Spelling

I was working with the kids and their spelling this week. It was an odd list, to say the least. Words like "deceased" and "deathbed"? Hmmm.

Anyway, we were going over the meaning of all their words (these were all words with a long "e" sound). Valise was difficult...then rowdy son started to sing, "Oh, I know,--it's like in the song". What song? "Valise Navidad" he sung.

I thought I had straightened out the actual song name, when we came upon deceased on the list. "Oh!" he chimed..."Deceased Navidad".

Finally I WROTE "Feliz" down, showed it to them and explained the meaning. So much for phonics.....