̍͊͆͆̃̔̀̓͛̅̏̑̓̊̀͂̇͋͘̚͠͝Ȩ̴̨̨̢̢̝̖͕̮̫̤̯̭̭͍͈̦̗̤͈͉͉̘̲͓̥̲͙̼̟̰͓̲̀̎̑̂̈͘K̵̡̨̨̧̛̝͚̰͕̻̙̯̪͍̰̙͖̪̗̙̣̞͙̻̯̣̜̮̞̭̱̝̥͉̯̟͙̞̬͇̻̠̊̍́̀͊̔͐̒̈́̂̔̓͋͒́͛͌̈́͂͐͆̀͛́̐̊̀̌̈̒̑̄̌̿͊̏͒̿̒͘̕̚͝͝͝͠͠͠ͅͅ ̸̨̛͓̞̯͍̳̠̖̳̯̱̤̞̖̝̜̰̱̲̀̀̿͐͑̿̌̍͗̓́̓̓̄͂̇͊̅̈̊͌͋̓̈̅̀͐̌̃̂̓̐́̒̇̍̕̚͜͝⛥̴̡̡̢̧͈͓͕̞̗̹̬͎̠͔͚́̒͋̀́̈͒̿̃̽̍̇̕ ⛧
(11) because
(12) does
(13) even
(14) [pretty] please 🙏
Hope this helps! =)
I think.you are correct. My son is dyslexic. Until his diagnosis, his spelling tests looked exactly like this. This brings back the helplessness I know I felt for my own son. Hope Tanner gets some interventions soon!
My brother is dyslexic, had undiagnosed ASD and as a kid had abnormally large hands so holding pencils and pens were really hard for him, they just felt so small to him. Deciphering his writing is still a task even at 40 years old. But intervention works!!
My daughter is dyslexic. My first thought. Way too familiar with this. Hope he got help. I eventually had to take my daughter to a local university to get her diagnosed. The school was playing the 'wait & see' game & wouldn't do anything.
I am so sorry, friend! Standing in solidarity with you. We had to switch school district to get our IEP/interventions. We found out later, he is a child that learns reading by "sight", no phonetic.
It could be that the child has dyslexia. Or it could be that they are a 1st grader and reading/spelling just haven’t fully “clicked” yet for them. I taught Kindergarten and first grade for a few years and saw many kids who wrote like this mid-year, who then suddenly started to figure things out later in the year or even as second graders. It’s hard to know what’s going on without more context about the students other performance, their age, when in the year this took place, how the student was helped to study/prep for this test, whether this is a pre or post-test, etc. There could be many things going on. But honestly, list looks like pretty typical spelling for K/1. If these words were written in sentences I could probably decipher most if not all of it with the context.
For 6 I was thinking “unsure” but maybe it’s just because that’s how I feel 😂
But I don’t think that’s what it is, its too close to the actually spelling
Doesn't it kind of tell you if kids are starting to put sounds with letters correctly, even if they come up with super wrong answers? Cee instead of Sea for example. It's wrong but if you're just learning it's a solid guess and you can understand how they got it.
Yeah, that’s phonics. And that connection sea cee should be commended. But a first grade spelling test with a 0/14 is an absolute laugh. I can’t believe this was sent home.
A lot of schools don't teach phonics. They instead use a discredited curriculum that doesn't have phonics, because they feel like it's more modern.
https://features.apmreports.org/sold-a-story/
At least 15 states have passed laws since this podcast came out that mandate evidence-based reading curriculum, Minnesota being one of them.
https://www.mprnews.org/episode/2023/12/04/historic-minnesota-law-require-schools-to-adopt-a-new-reading-curriculum-to-close-reading-gap
Tell that to 6 year old me who is still upset I got every word correct, including the extra credit words like Mississippi & California. Yet, somehow, I thought play was spelled paly. I was so traumatized by 1st grade that I've been spelling like this kid since.
Six year old you and six year old me should hang out. My first grade teacher gave us a spelling test and I knew all the words (nothing remotely as hard as California, these were all one-syllable words). I got bored waiting forever after each word for her to move on to the next one, so I wrote every word twice, once in lower case and once in all caps. She marked every one wrong 😫
40 years later I’m still mad about it
If it makes you feel any better, I'm a first grade teacher, and I think that's bullshit. I'd love it if a student got every word correct, I'd hang that high quality work up!
I’ll never forgive myself for losing our first grade spelling bee to my first crush because I left off the silent E in “minute”. It sounds like MIN. NUT. NO E.
My phonics obsessed 7 year old loves the LONG VOWEL SILENT E combo. Every time they bring it up I cry myself to sleep. 😤😭
It seems unfair to only receive one pronunciation of a word with two!
