This Week's First Grade Spelling Words are "QACK" and "THA"...

Each week, the kids in Maddie's first grade class copy down a short list of spelling words and sight words from the white board in the front of the classroom (chalk boards are sooo seventies). The first graders practice the words all week at home, writing each word three times and using each word in a sentence or two. On Monday, Maddie brought home a list of words that included "QACK" and "THA." I sure hope she doesn't need eyeglasses, but if she does, I know where I'm going to get them: Zenni Optical. Chalk boards aren't the only things that apparently went out in the seventies...no more ugly glasses and outdated frames for kids, either.

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