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Megan's pretty good with spelling.

They have started doing this in class. Spelling. Every Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday, they have new words they need to memorize. 5 words of the same family (this week, it's the un family. In addition to the 5 words, they have 2 challenge words. That's 17 new words per week.

A couple of weeks ago, one of the challenge words was really challenging for her. It was not just a word, it was "St. Patrick's Day". She complained that this was very hard. She did OK but not entirely correct. She wrote down "st. patrick's day" instead. She forgets to use capital letters a lot of times.

In Kindergarten, it was OK to write in all caps. At the beginning of 1st grade, they were encouraged to use small letters. Now, they have to write properly. She's writing pretty good, too. I can actually understand what she's trying to write. The best part is her reading.

She's really good at reading. Last night, as we were driving home from Karate, she read aloud a sign, "Caution children crossing" and asked what do they mean. I had to laugh, if you think about it, it doesn't make much of a sense. We just got used to that sign that we've taken what it means for granted.