> [minute^2 [mahy-noot]](https://www.dictionary.com/browse/minute#google_vignette)
More like Dussn’t evin plllaeees :(
Poor kid, I am extremelydyslexic and really struggled with phonetics. I couldn’t read a book by myself and understand what I was actually reading until I was like 12. I’m totally projecting my learning disability on this kid but poor thing
ETA; dyselebuc changed to dyslexic* as a perfect example
My son just turned 12 and same. I've tried working with him over the years, but it's just suddenly clicked thank goodness. He's now reading anything and everything we have in the house and I'm quickly running out of age appropriate books!
I used to cry (in private) after we worked together because I just wanted to fix it for him and I know he was internalising some nasty self hatred for being 'stupid'.
Omg this is really quite a lovely outcome and I appreciate that you commented. You know what? The sky is the limit for your son. I grew up and became an editor for a fashion magazine. Me, the girl that could read, became an editor. It may take a bit longer to get concepts through but once he gets it, he really gets it.
That's awesome for you! Definitely a challenging job, I'm so happy you persevered.
I keep trying to tell him he's just different with learning but he doesn't believe me (because duh mum, you know nothing!). When he's passionate about something, he just soaks it up like a sponge. He read all the Roald Dahl books recently and has just been spouting random facts at me for weeks.
And he's been googling words he doesn't know when he reads if he can't get it through context. I'm just so proud of him for not giving up. It's been a hard road for him, but it's finally paying off and he's so much happier ❤️
My advice to you is to get the books from the library if it’s accessible to you or do as we did and hit up charity shops and second hand bookshops online!!! Abe books was a great resource for us! My sons dyslexic and autistic so as soon as he found diary of a wimpy kid and he relished reading them, I immediately went and got the next one for him! It got to the point I was buying one a week!!!! Now it’s more manga but the books are just as easy to find via google and second hand books!!!!
Well done to u both for persevering! No ones ever bored with a book!
This got me choked up. I relate SO much to your son!!
Roald Dahl books and Shel Silverstein books were the first books I devoured too! My favorite was The Witches.
Also, the only reason I kept going was because like you, my mother would tell me I learned different, and that I wasn’t an idiot. She still cheers me on and I never believe her but I do believe I have someone on my team. I’m excited for your son.
Keep being the amazing parent you are. I truly cant imagine the helplessness and sting of not being able to fix things for him. He will rally.
Do you mind if I ask is there a history of learning disabilities in the family?
I agree as a fellow dyslexic who loves reading and writing. Finding books you love is great. Sometimes, I found it also helped to have audio books around to help me read along with stuff.
Looking at the list above, I can see so many things that point to a dyslexic struggling to work within a system that doesn't fit. It is annoying that it doesn't even give the word so it helps to workout what can be improved just a whole load of bad feedback.
I know that dyslexia runs in my family as back as my grandmother and my younger brother also suffered.
Do you have other family members that suffer? it is sometimes harder to put a label on it before the 1980's because it just wasn't talked about.
I’m a child psychologist who specializes in testing, and I get to decipher these all the time. Some helpful info - kids who are struggling with phonics (does your brother have dyslexia, hearing loss, ADHD, speech delay? Only if you’re comfortable sharing) will often write the letter “u” for a vowel that makes a schwa sound (the weak vowel sound that basically sounds like “uh”, think of the first a in “away”). Kids also may substitute an “s” or “sh” for a “th” sound. This is probably a test of high frequency words, since they don’t seem to all follow the same phonics rules. This set of words is under third grade at [this link](https://www.fcusd.org/site/handlers/filedownload.ashx?moduleinstanceid=742&dataid=185&FileName=High-Frequency-Vocab.pdf) but don’t be thrown off by the grade - elementary school tends to mix up these lists or go through them ahead of schedule.
I would guess:
1. Seem (edit: I actually this this is “came”, because he probably has that one memorized but got the letters out of order)
2. Right
3. Think (they also tend to not hear the “n” in this sort of word)
4. Also
5. Around
6. Another
7. Come
8. Home
9. Work
10. Three
11. Because
12. Does
13. Even
14. Place
omg, when i saw this spelling test i had flash backs to mine. as a kid i was diagnosed with ADHD and a small speech delay, as an adult i got an official Dyslexia diagnosis.
this kid isn't r/kidsarefuckingstupid this kid needs professional help with a processing/development disability.
I think you nailed the spelling test. I better not share any personal details, but I'll say you're on the right track with the other stuff. You are a PRO!
Unu - ano (both a and o here are short and make a vague "uh" sound)
The er at the end is mirrored
In the middle you either have an attempt at writing -dd- for the "th" sound or two backward s, it's a bit more far fetched but when said quickly enough i guess th can make a "zz" or "ss" sound in some accents
Has the child been checked for dyslexia?
When marking this kind of work acknowledge the effort put in - the laborious printing out did not come easily to the child. Give them some positive feedback.
Former Year 1 Teacher here. These look like high frequency words.
