to put this comment in DS2's Home/School book

[sameagain]

DS2 is 5, in Yr1 and struggling to read. I have talked to his teacher about it and he goes for extra sessions with the SENCO. He is otherwise bright and thriving at school.

Both teacher and SENCO are aware (and appreciative) that I read for a few minutes every morning and evening with him.

Today he has read in class with the TA. She has written in his book "DS2 needs to practice reading at home"

I have put "DS2 does PRACTISE at home, every day with out fail" with the S underlined. I know it's asking for trouble but grrrr.

YANBU

Actually, both spellings are fine. So they may not understand that. I would bet the TA is not from the UK.

Don't blame you. One of my pet hates is when dc's are forced to learn incorrect spellings at school because the spelling tests are set by somebody half illiterate, who then has the cheek to lecture the parents. Have never had the nerve to do what you did though: I've just told dd on occasion that it may be tagliatelli until the spell test on Friday, but it's tagliatelle for the rest of your life!

haha good for you - I'm a t.a.

the other day, a maths teacher asked me how many meters there were in a kilometer!!!!!

Tee - how are they both OK? - Not in my dictionary, I checked to make sure I wasn't making a complete fool of myself.

TA is from UK and it was probably just an honest mistake, but the comment made me Alternatively, it might be a symptom of the fact you don't need to have an education (or be literate) to work in a classroom teaching our Dc's.

or it is metres?

YABU and petty

many perfectly literate and educated adults don;t know the difference between the two

more of an issue that she thinks you don;t read with him at home when you do..

Lockets, is that my apostrophe? Bugging me now that I can't see it.

sameagain its a US vs UK thing, as well as alternate spelling depending on how the word is being used:

see here

Exactly lulu - it was that which got me mad and I reacted with a childish, well you might think I don't read with him, but at least I can spell. (except when I'm typing on MN, just in case)

I suspect that using practice for both the noun and the verb is likely to be becoming more frequent because of spellcheckers often being set as US. Perhaps what the TA should have said is that your ds needs to practice more, or perhaps he told the TA that he didn't read at home. Either way I think you were a little petty, and this note is unlikely to be helpful to your relationship with school. On the other hand it probably would have been more productive if the TA (or the teacher) had spoken to you. Notes are too open to misinterpretation I think.

dcs - many children
dc's - child is

Now i'm being petty
It would bug me too and I think yanbu to spell it correctly but ya bit U to underline it.

sameagain,

I was so on your side until you said "it might be a symptom of the fact you don't need to have an education (or be literate) to work in a classroom teaching our Dc's"

I'm a T.A. and I have worked really hard to get my qualifications. Just because you are unfortunate enough to have a crap one in your DS's class, don't assume that the rest of us are too!

yanbu. i would have done the same. cheek by implying that you don't read at home with him!

I have degree and I spell it "practice" all the time

I think your last comment really overstepped the mark. I can see why you'd be annoyed but you are being petty and insulting now.

yabu

to be honest it seldomn helps your child to be arguementative with the people they have to spend all day with.
Personally I would have let it go but gone to see her and explain situation rather than being arsey.

Probably felt goo but YABU as it won't really help your child longterm.

I am sure it didn't feel goo [hmm...
good

yabu
the TA might have amde a mistake.
TA's do have other things to do as well.

If you want to be snotty it might be better to get 'without' right, too.

Don't blame you for being irritated by a snotty comment about something you are actually working on, particularly when it contains a grammatical error. Anyone teaching reading should know that practice is the noun and practise is the verb.

But Mavis is right, it's 'without'. (Bet you got it right in the note, though.)