Guest guest Posted March 4, 2010 Report Share Posted March 4, 2010 oMG yes! My son (2nd grade) is a great speller too, but worried about the right word. He's actually fascinated by homophones. Paying attention is one of his issues, so he didn't pay attention on threw/through on a test 2 weeks ago and missed one. (He usually gets perfect scores). He was TOTALLY distraught! ---- jennifer ruffing <blainejennifer@...> wrote: > You wrote: > My son (who is in 3rd grade) has always excelled on his spelling tests .. has never studied and never discussed them ... > > This Friday he has another one -- but this one is specifically on homophones. He is panicking about it ... I told him that we could study and surprisingly he wants to study for this one -- He's having a lot of anxiety about the possibility of failing. He's worried that he won't know which word to spell and I've told him that I'm sure the teacher will use very obvious sentences so he can tell the difference. (I hope she will) > > Is this a typical probablem for aspies? > > My Answer: > Oh. My. God. Yes. > At least it is for my son. Anxiety about failure is a biggie in our house. We have to play the " What is the worst thing that could happen " game over and over. It goes something like this: think of the worst thing that could happen if you make a mistake on the spelling test. He might refuse to engage in the answer, so go ahead and fill in the blanks. Something along the lines of " You will get a lower grade " . But, he'll still be just as smart as he was when he started the day, and just as loved. And ice cream will still taste good, and his cat will still purr, and the dog will still do inappropriate things in the bathroom when she hasn't been walked in time. > I think you get the picture. > Repeat this exercise about 10 million times. > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 5, 2010 Report Share Posted March 5, 2010 Absolutely typical for some aspies, my son was the very same. In 6th grade he won the spelling B for the entire county and was asked to compete at the summer county Fair against other counties (which he refused to do). He never studied or practiced, seemed odd but we just went with it. Word meanings were much more work, he couldn't simply 'figure them out' in context. Whenever he was asked to read a paragraph and explain the characters behaviors, feelings and reactions... he was clueless. Or, if he was asked "What do you think will happen next?", again, he had NO idea; he was absolutely unable to predict behaviors. Homophones were total fly-bys, and he worked very hard memorizing that list of words but was never able to fully grasp those and would at times use the improper spelling of a homophone. From: <rachelfran@...>Subject: ( ) homophones Date: Wednesday, March 3, 2010, 1:03 PM My son (who is in 3rd grade) has always excelled on his spelling tests .. has never studied and never discussed them ...This Friday he has another one -- but this one is specifically on homophones. He is panicking about it ... I told him that we could study and surprisingly he wants to study for this one -- He's having a lot of anxiety about the possibility of failing. He's worried that he won't know which word to spell and I've told him that I'm sure the teacher will use very obvious sentences so he can tell the difference. (I hope she will)Is this a typical probablem for aspies? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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