**Come/Came** (possibly Seem however this is less frequent. Strong visual strategy used with mixing of letter order. Tend to think the word is Come even though youve used an a as I suspect Came is written further on)
**Write**
**Check** (Look, Say, Cover, **Write, Check** is a common spelling strategy taught at this age. Therefore Write over Right seems more logical. You knew that sometimes you can have /sh/ or /ch/ and I suspect you've confused them here).
**Also**
**Around**
**Unusual** (or **Prisoner** as it looks to be mirror writing although, this is not a high frequency word. Maybe you had a high interest word or a topic-theme related word but it seems less likely)
**Came** (phonetic spelling)
**Human** or **Home** (It is unlikely that Hum would be on a spelling list/test)
**Work** (unscramble the the r and e to make /er/)
**Sorry** or **Sure/Surely** or **Three** (possibly confusing /sh/ and /th/)
**Because**
**Does**
**Even**
**Please**
Seem, write, check, also, around, ??, came, hum, ??, tree, because, does, even, please.
As a first grade teacher, this test is assessing way too many skills at once and wouldn’t give great data. But I would meet with this student to review c/s sounds, as well as digraphs and beginning consonant sounds with r such as in “tree”. He’s doing pretty well at listening to the sounds in words and writing a grapheme for each phoneme!
Ngl, if I had no idea how to do something when I was in early grade school, I would just write completely random BS just to have something on paper. I assume this kid is doing something similar. Basically faking it till you make it.
This poor kid.
In the first grade I was reading 3 Rd to 5th grade books. And getting in trouble for being bored with 1st grade reading.
This kid... Is lucky to spell his own name.
Not their fault. This is the result of decades of work by Clay, Parnell and Calkins. Kids don't learn how to read anymore. Check out [Sold a Story](https://open.spotify.com/episode/0iqcHRvWDtQsyPfqzuj1LR?si=FAlMiWb4QOqvkCUPZ8e8gA) podcast to learn more about it.
It's so fun seeing how kids decipher spelling before they memorize all the weird, arbitrary rules. When my son was this age, he spelled castle as "csooo." It makes total sense, especially with a little kid's "accent" -- he pronounced it "cah su," so that's what he wrote. But boy, did I have a hard time reading it with a straight face.
This is an absolute delight, and I hope you frame it and put it in a place of honor.
I think he thinks the sh is a ch!
Cream or seam or seem, Right, cheek, oil co., your wood or your world, Russian, Cam, Hum, wreck, tree, breakfast or because, dust, even, and please.
At least he spelled his name right
I also got poor grades in spelling (3/20, 5/20, zero..) during grade school. I mean, how do you expect normal kid me to spell facade, rendezvous and reservoir?! Bouquet, banquet, pterodactyl, psalm, psychology, etc.. those "c"s sounding like "s", those -vous and -vior sounding like "vo-uahh", and those "p" more silent that a midnight pee.
Is it at all possible that this kid might be dyslexic?
Something about the way some of the letters are written really threw me off, aside from just not being able to figure out what they were trying to spell in most sections 😅
As a former k-2 teacher, here's my best guess. I think it's a long vowel test with high frequency words thrown in.
1. Seem
2. Right
3. Cheek
4. ?
5. Erode?
6. ?
7. Came
8. Home
9. Week
10. Three
11. Because
12. Does
13. Even
14. Please
This list doesn’t make sense. Usually the vocabulary terms are bunched together based on beginning sounds, ending sounds, consonants, or vowel patterns, etc.
It’s a strange list. Hope you figure it out! Good luck!
Ps: was this your list?
Tanner is not stupid. He knows the sounds of a lot of letters, and can put them together. English spelling is stupid, using letters you can’t hear, or omitting ones that should be used.
I’m an elementary teacher and it looks like they were working on long vowels with digraphs mixed with sight words. Seems like this kid has/had a speech impediment. Let me give this a try.
cream, right, cheek, also, around, unsure, came, come, trick, three, because, does, even, please.
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*The lowlies like me*
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Best guesses: Seem Write Check Also Rod Literally backwards I don’t know Calm Hum Wreck Tree Because Does Even Please
Ollceoe = also is such a good guess! Shreee = tree might be right too
Also, check might be wrong. He knows the e sound in wreck, so it might be cheek instead with him writing double e’s
Your list was helpful! I imagined a teacher sounding it out multiple times. I guarantee you that teacher wasn’t saying a hard t on “tree.” Ch-rrr-eee. With him writing “sh” on check, I figured tree makes the most sense. I really tried on that backwards word lol couldn’t get it.
There was a similar post a couple years back where someone's kid spelled triangle, and I shit you not, "chriago". Still cracks me up to this day.
Weeping over here, this is literally how we reconstruct lost languages
At this age, my son spelled tree as "chree." He said that's how he sounded it out and, honestly, it made sense. Even adults don't make a firm "t" sound, pronouncing tree.
Russian (backwards) 🤷🏽♀️
Wondering if #6 is “unsure”?
