Can You Read This?

[Teresa]

fi yuo cna raed tihs, yuo hvae a sgtrane mnid too. Cna yuo raed tihs? Olny 55 plepoe out of 100 can.

i cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg. The ph aonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid, aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it dseno't mtaetr in waht oerdr the ltteres in a wrod are, the olny iproamtnt tihng is taht the frsit and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it whotuit a pboerlm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Azanmig huh? yaeh and I awlyas tghuhot slpeling was ipmorantt!


I read this very fast and without a hitch.
Guess I am one of the 55.......

[Wilma]

So am I.

[Dee Gee]

I didn't have any problem in reading that, but it was a little slower than normal.

[Diane Amberg]

Easy. Can you read this?      1ne
                                       2wo
                                       3hree
                                       4our
                                       5ive
                                       6ix
                                       7even
                                       8ight
                                       9ine
                                       10en
                                   

[Wilma]

I read it 1 to 10.  Is there another way?

[Jo McDonald]

I zipped right through both of them ----------Doesn't have to be spelled correctly to suit me.

[Roma Jean Turner]

No problem with either one.  Perhaps the 55 are somehow alien starseeds and our Forum is a gathering place.
Wow, that could make a mini series.   

[emptynest]

As a teacher of phonics and a believer of invented spelling, I could easily read those. That's the way beginning reader and writers write.  Once you let a child know that you can read what they write, even though it is not spelled perfectly, nor does it have to be, they will be more likely to offer writing.  And as they mature as readers and writers the correct spelling can come along.  Years ago, the reading programs were Whole Language, in which you started with the whole word, learned it and then broke it down into parts.  Now it's back to individual letter sounds put together to form a whole word.  And you're right, it is amazing how the mind works and proceeds to compensate.

[Diane Amberg]

That is exactly right!  Personally, I always liked teaching phonics. But, we weren't always given a choice, and some would struggle no matter what. Some parents were horrified that I would allow "misspelling'' depending on what we were doing. First they learn to read and then they read to learn. Messing around with words sure is fun.

[emptynest]

I agree.  Whenever I display any of my student's writing for others to view, I always put put up a big "Construction---Under Progress" tape, as a disclaimer. That way, parents and "administrators" don't think it is necessarily a finished project.  And the kids just think it's neat.     Sometimes, I call it "protecting your --- from those who don't know better."