Growing up I always felt I was a *horrible* speller.
I mean, I can remember my achievement test scores in 7th grade. Spelling was the worst score of the bunch... at the 87th percentile. Looking at the score report, it was a definite outlier.
As an adult, putting things into perspective, I've realized that spelling was one of the few things that I had to work at. Self-esteem comes from appropriate challenge. It sounds like her spelling work is an appropriate challenge for your DD.
My daughter (at 6) sometimes gets really upset telling me what she "can't" do, as it's "too hard". Then she does it. Maybe not being used to challenge makes it harder to know how to respond.
ETA: by really upset I mean crying and screaming about how it is horribly unfair and she can't do it - only in private, at home, in front of us.
Last edited by Maryann1; 10/14/10 10:52 AM.
