School letter - ahh the irony

[HughRinal]

DS has been at school for four days. Today he has a letter from his teacher to inform us that he must 'practice his spellings'.

Should I send it back with a note of irony? Or will this mark me out as one of those mothers.
Seriously, it makes me feel ill!

[MrsMadWriggle]

Surely the ultimate irony? Welcome to the world of modern primary education.

[NickOfTime]

ds1 wrote in his agenda

'spelling test tommorow'

bless.

actually as long as the words on the list itself are okay, i am content to titter behind my hand. if all the children in the class have been given a word list with mistakes in it to learn, i do go in and have a small word.

[seaturtle]

I know a lovely primary school teacher who admits she can't spell.

[HughRinal]

Yes, as long as the words to learn are correct...

[PuppyMonkey]

Should it be practise then? I always get confused with practice/practise.

[JustDoMyLippyThenWeWillGo]

You are not alone,sadly. I was so irate/disheartened by that very instruction on Thursday that I started an AIBU thread. I have decided not to mention it (I think),but have corrected it on the spelling book. To be honest, if I thought it was just a slip of the pen I might mention it, but am scared that I might open whole can of worms...

[FrameyMcFrame]

Oh dear, you should see the letters that come home from my daughter's school!

There/they're full of errors and speeling mistakes. How are theese people capeable of teaching are children!(?)

[MrsMadWriggle]

PuppyMonkey

Practice is the noun, as in "piano practice".

Practise is the verb, as in "we must practise our spellings".

(The Americans use them differently though.)

HTH