Comments on: Handy vocabulary tip http://wouldashoulda.com/2007/09/28/handy-vocabulary-tip/ "Maybe all we can hope to do is end up with the right regrets." Tue, 22 May 2012 14:48:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: SAHMmy Says http://wouldashoulda.com/2007/09/28/handy-vocabulary-tip/#comment-94105 SAHMmy Says Mon, 01 Oct 2007 15:47:10 +0000 http://wouldashoulda.com/2007/09/28/handy-vocabulary-tip/#comment-94105 Bonus points for the correct use of "irony." Bonus points for the correct use of “irony.”

]]> By: Amy http://wouldashoulda.com/2007/09/28/handy-vocabulary-tip/#comment-94055 Amy Sat, 29 Sep 2007 16:49:09 +0000 http://wouldashoulda.com/2007/09/28/handy-vocabulary-tip/#comment-94055 Awesome. I will totally be using the Puppy Test with my 4th and 5th grade students this week! Awesome. I will totally be using the Puppy Test with my 4th and 5th grade students this week!

]]> By: Emily http://wouldashoulda.com/2007/09/28/handy-vocabulary-tip/#comment-94051 Emily Sat, 29 Sep 2007 15:43:34 +0000 http://wouldashoulda.com/2007/09/28/handy-vocabulary-tip/#comment-94051 Mir, I absolutely love this. I am a student and EVERY DAY I try and tell my students to write sentences for their vocabulary words that demonstrates you know its meaning and they just don't get it. I am going to use your puppy test with them and hopefully then they will get it. I will let you know if my students fair better with your ingenious test! Thanks Mir,
I absolutely love this. I am a student and EVERY DAY I try and tell my students to write sentences for their vocabulary words that demonstrates you know its meaning and they just don’t get it. I am going to use your puppy test with them and hopefully then they will get it.
I will let you know if my students fair better with your ingenious test!
Thanks

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]]> By: She-Ra http://wouldashoulda.com/2007/09/28/handy-vocabulary-tip/#comment-94042 She-Ra Sat, 29 Sep 2007 12:15:04 +0000 http://wouldashoulda.com/2007/09/28/handy-vocabulary-tip/#comment-94042 I love the puppy test and will be using it next Thursday when we study for our spelling test! I love the puppy test and will be using it next Thursday when we study for our spelling test!

]]> By: Brigitte http://wouldashoulda.com/2007/09/28/handy-vocabulary-tip/#comment-94041 Brigitte Sat, 29 Sep 2007 11:49:46 +0000 http://wouldashoulda.com/2007/09/28/handy-vocabulary-tip/#comment-94041 "Stop being contentious", heh! Reminds of how I like to tease my 2-year-old (yes, I'm juvenile) when she's being cranky and all over the place, by asking "Are you contrary?" and she yells "Nooo!!!". Which, I think, is very amusing. “Stop being contentious”, heh! Reminds of how I like to tease my 2-year-old (yes, I’m juvenile) when she’s being cranky and all over the place, by asking “Are you contrary?” and she yells “Nooo!!!”. Which, I think, is very amusing.

]]> By: SusieJ http://wouldashoulda.com/2007/09/28/handy-vocabulary-tip/#comment-94040 SusieJ Sat, 29 Sep 2007 03:00:35 +0000 http://wouldashoulda.com/2007/09/28/handy-vocabulary-tip/#comment-94040 We just use them in sentences, and post-it notes. You have way more fun at your house than we do. We just use them in sentences, and post-it notes. You have way more fun at your house than we do.

]]> By: Susan http://wouldashoulda.com/2007/09/28/handy-vocabulary-tip/#comment-94039 Susan Sat, 29 Sep 2007 01:45:12 +0000 http://wouldashoulda.com/2007/09/28/handy-vocabulary-tip/#comment-94039 Another supposedly "gifted" person who is clueless here. Mir, please explain! Another supposedly “gifted” person who is clueless here.

Mir, please explain!

]]> By: Meramoo http://wouldashoulda.com/2007/09/28/handy-vocabulary-tip/#comment-94038 Meramoo Sat, 29 Sep 2007 00:31:49 +0000 http://wouldashoulda.com/2007/09/28/handy-vocabulary-tip/#comment-94038 I always wrote out my sentences ahead of time and memorized them. I never was a fast writer and that helped me a lot. I always wrote out my sentences ahead of time and memorized them. I never was a fast writer and that helped me a lot.

]]> By: Kellan http://wouldashoulda.com/2007/09/28/handy-vocabulary-tip/#comment-94037 Kellan Fri, 28 Sep 2007 23:31:48 +0000 http://wouldashoulda.com/2007/09/28/handy-vocabulary-tip/#comment-94037 Huh? You lost me at, "The Puppy test is simple," then I sort of started hearing Whah, whah, whah (like the teacher in Charlie Brown). Sorry - I'm sure it's brilliant - I'm just not. Huh? You lost me at, “The Puppy test is simple,” then I sort of started hearing Whah, whah, whah (like the teacher in Charlie Brown). Sorry – I’m sure it’s brilliant – I’m just not.

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