One of the women with whom I work, Donna, has a son in third grade. Part
of his daily homework is to practice his spelling for his weekly tests.
So, together, Donna and her son go over the words for
the test, both meaning and spelling of the words.

A few weeks ago, her son brought home his test. He scored 97%, missing
only one word. The word was "clock." Part of the test was to use each
spelling list word in a sentence. His sentence? "My dad gave my mom a
clock for her birthday" -- only it seems he'd accidentally omitted the
letter "L."

Donna said there was no comment on the test, just the biggest check mark
she had ever seen.

OOOPS