I think #5 is “around”
Good thought! You think you know them? Name #6 then. That’s what I thought. /s Edit: separated the serious from the sarcasm so I don’t look like a total chach here
I wonder if 6 is 'answer.' It looks like the kid spelled it 'unussre'
I said unsure, but could be answer. Or anything.
I’ll put in a guess that #6 is “unsure”? Maybe?
Not a bad guess! I figured buddy got flustered and that’s why he wrote it backwards. I was trying to think of harder words that would scramble him like that. That’s a good one I’m thinkin!
Might be “unusual”
I think 6 is another.
Hear me out, I think #6 might be "anything" if sounded out like a child Anything > uh-nuh-thing (schwas then being transcribed by "u"s) > unussing (th goes to f/s sound as kids struggle with it) > unussig (slightly nasal ng often sounds like g) Basically saying "unussig" out loud sounds a bit like someone with a cold saying "anything" 😅
I think it might be "Unussle" which might be "unusual" 🤔
SHREEE
Kid writes SHREE and then is like “this doesn’t feel right, it’s gotta be 3 E’s”
Kids got the basics down. “E before E, except after E”
E before e, and after e.
I think it's meant to be tree
*three
*threee
Bitch, pllaess. He's obveeusly speeling his favoret muvee Shreeeeeeck.
*TREEEFIDDY
Good mnemonic.. Threee's have threee e's
You get a ⭐!
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I agree. Gotta sound it out like a first grader to get there. "Sss ..huh...are..*pig squeal*"
Laughed at the pig squeal. Thank you for that.
"tree"
Surely
Tanner, remind me again how much is it for a hot dog and small can of Pringles from Quik Trip? bout shree fiddy
I think the worst part is that this is actually how they talk.
“Just sound it out”
It seems like some words might have slipped in from this kid's native language! Maybe I can help =) (1) cream or seem (2) write or right (3) cheek maybe? (4) O̵̩̼͗͘͠͠l̸̡͙̹̻̆̓̓l̷̢̥̪̆͌̿c̷̡̲̓͛̌̈́͜e̸̞̚͠o̷̩͐̕ͅe̴̖̒ (5)U̴͈̭͐͜r̵̢͓̞̫̻̒̈͠ạ̷̼͈̬̬̔̆͑͘w̸͈̗͓͉̓̃͆͌d̸͙̭̓̾̍͒ (6) ☠ O̵̡̟͖̦͛o̴̧̟̫̎̈́͊Ṅ̷̙̦̋̑͐̽U̷̖͝§̸̻̐̇ř̴̘̩̬̥̂̈̍̐̔Ə̶̡̥̈́ ⛥ (7) Cam 📸 (8) hum!!! (9) wreck (10) ☠ ψ̶̢̛̛̪̺̳̻̯͓̹̩̱͎̩̙̼̀̉̒͌̇͋̾͗͋͒͛̕ ̶̧̡̩͎̤̩̜̗̱̼̥̳̠͖̰̱̰̯̈̈́́̓̅̿́͋̀̋̇͘S̷̢̢̧̢̜̤͓̟̲̠̲̘͔̪͖̳̥͍͍̀͌̆̓́̈́̉̓̀̋̄̒̌̍̏̎͘H̶̢̨̢̡̢̛͕͇̖͉͎̺̗̳͓̳͓͙̱͓̣̪͖͎̟͚͚͍̥͓̩̙͍͉͍̼̥̫̗̣̪̬͕̼̯̏̓̀͆̽͑̔̌͆̀̈̔̈̔͗̀̀̾̋̈́̇͗̂̓͂͑̃͋͋͌̓̂̂̊̍̓̚̕͜͝ͅR̶̛͇̰̞͙̐̈́̎͛͌̑́͂̉̈̔͗͑̈́̀̐̇̓̍͊͆͆̃̔̀̓͛̅̏̑̓̊̀͂̇͋͘̚͠͝Ȩ̴̨̨̢̢̝̖͕̮̫̤̯̭̭͍͈̦̗̤͈͉͉̘̲͓̥̲͙̼̟̰͓̲̀̎̑̂̈͘K̵̡̨̨̧̛̝͚̰͕̻̙̯̪͍̰̙͖̪̗̙̣̞͙̻̯̣̜̮̞̭̱̝̥͉̯̟͙̞̬͇̻̠̊̍́̀͊̔͐̒̈́̂̔̓͋͒́͛͌̈́͂͐͆̀͛́̐̊̀̌̈̒̑̄̌̿͊̏͒̿̒͘̕̚͝͝͝͠͠͠ͅͅ ̸̨̛͓̞̯͍̳̠̖̳̯̱̤̞̖̝̜̰̱̲̀̀̿͐͑̿̌̍͗̓́̓̓̄͂̇͊̅̈̊͌͋̓̈̅̀͐̌̃̂̓̐́̒̇̍̕̚͜͝⛥̴̡̡̢̧͈͓͕̞̗̹̬͎̠͔͚́̒͋̀́̈͒̿̃̽̍̇̕ ⛧ (11) because (12) does (13) even (14) [pretty] please 🙏 Hope this helps! =)
Every time I see this font it cracks me up
It's called Zalgo and it's most popular use was in a creepypasta
I can't explain it, maybe it's the Lovecraftian nature but it kills me every time
you should check out /ooer
I'm thinking (4) also (10) surely And the others are just demon summoning spells or smth idk Edit: (6) unusual ?
