My daughter got 10 of 20 words right on her last spelling test. Of course, that's also 10 of 20 words wrong. Either way we had to do something to help her absorb the words quicker. The regular methods just don't work for her in the time frame of getting the words on Monday and passing a test on them Friday.

All kids learn differently so I'm shaking things up. My newest idea is we are writing a song for each week to help her absorb them in a different way as well as pick up the word as a vocabulary word, which the school seems to stress far less (don't let me get started on that!

This week is homophones:

S O L E is the bottom of my foot
S O U L is my eternal soul

P A W S is what my puppies have
P A U S E is what the DVR can do for me

S E N T is what I did with the mail
S C E N T is smelly to me
C E N T is one simple penny

B E A R lives out in the woods
B A R E means naked I will be!

C H O R D is musical to me
C O R D plugs into my TV

S E R I A L means part of a series
C E R E A L for breakfast it will be

D Y E D is what we did to our shirts
D I E D means you have bit the dirt

R E I G N is how long the King rules
R A I N gets me soaking wet

M I S T feels great on a hot day
M I S S E D means you didn't hit the ball