Creative Spelling
What's the mnemonic/memory device I use to help me spell the word DOES (extra points for correct tune)
Doe a deer, a female deer spells the things I do not know (extra points for singing it to the Sound of Music doe a deer song)
Name the planets in order from the sun
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune
Which gene is linked to earwax production?
A - hair growth
B - sweat production
C - booger production
D - finger/toe nail growth
Sweat production
What gender are basically all worker bees?
Female
What letter would I most like to remove from the alphabet?
C (we can just use K for C and then the IPA symbol for ch or just use ts)
Which planet is the hottest?
Venus
What was the "new pet" my student told me he shared his sourpatch candy with
A cockroach
Which two planets are my favorite and why?
Venus (because it's mysterious) and Uranus becuase its a pretty color, spins on its side, has pretty rings, and its moons are named after Shakespeare characters
How do you spell Mary Poppins' favorite word?
S-U-P-E-R-C-A-L-I-F-R-A-G-I-L-I-S-T-I-C-E-X-P-I-A-L-I-D-O-C-I-O-U-S
What's a common name that I hate becuase of the way it's spelled (it's not just a Utah name, it is common in other areas as well)
Shawn spelled Sean
What are the names of the dwarf Planets in order?
(Hint: cool people hardly make enemies)
Ceres, Pluto, Hamea, Makemake, Eris
What was the item one of my students found on the floor in the cafeteria, put in his pocket, then showed me and declared it "magical" and "wonderful"
a spork
What are two MUST-HAVES in my dream home?
A library with a wheeled ladder and a huge greenhouse
What does IPA stand for?
International Phonetic Alphabet
How do I typically spell the following words before spellcheck helps me out:
Grateful, Vacuum, Tongue, View, and Tired
Greatfull, Vaccuume, Tounge, Veiw, and Tierd
What is the brightest star in the night sky, and which constellation is it part of?
Sirius - Dog
What's Wernicke's Aphasia/What food is associated with a hallmark of the disorder?
An acquired language disorder caused by brain damage (most commonly stroke) and characterized by low comprehension (receptive lang.) and nonsensical speech: Word Salad
Name five of my favorite flowers
Why are aphids so hard to wipe out?
They reproduce asexually (they basically multiply really fast)
Why is English Spelling so Weird and Inconsistent?
It's because of a lot of things, but overall it's because English has MANY different influences from multiple languages, there have been shifts in ruling powers, education access, access to the written word (like the printing press), pronunciation shifts, borrowed words, and changes in lexical "fashion."
Earth's axis wobbles and therefore the north star changes at about a 26,000 year cycle. Roughly 14,000 years ago which star was the north star and will be again in roughly 12,000 years?
Vega (the brightest star in the Lyra/harp constellation)
What is Complexity Theory?
When a SLP targets later-developing sounds first to help a more natural production of all speech sounds, it often uses three-element clusters like splat or spring. It is the structured therapy approach I am most comfortable with
Why did I choose to go by Mimi rather than Emelia in Kindergarten?
One skill I felt confident in was my pattern recognition/production skills and therefore Mimi was about a billion times easier to spell, it was easy for the other kids to say, it made a funny joke (me! me!), and the name "mimi" meant I only had 2 letters I had to master hand writing right away (of course, I also just liked it)
Give me 5 reasons octopuses are cool
Acceptable Answers:
- They don't have any bones, but they do have one hard part in their body (the beak). This means that they can squeeze through anything smaller than their beak
- part of their brain is doughnut-shaped so the esophagus can pass through
- They can turn lots of colors really fast to camouflage (they can change colors faster than chameleons)
- They have three hearts
- Their blood is a blueish color
- They are highly intelligent
- They have more than one brain (many have 9)
- They can regrow their arms
- Some species release ink that can paralyse other creatures' senses long enough for the octopus to escape