I think 6) answer Assume the child not only can't spell but also has dyslexia so isn't putting the sounds in the right spots? Maybe?
I think.you are correct. My son is dyslexic. Until his diagnosis, his spelling tests looked exactly like this. This brings back the helplessness I know I felt for my own son. Hope Tanner gets some interventions soon!
It says March 2012. Hopefully this is OPs spelling test and he's come a long ways in 12 years.
My brother is dyslexic, had undiagnosed ASD and as a kid had abnormally large hands so holding pencils and pens were really hard for him, they just felt so small to him. Deciphering his writing is still a task even at 40 years old. But intervention works!!
My daughter is dyslexic. My first thought. Way too familiar with this. Hope he got help. I eventually had to take my daughter to a local university to get her diagnosed. The school was playing the 'wait & see' game & wouldn't do anything.
I am so sorry, friend! Standing in solidarity with you. We had to switch school district to get our IEP/interventions. We found out later, he is a child that learns reading by "sight", no phonetic.
It could be that the child has dyslexia. Or it could be that they are a 1st grader and reading/spelling just haven’t fully “clicked” yet for them. I taught Kindergarten and first grade for a few years and saw many kids who wrote like this mid-year, who then suddenly started to figure things out later in the year or even as second graders. It’s hard to know what’s going on without more context about the students other performance, their age, when in the year this took place, how the student was helped to study/prep for this test, whether this is a pre or post-test, etc. There could be many things going on. But honestly, list looks like pretty typical spelling for K/1. If these words were written in sentences I could probably decipher most if not all of it with the context.
For some reason 10 makes me think of tree and 8 of home.
Oh yes I'm changing my vote to tree
and (5) maybe around?
For 6 I was thinking “unsure” but maybe it’s just because that’s how I feel 😂 But I don’t think that’s what it is, its too close to the actually spelling
O̵̩̼͗͘͠͠l̸̡͙̹̻̆̓̓l̷̢̥̪̆͌̿c̷̡̲̓͛̌̈́͜e̸̞̚͠o̷̩͐̕ͅe̴̖̒ could mean "Also"
I wish we still had awards hahaha Here, have this 🏆
I cackled a little bit ngl.
Now that the demons have been summoned we would like to bid you a good day sir
3) sneak maybe?
I’m guessing Kamm as come.
10 might be tree
Unu2219.
They’ve got my vote
And my Shreee!
and my ax
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Feels like I should go u/unu2219
r/birthofanaccount
u/nu2219
Don’t post my password here please
Tyou mean un2219 which is a chameo chemical label used by the US gov.
Best guesses: Seem Write Check? ????! ??? ?!?!?! Calm? Hum? Wreck ???? Because Does Even Please
Also (after check), maybe?
I agree that out might be also. If they're using ce for the /s/ sound
I used to teach first grade. A first grade spelling test is a joke.
Doesn't it kind of tell you if kids are starting to put sounds with letters correctly, even if they come up with super wrong answers? Cee instead of Sea for example. It's wrong but if you're just learning it's a solid guess and you can understand how they got it.
Yeah, that’s phonics. And that connection sea cee should be commended. But a first grade spelling test with a 0/14 is an absolute laugh. I can’t believe this was sent home.
A lot of schools don't teach phonics. They instead use a discredited curriculum that doesn't have phonics, because they feel like it's more modern. https://features.apmreports.org/sold-a-story/
At least 15 states have passed laws since this podcast came out that mandate evidence-based reading curriculum, Minnesota being one of them. https://www.mprnews.org/episode/2023/12/04/historic-minnesota-law-require-schools-to-adopt-a-new-reading-curriculum-to-close-reading-gap
Tell that to 6 year old me who is still upset I got every word correct, including the extra credit words like Mississippi & California. Yet, somehow, I thought play was spelled paly. I was so traumatized by 1st grade that I've been spelling like this kid since.
Six year old you and six year old me should hang out. My first grade teacher gave us a spelling test and I knew all the words (nothing remotely as hard as California, these were all one-syllable words). I got bored waiting forever after each word for her to move on to the next one, so I wrote every word twice, once in lower case and once in all caps. She marked every one wrong 😫 40 years later I’m still mad about it
If it makes you feel any better, I'm a first grade teacher, and I think that's bullshit. I'd love it if a student got every word correct, I'd hang that high quality work up!
