Today, we discussed commonly misspelled words. The main reasons the words are misspelled is because of the presence of repeating vowels (e.g. separate) double consonants (e.g., embarrass); silent letters, (e.g., liaison), or just breaking common language patterns (e.g. desperate). I challenged Jayne to try to spell some of the most commonly misspelled words if one does not have the advantage of digital communications, spellcheck, and/or auto correct opportunities. Jayne grew a bit frustrated with this activity, but complied when I asked her to attempt at least five. I also asked her to write the correct spelling down in efforts to reinforce awareness and practice.