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To correct the teacher's spelling?

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Dany0909 · 10/09/2024 22:35

I'm a year 4 TA in a primary school. This year I have a new class and a new teacher.
She's an ok teacher in general, I've definitely worked with better.

Yesterday, she handed out the spelling list and had spelt one of the words wrong. I pointed it out to her privately as I didn't want parents to notice and she got in a huff. She didn't believe me and checked the spelling online before changing it.

Just today, she misspelt three subject-specific words that I'm sure she has been teaching for years so I was surprised she didn't know them. The kids copied them off the board incorrectly but I felt too uncomfortable to say anything.
I'm not going to specify the words so this post doesn't give me away just in case.

Anyway, I'm not really sure what to do. It's annoying because obviously the kids are learning incorrect spellings from her, but at the same time I don't really want to annoy the teacher. I'm not sure if she's dyslexic but surely if you knew you were then you would double check the information you're asking children to copy down. She's not overly nice or welcoming towards me so not sure how to approach it. Should I just leave it???

OP posts:
LilySLE · 19/09/2024 07:22

WoopsLiza · 18/09/2024 23:16

I think.principle is the right form here, meaning the rule. Principal is.like, the principal of a school. Since we are on.a.thread of SPAG police, I think a vote is in.order. What does everyone reckon - is it principle or principal in the above example?

Oh I thought the poster was talking about the head of the school! As in, the head was going to teach that thing. But I can’t find the original post now to check it 🙈 Apologies if (as now seems likely) I misread it!

LilySLE · 19/09/2024 07:28

LightOnInTheGarden · 18/09/2024 23:19

Oh dear. I am not joking.

Oops I completely misread the original post - because the post that started this thread off was about a teacher making a mistake, I had thought this comment did actually refer to a teacher ie the “principal” 🙈 My bad
(Conclusion - I know how to spell, but need to actually read things more carefully!)

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