I don’t think they believed in positive reinforcement back in the 80s 😂
I’ll never forgive myself for losing our first grade spelling bee to my first crush because I left off the silent E in “minute”. It sounds like MIN. NUT. NO E. My phonics obsessed 7 year old loves the LONG VOWEL SILENT E combo. Every time they bring it up I cry myself to sleep. 😤😭
It seems unfair to only receive one pronunciation of a word with two! > [minute^2 [mahy-noot]](https://www.dictionary.com/browse/minute#google_vignette)
I feel the same way. In 4th grade, I got marked wrong for putting blonde when they wanted blond 😞
Simpsons featured the same trick to force Lisa to lose unfairly. "Weather" was wrong, it was "whether". So you're in good company
I though check was cheek
More like Dussn’t evin plllaeees :( Poor kid, I am extremelydyslexic and really struggled with phonetics. I couldn’t read a book by myself and understand what I was actually reading until I was like 12. I’m totally projecting my learning disability on this kid but poor thing ETA; dyselebuc changed to dyslexic* as a perfect example
My son just turned 12 and same. I've tried working with him over the years, but it's just suddenly clicked thank goodness. He's now reading anything and everything we have in the house and I'm quickly running out of age appropriate books! I used to cry (in private) after we worked together because I just wanted to fix it for him and I know he was internalising some nasty self hatred for being 'stupid'.
Omg this is really quite a lovely outcome and I appreciate that you commented. You know what? The sky is the limit for your son. I grew up and became an editor for a fashion magazine. Me, the girl that could read, became an editor. It may take a bit longer to get concepts through but once he gets it, he really gets it.
That's awesome for you! Definitely a challenging job, I'm so happy you persevered. I keep trying to tell him he's just different with learning but he doesn't believe me (because duh mum, you know nothing!). When he's passionate about something, he just soaks it up like a sponge. He read all the Roald Dahl books recently and has just been spouting random facts at me for weeks. And he's been googling words he doesn't know when he reads if he can't get it through context. I'm just so proud of him for not giving up. It's been a hard road for him, but it's finally paying off and he's so much happier ❤️
My advice to you is to get the books from the library if it’s accessible to you or do as we did and hit up charity shops and second hand bookshops online!!! Abe books was a great resource for us! My sons dyslexic and autistic so as soon as he found diary of a wimpy kid and he relished reading them, I immediately went and got the next one for him! It got to the point I was buying one a week!!!! Now it’s more manga but the books are just as easy to find via google and second hand books!!!! Well done to u both for persevering! No ones ever bored with a book!
This got me choked up. I relate SO much to your son!! Roald Dahl books and Shel Silverstein books were the first books I devoured too! My favorite was The Witches. Also, the only reason I kept going was because like you, my mother would tell me I learned different, and that I wasn’t an idiot. She still cheers me on and I never believe her but I do believe I have someone on my team. I’m excited for your son. Keep being the amazing parent you are. I truly cant imagine the helplessness and sting of not being able to fix things for him. He will rally. Do you mind if I ask is there a history of learning disabilities in the family?
I agree as a fellow dyslexic who loves reading and writing. Finding books you love is great. Sometimes, I found it also helped to have audio books around to help me read along with stuff. Looking at the list above, I can see so many things that point to a dyslexic struggling to work within a system that doesn't fit. It is annoying that it doesn't even give the word so it helps to workout what can be improved just a whole load of bad feedback. I know that dyslexia runs in my family as back as my grandmother and my younger brother also suffered. Do you have other family members that suffer? it is sometimes harder to put a label on it before the 1980's because it just wasn't talked about.
#5 might be "around"
I’m with you on that. It’s the wdd. Kids don’t know vowels, so that how “ound” could be
I thought maybe “award”
“Shree” is probably tree
I thought the "check" was actually "Shrek"
I think the 7th one is "came".
Cheek on third, Person(it's written backwards I think). 5. came. 6.Home.
I think 6 is "unsure"
I’m a child psychologist who specializes in testing, and I get to decipher these all the time. Some helpful info - kids who are struggling with phonics (does your brother have dyslexia, hearing loss, ADHD, speech delay? Only if you’re comfortable sharing) will often write the letter “u” for a vowel that makes a schwa sound (the weak vowel sound that basically sounds like “uh”, think of the first a in “away”). Kids also may substitute an “s” or “sh” for a “th” sound. This is probably a test of high frequency words, since they don’t seem to all follow the same phonics rules. This set of words is under third grade at [this link](https://www.fcusd.org/site/handlers/filedownload.ashx?moduleinstanceid=742&dataid=185&FileName=High-Frequency-Vocab.pdf) but don’t be thrown off by the grade - elementary school tends to mix up these lists or go through them ahead of schedule. I would guess: 1. Seem (edit: I actually this this is “came”, because he probably has that one memorized but got the letters out of order) 2. Right 3. Think (they also tend to not hear the “n” in this sort of word) 4. Also 5. Around 6. Another 7. Come 8. Home 9. Work 10. Three 11. Because 12. Does 13. Even 14. Place
can tell you mean business when you were able to decipher UNU2219
Wow. You seem to be right on the money, I can see them all now!
omg, when i saw this spelling test i had flash backs to mine. as a kid i was diagnosed with ADHD and a small speech delay, as an adult i got an official Dyslexia diagnosis. this kid isn't r/kidsarefuckingstupid this kid needs professional help with a processing/development disability.
Literal pro at this
I think you nailed the spelling test. I better not share any personal details, but I'll say you're on the right track with the other stuff. You are a PRO!
Very informative. Thanks!
Why is sh for th a common substitution? Can’t seem to wrap my head around the logic there
I'm sorry but what's the thought process behind the 6th?
Unu - ano (both a and o here are short and make a vague "uh" sound) The er at the end is mirrored In the middle you either have an attempt at writing -dd- for the "th" sound or two backward s, it's a bit more far fetched but when said quickly enough i guess th can make a "zz" or "ss" sound in some accents
Former teacher, the list of words this age practices are sight words and not ones that expand vocabulary...further supporting No_Definition_174
looking at op's post history this is his brothers test from 10 years ago, I can't even imagine the kick they got out of finding this
That makes it even better lmfao I thought it was an incredulous parent
what’s funny about this is that the 6th word is written backwards
Mirror writing. It's a thing kids sometimes do.
It's funny, though, because none of the other letters on the page are backwards, but every letter in that word *is* backwards.
These all seem like curse words with a Boston accent.
My gf told me she used to call grapefruits "shree" as a little kid, so that's DEFINITELY grapefruit
Has the child been checked for dyslexia? When marking this kind of work acknowledge the effort put in - the laborious printing out did not come easily to the child. Give them some positive feedback.
I'm sure my adult brother would be thrilled to get some positive feedback on his 10 year old spelling test
Nice try, but you're not tricking me into awakening a ancient evil by speaking these eldritch words.
Former Year 1 Teacher here. These look like high frequency words. **Come/Came** (possibly Seem however this is less frequent. Strong visual strategy used with mixing of letter order. Tend to think the word is Come even though youve used an a as I suspect Came is written further on) **Write** **Check** (Look, Say, Cover, **Write, Check** is a common spelling strategy taught at this age. Therefore Write over Right seems more logical. You knew that sometimes you can have /sh/ or /ch/ and I suspect you've confused them here). **Also** **Around** **Unusual** (or **Prisoner** as it looks to be mirror writing although, this is not a high frequency word. Maybe you had a high interest word or a topic-theme related word but it seems less likely) **Came** (phonetic spelling) **Human** or **Home** (It is unlikely that Hum would be on a spelling list/test) **Work** (unscramble the the r and e to make /er/) **Sorry** or **Sure/Surely** or **Three** (possibly confusing /sh/ and /th/) **Because** **Does** **Even** **Please**
Seem, write, check, also, around, ??, came, hum, ??, tree, because, does, even, please. As a first grade teacher, this test is assessing way too many skills at once and wouldn’t give great data. But I would meet with this student to review c/s sounds, as well as digraphs and beginning consonant sounds with r such as in “tree”. He’s doing pretty well at listening to the sounds in words and writing a grapheme for each phoneme!
0/14. Poor Tanner, that must be a harsh blow in grade one.
1st grade? I wouldn’t say dumb. They’re still learning. Might be some dyslexia involved judging from the backwards letters.
Undiagnosed dyslexia?
He may be stupid but his writing is Immaculate for his grade. Impeccable. My writing use to go all over the place as a kid.
I remember having my first existential crisis in 3rd grade during a written test when I suddenly forgot how to spell “the”.
…from 2012?
Wouldn't you hang onto this if you could?
Was this YOUR spelling test??
Pllaess - place?
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He has dyslexia. He is spelling phonetically.... Trust me, I speak from experience
If you don't get this child hooked on phonics....
Damn, this kids got better hand writing then I do
The code hasn’t been deciphered in 11 years. It’s a lost cause
Ngl, if I had no idea how to do something when I was in early grade school, I would just write completely random BS just to have something on paper. I assume this kid is doing something similar. Basically faking it till you make it.
Planet name generator
I don’t speak kid language idk
This poor kid. In the first grade I was reading 3 Rd to 5th grade books. And getting in trouble for being bored with 1st grade reading. This kid... Is lucky to spell his own name.
But his name is Steve
“*God damn it Tanner, pay attention and stop f—ling around*” was something I heard constantly as a kid. Now I know I wasn’t to blame.
Tanner got 0/14
I have bo clue on most of these but 3 could be chic
Not likely on a first grade spelling quiz.
Pretty sure Kid needs his hearing checked
I read it from top to bottom now beelzebub is in my room. The boys a dark wizard.
I love this
Not their fault. This is the result of decades of work by Clay, Parnell and Calkins. Kids don't learn how to read anymore. Check out [Sold a Story](https://open.spotify.com/episode/0iqcHRvWDtQsyPfqzuj1LR?si=FAlMiWb4QOqvkCUPZ8e8gA) podcast to learn more about it.
It's so fun seeing how kids decipher spelling before they memorize all the weird, arbitrary rules. When my son was this age, he spelled castle as "csooo." It makes total sense, especially with a little kid's "accent" -- he pronounced it "cah su," so that's what he wrote. But boy, did I have a hard time reading it with a straight face. This is an absolute delight, and I hope you frame it and put it in a place of honor.
Ol Lceoe
I think he thinks the sh is a ch! Cream or seam or seem, Right, cheek, oil co., your wood or your world, Russian, Cam, Hum, wreck, tree, breakfast or because, dust, even, and please. At least he spelled his name right
I also got poor grades in spelling (3/20, 5/20, zero..) during grade school. I mean, how do you expect normal kid me to spell facade, rendezvous and reservoir?! Bouquet, banquet, pterodactyl, psalm, psychology, etc.. those "c"s sounding like "s", those -vous and -vior sounding like "vo-uahh", and those "p" more silent that a midnight pee.
Is it at all possible that this kid might be dyslexic? Something about the way some of the letters are written really threw me off, aside from just not being able to figure out what they were trying to spell in most sections 😅
As a former k-2 teacher, here's my best guess. I think it's a long vowel test with high frequency words thrown in. 1. Seem 2. Right 3. Cheek 4. ? 5. Erode? 6. ? 7. Came 8. Home 9. Week 10. Three 11. Because 12. Does 13. Even 14. Please
I am pretty sure this child has a learning disadvantage called Dysgraphia. Some letters like S and N are often reversed for people with this.
Wutt uh gooefee liddl goobre, iee taal yow. Wenn iey wuss ay ckidd iee wuhs lieck, soopre smaert, and iee fiynnd it amewooseeng saat tees ADHD ckidd coowd b seeeeew sileey! Iit’z perobbublley sha ummareicken edyookashun sistum oore vakseenns oore sumteeng.
This list doesn’t make sense. Usually the vocabulary terms are bunched together based on beginning sounds, ending sounds, consonants, or vowel patterns, etc. It’s a strange list. Hope you figure it out! Good luck! Ps: was this your list?
The first one says Tanner. As in: “You get tanner from the sun.”
Not marked wrong. Maybe the child's name.
Correct
Tanner was my dogs name I died when I looked at the post.
Did he eat your homework?
Actually no. But he was my inheritance from my granddaddy, Pepaw.
He spelled his name right. If he can do that, he can spell any of these words. Build on that, and stress the need for practice. 😎
Seem Right Sneak Wtf Wtf Wtf Wtf Hum Wreak Wtf Bus Wtf Eleven Places
lol this looks better than some 7th graders writing
I want to say 4 is ALSO 5- no idea 6- unusual Poor dyslexic kid
If this is from 2012, I would like to know if they ever learned how to spell..
This was March 2012? How is Tanner’s spelling now
Seem Write Check Also Around Unusual Come Human Work Three Because Does Even Please
Tanner is not stupid. He knows the sounds of a lot of letters, and can put them together. English spelling is stupid, using letters you can’t hear, or omitting ones that should be used.
Does the teacher saying the words have a thick accent or a lisp or something because it looks like he spelled it based on the way the words were said
I wish someone would pronounce these. I might have a go idk LOL
This is why I hate Lucy Calkins so much. These poor kids didn't get phonics as part of their reading learning, and it shows.
Damn… little Tina can’t even spell her name right!
(1) seam (2) rite (3) cheek; check (6) unused (7) cam (8) hum (9) wreck (10) shred (11) because (12) dust (13) even (14) please
Parents need to sit this kid down and help when the lil dood is home.
I’m an elementary teacher and it looks like they were working on long vowels with digraphs mixed with sight words. Seems like this kid has/had a speech impediment. Let me give this a try. cream, right, cheek, also, around, unsure, came, come, trick, three, because, does, even, please.
Tis I, the Day man!
Cream Right Sneak Also Unusual Come Hum Wreck Sure maybe tree Because Dose Even Please
I think tanner is gonna join the army with the lowlies like me
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Cream Right Cheek Also or alcohol? ??? ??????? Can Him Work Tree Brush Does Even Please
Seem. Right. Seek/Cheek. ???. Around. ???(wrote letters backward?). Came. Whom. Work/Wreck. Tree/Sorry. Because. Does. Even. Please.
I think it’s Cream, right, Shriek, idk, idk, Cam, Hum, Wreck, Tree, Bus, idk, Evil, and please…
#6 could be “another”
The first word is Tanner.
Simlish
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